Welcome Barbara.
What can I tell you to snag your
interest?
I’m Barbara Edwards and I’m an author. Not a world
shattering surprise since I have a new release, Journey of the Magi, available
on kindle http://amzn.com/B00ES5DZEQ
The big difference is that it’s a
sweet holiday romance and very different from my edgy, paranormal romances or
historical romances.
The thing I like least about
writing is the amount of patience it takes to get a book published. Writing the
basic book, editing, rewriting and then submitting can take up to a year. Then
you wait for acceptance or rejection, or suggestions for changes to make it
acceptable. The more edits from the editor. Sometimes this process takes
another year. Then comes the big day! Boom! It’s over, someone likes it.
Where’s the next book?
What do I like most about writing?
When someone likes my work.
Here’s a bit about my Christmas
story.
Blurb for Journey of the Magi:
Widow Noel Martin never
breaks promises, and she promised her kids they’d have Christmas at her
childhood home in Connecticut. But driving across country takes money. Noel is
broke when a snowstorm blows them into a tiny Minnesota café owned by a man who
can change her mind. She accepts his offer of a job. Despite her attraction to
him, she makes it clear she is only temporary help.
Dan Longstreet isn’t adopting
any more strays, but he needs a waitress. Dan works so hard to make his café a success, he doesn't have
time for love. Though Noel’s slender blonde
beauty stuns him and her two adorable children tug at his heart, he denies how
they threaten to change his life.
When tragedy strikes, their
new-found love is the first victim. Noel can't stay and Dan can't
leave. Will their journey be the gift that reunites them?
What’s next? I’d like to write
another holiday romance, but already have the next book in my paranormal
series, Ancient Dark, well underway. It’s about a man who’s bloodlines are
werewolf but he never changed.
I set my series in New England
since that’s where I was raised. The atmosphere can be spooky or full of eerie
history, a nice bucket to dip ideas from.
Here’s
an excerpt from Journey of the Magi
“Is
that job still open?”
“I
need a waitress.” His rich voice woke tingles of awareness
that she’d forgotten, or maybe never knew.
“Is
that a yes or a no?” she asked impatiently. These unfamiliar
feelings were scary and unwelcome. She was
too
tired to be diplomatic and this job was too important.
“What
are you going to do with them?” He jutted his
chin toward her children.
“I, I
d-d-don’t know,” Noel stammered before sheslumped
onto the nearest stool. Leaning forward onto
her
elbows, she looked at her clasped hands. “I didn’t plan
that far.”
“Humph!”
Noel
watched his long, strong fingers dexterously polish
another glass. His wide palms held the heavy
restaurant-ware
like fine china. He had nice hands, a gentle
touch. Instinct murmured he’d be as careful with
a
woman.
“I
guess I should move on. I…”
“Could
keep the kids next to the kitchen, there’s a place
there. Then if they needed you, you’d be right
close.” His deep
voice was like an angel’s song.
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