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Jemima Pett

What book(s) most influenced you as a writer?

Lord of the Rings and The Dragonriders of Pern (all of Anne McCaffrey’s books) probably.  I love the feeling of getting to know a world and the people in it.  JK Rowling once said something about Harry Potter being for people who loved detailed worlds.  That’s me!

What book do you read over and over again?

Lord of the Rings.  I often skip Frodo & Sam’s adventures though.  Also Skallagrigg which is the saddest book I know and everyone should read it.  Pride and Prejudice can stand a lot of reading, and when I picked up Black Beauty recently having not read it for 20 years, I found a whole new meaning in it.  It’s just as relevant to animal care today.

Tuesday Trio-

1)      Movie- Local Hero or Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

2)      Music- Just one piece?  You’re kidding.  Either Simply Red or Beethoven’s 9^th. Although I did get up from the sofa to dance to Elton John at the Queen’s Jubilee concert in May.

3)      Decadent Dessert- Summer pudding with Ronaldo’s Black Pepper Ice-cream (it really works, especially with strawberries!)

What’s the most interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a novel?

How much energy it takes to make one can of zero-calorie cola.  I can’t remember what it was now, but it was something I’d been wondering about for years.

Novel on your Nightstand:

Who/what are you currently reading?

I’ve just finished Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief– he’s been on my list of Children’s/MG to read for a while.  I get diverted by all the great indie books out – next up is one by Sean N Noonan for ages 7 to 107, which sounds like my target audience – The Curse of the Grimlees.  I’m saving Claude Bouchard’s Barry McCall thriller series for a McCallfest weekend!

Whom would you cast as your Main Characters/Hero/Heroine if your book became a movie?

Fred & George – I found this very difficult.  A  boy-next door style with a bit of geek would do George well.  Fred needs someone similar with a bit more Viggo Mortensen about them.  Yes!  Viggo for Fred and the guy that played Faramir, David Wenham, for George

Hugo-Mariusz – Nathaniel Parker or Humphrey Bogart (thinking ahead to Book 4)

Lupin - Hugh Grant

Nimrod – Cate Blanchett

Victor  –  Cute but not ‘handsome’.  Victor is the favourite of a lot of people, both those that have only read the books and those that have only met him online.  Ah, Ewan MacGregor!

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The Princelings of the East is a trilogy relating the adventures of unlikely heroes Fred and George. Two innocents abroad, they solve problems caused by unintended consequences, commercial greed, and blind prejudice—and still find time to engage in troubled love affairs and nearly blow themselves up with their own inventions.

In the third book, The Princelings and the Lost City, Fred has made a commitment to his true love, Kira, but must win her father’s approval. George, meanwhile, is near to fulfilling his destiny, but gets sidetracked by the arrival of a new flying machine. A simple journey to introduce Kira to their home castle turns into a case of kidnap, mistaken identity, heartache, and the discovery of a totalitarian society hidden in the forest.

The Princelings series is a fantasy adventure for good readers age 10 and upwards, that combines the charm of The Wind in the Willows with a world reminiscent of Anne McCaffrey's Pern. It will be enjoyed by animal lovers as well as those who enjoy an imagined world where power struggles, self-interest and prejudice can be overcome by hard work, friendship and a little bit of talent.

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What book(s) most influenced you as a writer?

In September 1996, I read my first Elizabeth Lowell’s book Winter Fire. I loved it. Over the next several weeks, I read her entire back list. Then I moved on to Linda Howard, Beatrice Small and several other romance authors. A year later, I’d read over 250 romance novels and had convinced myself I could write one, too. Without a plan in mind, I sat down at my computer and started writing. Ten weeks later, I wrote The End to a 115,000-word, time-travel romance. Of course, the story went through a dozen rewrites before it was published last month. 

What book do you read over and over again?

I really don’t read anything again. There are so many books on my TBR list that to reread a book deprives me of the joy of discovering something new. I remember reading the Tolkien Trilogy in the 1970s. I cried when I read the last page, but oddly, I never wanted to read the books again. The first experience was too incredible to replicate. 

Tuesday Trio-

1)      Movie-  My favorite movie of all time is Gone with the Wind. Second would be Somewhere in Time

2)      Music- I love Adele when I’m running, but I listen to all kinds of music, except hard rock. While I’m writing, I listen to Michael Dulin Radio on Pandora.  

3)      Decadent Dessert- I’m hooked on Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt. I like to mix vanilla and chocolate and sprinkle chocolate chips and strawberries on top.

What’s the most interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a novel?

A week before Christmas 2010, I was researching guns and decided to visit one of our local gun shops. I walked through the front door of a very crowded gun store and stood there not sure where to go. A young man working the cash registered asked if he could help me. I said, “I need a gun that will shoot as many cows in the shortest amount of time.”

The store fell silent. A couple dozen men stared at me like I was crazy.  I cleared my throat and explained that I was a romance writer and that my heroine was caught in the middle of a buffalo stampede and needed a weapon. The shock wore off and answers started flying. “She’s needs . . .” I still laugh when I think of that visit. 

Novel on your Nightstand:

Who/what are you currently reading?

I’m always reading several books at the same time—fiction, non-fiction, and craft or marketing.  The three at the top of my Kindle list are: 

Fifty Shades of Grey (I have to find out what all the fuss is about!)

Mile Markers by Kristin Armstrong (A book about running and relationships)

How to Market Your EBook by Mike McCann

Whom would you cast as your Hero & Heroine if your book became a movie?

I’m open to suggestions:

·         Cullen is from Scotland and graduated from Harvard. He’s a lawyer, 6’2, 180, black hair and blue eyes, born in 1822. He has a Kennedy-esque charisma and a terrible temper.

·         Kit is 5’2”, long blond hair, green eyes, a paramedic with extensive survival training, and an expert equestrian, born in 1987, or so she thought. She’s spunky. Not particularly caught up in appearances, although she is an heiress to one of the top three Thoroughbred operations in the world. 

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As the lone survivor of a car crash that killed her parents, paramedic Kit MacKlenna makes a startling discovery that further alters her life. A faded letter and a well-worn journal reveal that she was abandoned on her father’s doorstep as a baby. The only clues to her identity are a blood-splattered shawl, a locket that bears a portrait of a nineteenth-century man, and a Celtic brooch with mystical powers. Following notes in her late father’s journal, Kit sets out on a quest to solve the murders of her birth parents and discover her true identity. Under the guise of the Widow MacKlenna, Kit calls on the power of the ruby brooch and is swept back in time to Independence, Missouri in the year 1852. 

Upon arriving in the past, she encounters Cullen Montgomery, an egotistical Scotsman with a penchant for seducing widows. The San Francisco-bound lawyer happens to resemble the ghost who has haunted Kit since childhood. She quickly finds the Bach-humming, Shakespeare-quoting man to be over-bearing and his intolerance for liars threatens her quest.

If she can survive his accusations and resist his tempting and passionate embrace, she might be able to find the answers she seeks and return home without changing history or leaving her heart on the other side of time.

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KATHERINE LOWRY LOGAN

Katherine is a long distance runner and an avid reader who turned her love of reading into a passion for writing contemporary and historical romances.

A graduate of Rowan University in New Jersey, she earned a BA in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice. Following graduation, Katherine attended the Philadelphia Institute for Paralegal Training earning a General Practice Certification. She returned to Central Kentucky and worked for twenty years as a paralegal and law firm office manager. With an educational focus on psychology and the law, Katherine’s plots typically involved a mystery for the hero and heroine to solve while on an emotional journey seeking love and forgiveness.

She is currently working on a contemporary story that is a companion book to The Ruby Brooch. She plans to release the ebook on September 15, the same day she runs the Air Force Marathon in Dayton, OH. 

Katherine lives in Lexington, KY. She is a widow and a grandmother, and spends several weeks every year in New York City with three of her five grandchildren. The other two live in Northern Kentucky, making it possible to attend ballgames and Grandparents’ Day.

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#TuesdayswithTaryn Q&A with F.R. Warnock #Authors #Readers #Adventure

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Please help me welcome F.R. Warnock to Tuesdays with Taryn.

What book(s) most influenced you as a writer?

The Haunting of Hill House – It’s the book that made me want to be a writer. I read it when I was 17 and still shiver when I think about it – it really got under my skin. I’m so far past 17 now that I can’t even see it anymore, but the images that book evoked are still with me. I don’t write suspense or horror but I hope the words I commit to paper will have that same power – to instill images and cause the reader to remember them for years to come.

What book do you read over and over again? Green Darkness by Anya Seton

Tuesday Trio- I have lots of loves – so I give you a trio of each

1) Movie- Shining Through with Michael Douglas & Melanie Griffith, National Treasure with Nicholas Cage, Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie

2) Music- anything by the Eagles, Jimmy Buffet or Heart

3) Decadent Dessert- Cream Horns from Helen’s Bakery in Portsmouth, OH, my mom’s Black Raspberry Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream and anything I bake (I’m a really good baker.)

What’s the most interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a novel? I learned this from reading the book Sepulchre which I do consider as research since the subject matter is one I’m very interested in - That the Visigoths would build dams to stop the flow of a river – dig into the river bed and create a tomb for their ruler – tear out the dams and let the river return to its normal flow. The king and his treasure hidden for all time. – How cool is that?

Novel on your Nightstand:

Who/what are you currently reading? Again – my answer is in multiples – The Devil’s Gate by Clive Cussler, Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, and Sepulchre by Kate Mosse.

Whom would you cast as your Hero & Heroine if your book became a movie? I have to choose a couple of Kentucky natives for the leads in the book of my heart which is set in Kentucky – (and yes it’s only in manuscript form and has never been submitted anywhere-yet !) - Ashley Judd would be perfect as the heroine and the hero would have to be George Clooney.

Check out F.R.'s current release- The Warrior's Drum

What happens when baseball-crazy Nick Thompson’s dad gets transferred to “worse than the middle of nowhere” Halleytown just as the Little League all-star team selection is about to begin—the year Nick is a shoe-in as the starting second baseman? Bradley J. Johnley, that’s what! An uncoordinated brainiac and fellow sixth grader, Bradley gets Nick embroiled in a 200-year old mystery involving a valuable necklace and a missing Native American artifact, complete with an attached curse. Come along for the adventure, as Nick and Bradley attempt to unravel the mystery, find the warrior’s drum and break the curse.

Author Bio: F.R. Warnock, grew up in a small town in northeastern Kentucky not far from the Scioto River Valley, the traditional home of the great Shawnee Nation. She discovered her love of baseball at age eleven, when her brother began playing Little League. The Warrior’s Drum is her first book for the younger reading crowd.

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I have to say, my 9 year-old daughter and I read this together and we both loved the story and we both hope there are more stories like this to come from Ms. Warnock.

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