Interview with the hero from Mistaken Bride by Renee Ryan:

1.  William Black, tell me the most interesting thing about you.

Some would say the most interesting thing about me is that I own a chocolate mill near Faith Glen, Massachusetts.  But since my family has been in the business since the country was still young, I don’t find this at all unique.  It’s a part of who I am, the business I was destined to run from the time I was a boy.  What your readers might find more interesting about me is that I’m a widower raising three-year-old twins and have recently hired an Irish mail-order bride to help me care for them.

2.  What do you do for fun?

Ever since my wife died under scandalous conditions I haven’t had much time for fun, not even with my own children.  My sole purpose in life is to provide a stable home for my children and give my dear mother a break.

3.  What do you put off doing because you dread it?

I dread taking time too much off from work.  I can’t bear to be alone with my thoughts because then I start to remember my wife and the circumstances surrounding her death and the way I failed her.   

4.  What are you afraid of most in life?

I fear falling in love with Bridget Murphy, my children’s new nanny, and thereby opening up the possibility of failing her like I did my first wife.  She is the kindest woman I have ever met.  I never want to hurt her.  

5.  What do you want out of life?

Stable, happy, well-adjusted children and a stable, happy, well-adjusted home for them to live in, a home that has all the usual trappings: a mother, a father and, yeah, maybe even a dog.  As long as the mutt stays outside.

6.  What is the most important thing to you?

Duty and honor, a man is nothing without either of those in his life.

7.  Do you read books? If so, what is your favorite type of book?

Any time I spend in a book these days is during the children’s bedtime.  Bridget and I are taking turns reading traditional nursery rhymes to them.  This new tradition has become my favorite part of the day, when I feel a real family is within all our reach.

8.  If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I regret taking my first wife away from her family and friends.  She was never really happy with me.  I should have been wiser and looked harder at our differences before I married her.

9.  Do you have a pet? If so, what is it and why that pet?

Bridget and the children have adopted a stray dog.  His name is Digger, for obvious reasons.  Although I explicitly told them the dog must stay outside, Digger now sleeps in my private study beside my desk.

10. If you could travel back in time, where would you go and why?

I’m learning not to look back and focus on the future.  What’s done is done. 

This week I’m hosting Renee Ryan with Mistaken Bride, Lacy Williams with The Homesteader’s Sweetheart and Cynthia Ruchti with His Grace Is Sufficient…Decaf Is Not.  If you want to enter the drawings for the books, please leave a comment on one of the post during the week with your email address. I will not enter you without an email address (my way to contact you if you win). If you don’t want to leave an email address, another way you can enter is to email me at margaretdaley@gmail.com. The drawings end Sunday (May 20th) evening.

Bio for Renee Ryan:

Multi-published, award-winning author Renee Ryan sold her first book in 2001 by winning the inaugural Dorchester/Romantic Times New Historical Voice Contest. She sold her second book to Harlequin’s Love Inspired Historical line and has since sold ten manuscripts to the historical and contemporary Love Inspired lines. 

Renee grew up in a Florida beach town where she learned to surf very poorly.  Armed with a degree in Economics and Religion from Florida State University, she explored various career opportunities, including stints at a Florida theme park, a modeling agency, and a cosmetic conglomerate.  She also taught high school Economics, American Government and Latin while coaching award-winning cheerleading teams.  She currently lives in Savannah, Georgia with her husband and a large, fluffy cat many have mistaken for a small bear.

Blurb for Mistaken Bride:

When William Black’s mail-order bride fails to appear at the Boston docks, he’s relieved when beautiful, vibrant Bridget Murphy steps in. However, she has a surprise in store. She will be a temporary nanny to his young twins…but she will not marry without love.

Faith Glen, Massachusetts, is worlds away from the poverty Bridget knew in Ireland. And William Black couldn’t be more different from her faithless ex-fiancé. Yet that integrity Bridget so admires binds William to a promise that could keep them apart forever. In this new land of opportunity, does she dare to wish for a happy ending?

Bio for Lacy Williams:

By day, Lacy Williams is a stay-at-home mom battling dirty diapers and dog-hair dust-bunnies. By night, she is a novelist whose debut book has been nominated for an RT Book Reviews 2011 Reviewers’ Choice Award. Her current projects include a screenplay and potty-training her little girl.

Blurb for The Homesteader’s Sweetheart:

To escape a dreaded arranged marriage, Penny Castlerock will face anything—even life on her grandfather’s farm. But it isn’t the rustic lifestyle that’s got the Philadelphia socialite tied in knots. It’s the handsome homesteader and his eight adopted children next door….
With seven boys and a girl to raise, transplanted farmer Jonas White could sure use some help. He just didn’t expect it to come from the high-spirited, copper-haired beauty he’s always admired from afar. But surely working the land is no life for a woman like Penny. Yet a threat to Jonas’s farm just might show him how perfect Penny is for him after all.

Bio for Cynthia Ruchti:

Cynthia Ruchti is an author, speaker, and radio personality celebrating 32 years on the air. She served as president of American Christian Fiction Writers for the 2009-2010 term and is now honored to serve as ACFW’s professional relations liaison. Her debut novel—They Almost Always Come Home—was a Carol Award finalist, RT Book of the Year finalist, and a finalist for Christian Retailing’s Retailers’ Choice Awards. She and her plot-tweaking husband live in the northwoods of the Midwest, within fifteen minutes of their three kids and five grandkids. Yes, she knows she’s blessed.

Blurb for His Grace Is Sufficient…Decaf Is Not:

Need a high-octane surge of grace? As we navigate the high-wire act of our busy lives, God’s grace forms a quiet safety net beneath us. When we don’t have the ability or even the drive to accomplish God’s will for our lives, His grace is there. Or when we’ve chosen the wrong path, His grace is a heartbeat away to dust us off and show us the way home. In 100 upbeat and thought-provoking devotions, the authors help us to find truth in the middle of our crazy lives. Instead of putting our hope in good works, careers, the perfect family, or a double shot of espresso, they remind us to rely on God’s supply of grace that never runs dry.

Available wherever books are sold, including Kindle and Nook digital versions.

Interview with the heroine from Cowgirl Trail by Susan Page Davis:

1. Maggie Porter, tell me the most interesting thing about you.

I’m one of few women to head up a cattle drive. I believe we completed the first all-woman cattle drive ever.

2. What do you do for fun?

I ride my horse. I also enjoy doing things for our workers and their families—cooking, sewing, and playing with the children.

3.  What do you put off doing because you dread it?

Writing letters—I have too many interesting things to do, and I don’t want to sit still for long.

4. What are you afraid of most in life?

Being left alone. I lost my mother, and now my father isn’t doing well. I have a few loyal friends here at the ranch, but if all of our cowhands leave, I don’t know as I’ll be able to make a go of it.

5. What do you want out of life?

Someday I’d like to have my own family, but I’d like to also bring the Rocking P back to the thriving ranch it was ten years ago.

6. What is the most important thing to you?

God and family come first for me.

7.  Do you read? If so, what is your favorite type of book to read?

I do, but lately I have been too busy. When I was with my mother during her illness, I read dozens of books. I like novels, because they transport me away from the harsh realities of this life.

8.  If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I’d not be an only child. My friend Carlotta has several siblings, and I always think they are having a marvelous time together. I wish I’d had some sisters and brothers, too.

9.  Do you have a pet? If so, what is it and why that pet?

My “pet” is my horse, Duchess, whom I got about ten years ago. She’s past her prime now, but I love her. Even if she’s done as a working horse, she’s still there to give me a pleasant ride and some company.

10. If you could travel back in time, where would you go and why?

I’d love to go back to my childhood, when my mother was alive and my papa was strong. I miss those days, but I hope that God will give me strength to go on with the friends who love me, and maybe give me a husband to partner with on the ranch. I hoped at one time that Alex Bright would figure into that dream, but now I’m not so sure.

Interview with the hero from A Bride’s Dilemma in Friendship, TN by Diana Brandmeyer:

1.  Travis Logan, tell me the most interesting thing about you.

I served as a doctor in the War Between the States. I don’t like to talk about it though.

2.  What do you do for fun?

I like to wander on my horse, Pride and Joy.

3.  What do you put off doing because you dread it?

Marrying someone just to be married. So I’m not looking or wasn’t.

4.  What are you afraid of most in life?

Being a doctor again. I don’t want to be the one to say, “I’m sorry you aren’t going to make it.”

5.  What do you want out of life?

A successful horse farm and a family.

6.  What is the most important thing to you?

My word–if I say I’m going to do something, I mean it.

7.  Do you read books? If so, what is your favorite type of book?

I don’t have time to read books.

8.  If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Being more patient with the men I took care of in the war. It was hard to give them reassurance when you wanted to scream right along with them because you couldn’t help.

9.  Do you have a pet? If so, what is it and why that pet?

There’s a goat on the farm that has become a favorite.

10. If you could travel back in time, where would you go and why?

I’d go back to Memphis, find Heaven’s father and see if I could save him before he got so sick.

Interview with the hero from Love’s Prize in Rainbow’s End (novella from Rainbow’s End) by Cara Putman:

1.  Colton Ryan, tell me the most interesting thing about you.

I’m getting ready to become a non-traditional law student. Meaning I got a couple years out of undergrad and had a change of heart.

2.  What do you do for fun?

This summer I’m spending a couple months in the Ozarks participating in the Rainbow’s End geo-caching competition. I’ve never gone geo-caching before but I’m pretty stoked about the chance to compete.

3.  What do you put off doing because you dread it?

I’m putting off having a relationship – at least that’s what I should do. Law school is pretty all consuming from what I’ve heard, but Reagan…well, she could change my mind.

4.  What are you afraid of most in life?

Making a commitment I can’t follow through on. I want to always be a man of my word.

5.  What do you want out of life?

I want to make a difference. To use my skills and talents to impact the world around me.

6.  What is the most important thing to you?

My faith in Christ. It’s an important relationship to me, and one I hope that changes me to be more like Him every day.

7.  Do you read books? If so, what is your favorite type of book?

I like Tom Clancy and Randy Singer books.

8.  If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Not much. I figure God can use even my mistakes if I’ll let Him.

9.  Do you have a pet? If so, what is it and why that pet?

Nope. The last thing I need this summer and in law school is a pet. Someday I’ll have a black lab, but not now.

10. If you could travel back in time, where would you go and why?

I’d go to the day we head to the caverns and Reagan disappears. I’d erase that experience in a heartbeat.

Interview with the heroine from Cooking the Books by Bonnie Calhoun:

1. Sloane Templeton, tell me the most interesting thing about you.

 Hmmm…I would say the most interesting thing about me is that I’m still alive. I remember in one of the Indiana Jones movies, the temple guardian remarked to Indiana about the man that chose a golden chalice as the cup of Jesus…and ultimately turned to dust because it was the wrong cup, that he chose “unwisely.” Well although I’ve got great intentions, I seem to always be choosing unwisely. So I guess the Lord really does protect fools and babies.

2.  What do you do for fun? ROFLOL…eat cheesecake!

3.  What do you put off doing because you dread it? That’s totally easy too…I dread getting on the scale…because of the above mentioned cheesecake.

4.  What are you afraid of most in life? I sometimes have a wariness, but I don’t have any fear because I have the Lord watching my back. But that lack of fear probably contributes to me going to places that angels fear to tread…or to follow me. The poor things probably look like a fife and drum corps with the crutches, slings on their arms and head bandages from interceding on my behalf.

5.  What do you want out of life? World peace…*waving to the crowd* Thank you for this title…uh, oh…this isn’t the Miss America competition? Oh well, then in that case I’d say that I just peace for myself…and to NOT have to eat Aunt Verline’s cooking any time soon.

6.  What is the most important thing to you? Family, which consists of Fifi since she was mom’s best friend for more years than I’ve been alive…and Aunt Verline, bless her li’l heart. She’s the only blood relative I have left since mom’s Homegoing to Jesus.

7.  Do you read? If so, what is your favorite type of book to read? Well shazam! I own a bookstore full of books. My favorite books are suspense mysteries.

8.  If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Wow these questions are like shooting fish in a barrel. This is another easy peasy one. I’d change the size of my butt to about a size 4. Although all the girls I know that size say “Tee hee, I forgot to eat.” Sheesh…give me a break, forgetting to eat is about as easy as forgetting to breath.

9.  Do you have a pet? If so, what is it and why that pet? I don’t have a pet at this time because I just moved back to Brooklyn from the City, and most of the apartments in the City do not allow pets or charge you a fortune in extra rent for having one. Besides there were no parks around me to walk a pet. Okay…so you caught me. I love dogs. But I really am not partial to running around with a bag of doggie poo in my pocket. I don’t look at that as a trendy fashion statement. So I’d probably wait till I moved out in the country where the dog could be a free-range pooper. I do like cats too, and they confine themselves to little poo boxes, but I haven’t found the one that wants to adopt me yet.

10. If you could travel back in time, where would you go and why? I’d go back to World War II and meet my grandma when she was a young girl. She had it kinda rough for a while and she could have used the extra support.

This week I’m hosting Bonnie Calhoun with Cooking the Books, Cara Putman with Rainbow’s End, Diana Brandmeyer with A Bride’s Dilemma in Friendship, TN, and Susan Page Davis with Cowgirl Trail.  If you want to enter the drawings for the books, please leave a comment on one of the post during the week with your email address. I will not enter you without an email address (my way to contact you if you win). If you don’t want to leave an email address, another way you can enter is to email me at margaretdaley@gmail.com. The drawings end Sunday (May 13th) evening.

Bonnie Calhoun’s bio:

Bonnie is owner of the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance, publisher the Christian Fiction Online Magazine, Northeast Zone Director for ACFW, President of Christian Authors Network, Appointment Coordinator for the Colorado Christian Writers Conference and the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Conference, and ACFW ‘Mentor of the Year,’ for 2011.

Blurb for Cooking the Books:

It’s not easy being Sloane Templeton.

After her mother dies from a heart attack, Sloane Templeton goes from Cyber Crimes Unit to bookstore owner before she can blink. She also “inherits” a half-batty store manager named Felicia Tyler, better know as Fefe, bright red, tightly permed hair, wearer of noisy jewelry and ungodly bright spandex. She’s the half-batty manager of mom’s bookstore, and the batty part plays with loaded guns.

Then there’s a strange bunch of little old people from the neighborhood who meet at the store once a week called the Granny Oakleys Book Club who smell like food, but never read books. And Aunt Verline Buford, mom’s younger sister, who fancies herself as the Iron Chef, when in reality you need a cast-iron stomach to partake of her disasters. She had her last husband die of food poisoning, but they swear that she didn’t cause it.

And with a group like this you should never ask, “What else can go wrong?”  

Mix in a pair of professors, several gun toting thieves, and a couple books worth a fortune and the outcome could be murder!

Bio of Cara Putman:

Cara C. Putman lives in Indiana with her husband and four children. She’s an attorney and a teacher at her church as well as lecturer at Purdue. She has loved reading and writing from a young age and now realizes it was all training for writing books. She loves bringing history and romance to life.
 
An honors graduate of the University of Nebraska and George Mason University School of Law, Cara left small town Nebraska and headed to Washington, D.C., to launch her career in public policy.  

Cara is an author chasing hard after God as she lives a crazy life. She invites you to join her on that journey.

Readers can interact with Cara online at:

http://www.caraputman.com

http://blog.caraputman.com

http://www.facebook.com/caraputman

http://www.twitter.com/cara_putman

http://www.pinterest.com/caraputman

Blurb of Rainbow’s End:

Join a geocaching adventure in the spectacular Lake of the Ozarks wilderness, with Lyssa, the reluctant volunteer whose former nemesis is now her chief sponsor; Madison, a city girl paired with an outdoorsy guy who gets on her very last nerve; Hadley, who doesn’t know enough about guys to realize she’s met a womanizer; and cautious Reagan, who meets an equally cautious guy. Will they find the treasure they’re looking for … or something else entirely?

Bio for Diana Brandmeyer:

Christian author, Diana Lesire Brandmeyer, writes historical and contemporary romances. She’s also written We’re Not Blended-We’re Pureed, A Survivor’s Guide to Blended Families. Once widowed and now remarried she writes with humor and experience on the difficulty of joining two families even in historical times.

Blurb for A Bride’s Dilemma in Friendship, Tennessee:

Heaven’s Stolen His Heart

After witnessing the ravages of the Civil War, Travis Logan vowed to give up doctoring. But when fellow steamboat passenger Caleb Wharton collapses at his feet, Travis knows he must lend his aid. As the old man lies dying, he makes Travis promise to take care of his land and find Heaven. Travis can’t help but wonder what Heaven has to do with a real place, so he heads to Caleb’s farm to fulfill his promise.

Weeks of facing marauders and caring for her father’s home have finally taken their toll on Heaven Wharton. When an unknown young man charges the house, Heaven attempts to fire a warning shot but ends up shooting the man instead. Shocked, she and her sister, Angel, drag a semi-conscious Travis into the house and nurse him back to health.

 As Travis and Heaven both struggle to control their destinies, will they learn that only a heart that follows God can ever find peace on earth?

Bio for Susan Page Davis:

Susan Page Davis is the author of forty published novels. A Maine native, she now lives in western Kentucky with her husband Jim. They have six children and eight grandchildren. Susan is a past winner of the Carol Award and the Inspirational Readers’ Choice Award, as well as Heartsong Presents Favorite Author of the Year.

Blurb for Cowgirl Trail:

In 1884, Maggie Porter returns to the Rocking P Ranch. The sanatorium was not able to save her mother and now her father’s health is failing. When the cowboys walk off the job leaving no one to drive the cattle to market, ranch foreman Alex Bright cannot convince the men to stay. Maggie is desperate to save the ranch, and she turns to the town’s women for help. The new cowgirls must herd, rope, and drive the cattle to market. Unfortunately, some of the strikers resent their actions and want to liven up things on the cattle drive. Maggie can’t believe Alex, whom she always admired, would cause trouble for her family. Can she forgive him and accept his offer of help when trouble comes?

Hero Interview from Relentless Pursuit by Kathy Herman:

1. Who are you and what is the most interesting thing about you?

My name is Sax Henry. I live in New Orleans and play the saxophone in a Jazz band called Smooth Blues. I changed my name from Michael Austin Sieger to Sax Michael Henry when I realized that the saxophone was as much a part of me as breathing. Plus, I wanted to sever ties to my dysfunctional background, and a new name seemed like a good start.

2.What do you do for fun?

Truthfully, I’m not sure I even know how to have fun. My life’s a train wreck.  I left an abusive home when I was seventeen and went on tour with a rock band. That left my mom and kid sister, Shelby, to defend themselves against my old man, who was a mean drunk. I regret that decision and have never gotten past the guilt. Each of my three ex wives tried to convince me I should see a shrink. I never did. I couldn’t get up the courage to go talk about something that painful and shameful with a stranger. So … having fun isn’t something that comes naturally to me.  But if this counts as fun, I do love to eat authentic Cajun cuisine, and the best I’ve ever tasted was at Zoe B’s Cajun Eatery in Les Barbes, Louisiana.

3.What do you put off doing because you dread it?

I’ve put off scattering my parents’ ashes which, at present, are in two urns in my closet. It’s hard to explain why I haven’t let them go. I don’t fully understand it myself, but I’m sure it’s connected to my turbulent childhood—to Dad’s abuse and Mom’s pretending everything was hunky-dory. I have so much anger that I can’t decide whether to scatter their ashes in the gulf –or just dump them in the landfill. So I haven’t done anything. Plus I think my sister, Shelby, should have a say in how it’s done. And I haven’t had any contact with her in twenty-eight years.

4.What are you afraid of most in life?

I’m most afraid of living with this pain—this terrible depression—that has haunted me ever since I left home on my seventeenth birthday. I was a coward for leaving without making sure Shelby was removed from that abusive environment. Truth is, I was afraid my dad would kill my mom if Shelby was taken out of there. I suspected Dad was having his way with Shelby, but no one ever talked about it. So I just pretended it wasn’t happening. I was a master at pretending. I did go back several times and pleaded with Mom to leave him and take Shelby, but she wouldn’t. I couldn’t understand her stubborn loyalty to the man who kept hurting her children, so I left—for good.

5.What do you want out of life?

PEACE! I just want the pain to stop.

6.What is the most important thing to you? Finding my sister. Telling her how sorry I am for leaving her helpless.  Our parents are dead now, and I need to find Shelby and see if there’s any chance she can forgive me—any chance that she and I might have a relationship. Finding her has consumed me for the past three years, since Mom died. It’s all I think about.

7.Do you read? If so, what is your favorite type of book to read?

I enjoy just about any book that takes me to a different time and place. When Shelby and I were kids, I read to her from a book of fables my mom had when she was a little girl. But when things at home erupted and got scary, Shelby and I would run away and climb the bluffs—to Story Rock. We would hide there, and I would make up tales to take her mind off the situation. I loved that I could make the hero anyone I wanted, and all the stories could end “happily ever after.” I got to call the shots. It was the only control I had in my life.

8.If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I’d be a happy person. Someone who looks forward to the future and has no regrets.

9.Do you have a pet? If so, what is it and why that pet?

They don’t’ allow pets in the apartment where I live. But if I could choose a pet, I’d rescue a dog from the humane society. I have a real soft spot for abused and lost animals. Guess it’s a carryover from my childhood. I’m not sure what kind I’d pick. Probably the one with the saddest eyes and do everything in my power to make it happy.

10. If you could travel back in time, where would you go and why?

I would go back to my seventeenth birthday, to the house I grew up in. I’d put away my guitar and unpack my suitcase. I’d forget about going on tour with the rock band and stay home.  I’d face the future like a man and do whatever it took to get my mom and Shelby away from my dad. I will always wonder how different my life might have been if I’d been strong enough to stand up to him.

Interview with the heroine: Brush of Angel’s Wings by Ruth Reid

1. Rachel Hartzler, tell me the most interesting thing about you.

I’m 20 years old and Amish, which means I should be frantic at my age to find a husband, but I’m not!

2. What do you do for fun?

I once baked a rhubarb pie and intentionally left out the sugar. It sure was fun to watch Jordan Engles take his first bite.

3. What do you put off doing because you dread it?

I dread cooking and sewing the most. Women my age make a big fuss over filling up their hope chest. Mine will stay empty because I don’t make sewing a priority.

4. What are you afraid of most in life?

I’m told I should fear more things, like not buggy racing—but I don’t.

5. What do you want out of life?

I want my parent’s acceptance most of all. My mother thinks I should be inside and working on my household skills in order to be a good wife one day. My father hasn’t been the same since my brother died—a haunting regret. I work hard in the barn—love it by the way—but I know a daughter doesn’t ever replace a son. 

6. What is the most important thing to you?

It’s vital that I’m with Wendy (my deceased brother’s favorite cow) when she calves.

7. Do you read? If so, what is your favorite type of book to read?

When I read, it’s the Bible. I don’t have time to read for entertainment, besides, we don’t have electricity and we try to conserve the lamp oil and wicks for important things.   

8. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I would try not to be so impulsive. My actions tend to get me into trouble.

9. Do you have a pet? If so, what is it and why that pet?

I have a fast horse named Ginger, a barn cat, and a pregnant cow.

10. If you could travel back in time, where would you go and why?

I would go back two years and stop my brother from trying to rescue that stupid sheep from the river. If I could do that, he wouldn’t have drown.

Interview with the heroine from Wedding Belles by Janice Hanna:

1. Lottie, tell me the most interesting thing about you.

I’m a bit of a tomboy. Most of the folks in Estes Park wonder why I dress in coveralls and cowboy boots when the other gals are all gussied up. Never really understood why I needed to impress people with fancy dresses and such. Then again, now that Gilbert Parker is looking my way, I might be willing to put on a dress to bring a smile to his face.

2. What do you do for fun?

I love to spend time at Fall River, (on the edge of the Parker Lodge property). I also love going up to Long’s Peak. The view is wonderful. Of course, everything is more fun when Gil comes along. I really enjoy spending time with him.

3. What do you put off doing because you dread it?

Gil has asked me to write and direct a melodrama to raise funds for the lodge. I’m a nervous wreck! Whatever makes him think I can write. . .or direct? Then again, I would do just about anything to impress Gilbert Parker, so I plan to dive in, even if I come out looking foolish in the end.

4. What are you afraid of most in life?

I’m afraid of being misunderstood—not just by Gil, but by my mother, who doesn’t seem to understand me at all. I’m also worried that I might make a fool out of myself as I try to direct this play. I’m no director, and folks are going to figure that out!

5. What do you want out of life?

The same things every girl wants, I suppose—love, a family, wonderful friends. Most of all, I want to find all of those things in my hometown of Estes Park, Colorado, where the views are magnificent, the air crisp and clean, and the people friendly. (Well, most of the people, anyway. Those gals from the Women’s League are a pain!)

6. What is the most important thing to you?

Above all else, my faith is most important. I’m learning to put my trust in God and not get the cart ahead of the horse.

7. Do you read? If so, what is your favorite type of book to read?

Lately I’ve been reading a lot of stage plays so that I can learn how to write one. I’ve spent a lot of time researching funny melodrama names for my characters. What fun!

8. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Ugh! Do I really have to answer this? Most people would consider me small-boned, but I very top-heavy. If you really want to know why I wear coveralls much of the time, it’s to cover up my curves! The gals in the melodrama tell me I have nothing to worry about—that I have a lovely figure—but I’m not keen on my top half!

9. Do you have a pet? If so, what is it and why that pet?

Everyone in town has adopted Katy Sue, a local cow owned by a nice fella named Jeb. Many of us are working on a secret plan to save Katy Sue’s life, (but please don’t tell Jeb, all right?)

10. If you could travel back in time, where would you go and why?

If it’s all the same to you, I would rather travel into the future. I’m dying to know how this melodrama is going to turn out. Will the actresses who are coming to town stay? Will the local women’s league raise a stink? Will we save Parker Lodge from ruin? Will Gilbert ever love me the way I love him? If I could just catch a glimpse into the future, I would know the answers to all of these questions!