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Author Interview-Lilly Gayle

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As my 100 th post, I’m excited to welcome fellow, Wild Rose Press author, Lilly Gayle .   I’ll be over at her blog today. Stop by and say hi!                  What inspired you to become a writer? When I was in the eighth grade, my teacher gave us an assignment: Write a short, 3 to 5 page story using all of your spelling words. The entire class groaned. I smiled. I could do that. I'd been writing stories in my head since the day I played hooky to watch the very first episode of Young and the Restless. So, I started writing…and filled up an entire spiral notebook. The teacher asked me to condense it down to the required word length, but she encouraged me to keep writing. And I did. Until I graduated from high school and went off to college. Life got in my way for years, but I shared my secret desire to write with my husband and in 1995, he bought our first computer and told me to stop dreaming and start writing. Gotta love a man who listens to the important stuff. As f

Hot Rods & Huge Monsters

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For those who love classic cars, Reno is the place to be during Hot August Nights    Many of the casinos host events from show & shines to drag races.   Around town during a quick run to the store, you might spot a ’67 Corvette or an antique fire engine polished to a high gloss. An unexpected thunderstorm made it a bad night to cruise the streets, but provided an excellent setting to watch a classic horror flick.   We chose The Giant Gila Monster (1959) which features hot rods, a soda shop even a sock hop.    Poor Sheriff Jeff—as the lone lawman in a small town in rural Texas-he has two missing teens, several strange auto accidents and no deputy to assist with the investigation.   He enlists the help of Chase Winstead (our hero) a rakish mechanic who loves fast cars, yet is a devoted son who supports his mom and sister.    All the mayhem has been caused by a 50 foot Gila Monster (actually a live Mexican Bearded Lizard).   The film is reminiscent of those teen beach mov

Author Interview-Mary Vine

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What inspired you to become a writer? I read a lot in my twenties and thirties and somehow I thought I could do it, too. I first started writing at age 36, but was shy about telling anyone. Finally, I gained enough courage to take a few chapters to my neighbor, a retired high school English teacher. Her encouragement kept me going. Who are your favorite romance characters (besides your own?) The older I get the more I really like kick-ass heroines in books and television.   I like Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ heroines, especially in Nobody’s Baby But Mine and Ain’t She Sweet .   I like reformed bad boys in books and in real life. I’ve got one right at home. Tell me what inspired this story. For many years I’ve dreamed of a big house. Not always the same big house, but variations. And they usually belonged to me. Finally, I decided to write about it in A Haunting in Trillium Falls . I’ve always been a sucker for haunted house stories that included a romantic storyl