A special shout-out to
Johnnie Donley for tagging me in this blog hop. It’s a fun way for readers to “hop” around on
the internet and find new blogs to visit. If you came from Johnnie’s blog over
to mine, then thank you for hopping over. If you arrived from a different briar
patch, then feel free take a gander at
Johnnie’s
blog and check out her post from last week.
In the spirit of this blog hop, I’m supposed to share a bit
about one of my works-in-progress, but this is a difficult topic as I hold my stories
close to my heart until they’re ready to venture out into the wide-wide world.
So, use your imagination to fill in the blanks! lol
Title: Trusting Trey
Genre: Inspirational Historical Romance.
Where did the idea come from? Trusting Trey features several secondary characters who just popped
up like a crop of cabbage after a warm spring thaw in Stealing Jake, my debut book that released from Tyndale in July,
2011.
Short synopsis: Haunted
by the death of her husband in a coal mine accident, Johanna Thorndike, a young
mother of two small children fights tooth-and-nail to keep the mine closed and
preserve her husband’s memory. Mine owner Trey MacPherson is desperate to
re-open the mine for reasons of his own. As these two butt heads, an explosion is bound to occur
sooner or later.
Who or what inspired the WIP? As I wrote Stealing Jake, a character name J. T.
MacPherson surfaced. MacPherson doesn’t actually show up in Stealing Jake, but he’s an integral part
of the story. As a matter of fact, I deliberately left J. T. MacPherson non-gender
specific in the first book because I couldn’t make up my mind whether
MacPherson would be a man or a woman. By the time I finished Stealing Jake, the character had become
flesh and blood, and his gender was cemented forevermore as James Thomas
MacPherson III, or just plain old Trey.
Agency Representation: Steve Laube with The Steve Laube Agency.
How long did it take to write the first
draft? Dunno. It’s still in progress. J
What other books in this genre compare?
Maybe the first book in the series, Stealing
Jake.
So, that's a snippet of what I'm working on in addition to gearing up for the January 2013 release of Claiming Mariah.
Today, December 5, 2012: To keep
this blog hop hopping along, check out Tyndale’s Introduction to the Digital First releases. And be sure to
bookmark Tyndale’s blog and stop back by all throughout the month of December for more articles and interviews from the Digital First authors.
I’ll be featured on the Tyndale blog on December 17th, 18th,
and 19th, and I’d love to see you there.
Seekerville New Year’s Eve Party: Hop over to Seekerville where you can
always find fun, fellowship, food, and prizes. Seekerville is hosting a 27 hour
New Year’s Eve party December 31st with a minimum of one giveaway an hour. We'll ring in the New Year at midnight, so join us for the fun! Nothing is
required but a comment to be entered in a giveaway.
January-March 2013: I’m kicking off an exciting
blog tour to celebrate the release of my new book with Tyndale, Claiming Mariah, releasing January 1st,
2013. Keep an eye on my website www.pamhillman.com and facebook for more details about the tour, the book, and my exciting giveaway.
