Now, on to the giveaway! :)
Heidi Angell is offering three copies of her book Royal Prince Vince as a giveaway in this blog hop. That means there will be THREE winners! :)
Author Interview:Royal Prince Vince is a coming of age story about a spoiled prince who would throw temper tantrums for no apparent reason. His parents kept giving him things to make him happy, but nothing worked. He was not only making himself miserable, but affecting the whole kingdom. When no one seemed to be able to help, a young peddler woman offered to assist. She took him to live with her and to see how it is not things that make you happy, but the connections you make with others and what you find that you can do for yourself.A beautiful story teaching against the entitlement attitude that is plaguing our country today and reinforcing the joy that is found from learning to be independent and do for yourself. Every child, young and old, should read this entertaining, yet heartwarming story!
Where are you from? I am originally from Montana, but have been living in Aiken SC so long, it now kinda feels like home ;)
Tell us your latest news? Gosh, there is just so much! My writing career is really starting to take off. I just published Royal Prince Vince in November, and have an adult fiction thriller, All is Well, coming out the end of this month.
When and why did you begin writing? I actually published my first book in first grade (our teacher's husband ran a printing company and was generous enough to come in and teach us all about binding and all that neat stuff!) From then on, I just couldn't not write. I knew that I would always write, I just didn't know that I would one day get paid to do it!
When did you first consider yourself a writer? I think for as long as I can remember, I have always considered myself a writer, but I didn't consider myself an author until I signed a contract with an agent for my book All is Well. Then it became really real when I published my first book Creative Exercises to Inspire and just gets more real every day.
What inspired you to write your first book? I actually wrote my first novel-length book in sixth grade and it was based on my friends in Montana, whom I had to leave the summer before. I missed them desperately and the book was sort of a way to reconnect with them. It was based on some of the make-believe games that we used to play and looking back I realized it was actually really bad, but it helped me to cope with my loss and to face moving to a new place and learning to make new friends.
Is there a message in your children's book that you want readers to grasp? Um, kinda. I mean, I'm not really a preachy writer. I don't intentionally work on a moral premise. I wrote Royal Prince Vince in High school for a creative writing portfolio. I didn't realize then the message in the story, I just wrote from what I knew. Then last summer I was having a really hard time with my kids. They were constantly bored and complaining because they didn't have the newest, latest, greatest thing. My husband and I were constantly dismayed because they were breaking these really expensive toys that we just could not afford to replace. I was going through some old papers cleaning house and came across this story and it just hit me. I didn't grow up with the latest and greatest of anything, but I was always happy. I could amuse myself for hours. In trying to give our children a "better life" than we had, my husband and I were creating lazy, uncaring, selfish little monsters. (Okay, my kids aren't ALWAYS that way! But it was starting to feel that way.) In observing their friends as we hung out this summer, I realized that I was not the only one. I just knew that this story needed to be shared.
What books have influenced your life most? Oh my, there are so many! I am always getting messages from books. I would say probably Orson Scott Card's Ender series. I have two very smart boys and it sort of gave me a way to see things through their eyes. It is often hard, I think, for mothers to really grasp the way their boys think and act. Darn Y chromosome!
What book are you reading now? Well, I just started a book called Moonbane, but it is not out for sale yet. Another author friend asked me to look it over and critique it for him. I am quite excited! I just finished reading Little Women last night!
Are there any new authors that have grasped your interest? For sure. Well, some of them I am not sure how new they are, but they are new to me! Luke Romyn (http://www.lukeromyn.com/), Claude Bouchard (http://www.claudebouchardbooks.com/) and Sophie Jordan (http://sophiejordan.net/)
What are your current projects? I am putting the finishing touches on All is Well, editing the sequel Laura's Baby, and writing a vampire slayer novel tentatively called Hunters. And of course, dabbling in about five million other things ;) I do keep busy!
Do you see writing as a career? That is the goal. It is a lot of work, but being able to work from home allows me to be there for my kids. I could probably make more money getting a "real job", and work less hours; but I love what I do and the freedom of being my own boss! I wouldn't change it for the world!
How to enter this giveaway? You must have a US address and fill out the form below. :) Then hop down to the linky list below form to see which other blogs are participating in this giveaway hop! :)
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