Well,
this is fun. Guess what! A bunch of us writers are banding together
to give you, our sweet and wonderful blog audience, a little taste of
what we're working on next. Call it a sneak peek. We've shared the
same ten questions and we're linking our Tag blogs together so you can
see all the awesome stories on the horizon.
Here's what I'm working on. Be sure to stay to the end to follow to the next bloggers. Enjoy.
Here's what I'm working on. Be sure to stay to the end to follow to the next bloggers. Enjoy.
What is the title of your book? My WIP has had several titles,
but I think I’m sticking with Tracked Through Time.
Where did the idea for the book come from? I was watching the
history channel, or maybe the Discovery Channel, one night, and there was a special on about the life and times
of mountain man and explorer, Jedediah Smith. The entire hour was spent heaping
praise on the guy for all his accomplishments. Oh, and then he died. It was a
crushing end to an otherwise heralded life, since he wandered off into the
desert looking for water and never returned. All presumptions are that he was
killed by Indians, although no body was ever found. So, it got me to thinking,
what if Jedediah wandered off into the desert and ended up in another century?
What genre does your book fall under? Obviously, from my above
question, this is going to be a paranormal/time travel book.
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie
rendition? I want the guy who played Jed in the special I saw. He was gorgeous,
unlike the real Jed, who was nearly scalped in a bear attack and had the facial
scars to prove it.
What is the one sentence synopsis of your book? The ex-wife of a
rock star is looking to restart her life after a public divorce. She gets
caught in an electrical storm and wakes up in 1823, in the camp of Jedediah
Smith and his band of mountain men.
Will your book be self-published or agented? I’m hoping to find
an agent with this one.
How
long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript? I’m so close
to putting an end on the first draft, for about the fifth time. I first wrote
it backwards, with Jed coming forward, but it didn’t work as a contemporary,
since the history is so rich. So, I ripped it apart and redid the entire book.
I’ve entered the first 50 pages in several contests, just to make certain I’m
on the right track, and have finaled in every one.
What other books within your genre would you compare your WIP
to? I go back to my favorite of all time, A Knight In Shining Armor, by Jude
Deveraux. I absolutely loved this book. Mix in a little Jeremiah Johnson for
the right early American explorer flavor, and you’ve got my book.
Who or what inspired this book? After I saw the special on
Jedediah Smith, I began researching his life and times. My pile of research
books is huge. And, so I could walk in his shoes, I traveled to northern
California to the Jedediah Smith National Forest, where I sat on the forest
floor and cried. It was so beautiful.
What else about your book might pique the readers interest? I am
trying to juxtapose someone whose points of reference for ten years has been
the world of rock and roll, with a Bible-toting 19th century man’s
man. It's been fun.
D'Ann Boothe Burrow
http://www.mollykategray.com/tag-youre-it/
Tara Mills: http://www.taramillsromance.com/1/post/2012/11/tag-youre-it.html
Traci McDonald: http://tracimcdonald.blogspot.com/
Robyn Corum: http://robynsrules.blogspot.com/2012/11/tag-youre-it-with-me-robyn-corum.html
Suzanne Barrett: http://bellerustique.blogspot.com/
Pam Morris: http://pambmorris.blogspot.com/2012/11/tag-youre-it.html
Shelley K. Wall: http://shelleykwall.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/tag-your-it/
Robyn Corum: http://robynsrules.blogspot.com/2012/11/tag-youre-it-with-me-robyn-corum.html
Suzanne Barrett: http://bellerustique.blogspot.com/
Pam Morris: http://pambmorris.blogspot.com/2012/11/tag-youre-it.html
Shelley K. Wall: http://shelleykwall.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/tag-your-it/
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