Lately, when I’m about to start a new project, I begin by creating a board on Pinterest and gathering images that I hope will inspire and guide me. Committing to a new story is serious business. Months of precious time, spanning several years, will be required for the project, so I want to make sure I’m choosing a story that will worth this big investment. Right now I’m working on a Pinterest board called Twisted Cedars. A few months ago I released the first of several mysteries I hope to write set in this fictional, coastal town in Oregon.
A lot happens in A Buried Tale, and while my readers discover the “whodunit” at the end of the story, there are also a lot of loose threads. Because murder is a messy business. And it leaves damage and mayhem in its wake.
Damage and mayhem that I will need to deal with in this new book, while, at the same time, introducing a new mystery.
So, as I mull over ideas for the next Twisted Cedars story, I find myself thinking about my characters and how they’ve been coping in the months since I wrote about them last. I feel myself about to sink back into the vortex of their world. But, as if afraid of the commitment, I hesitate. And pin another image to my Pinterest Board…
This month we had five winners for my regular website contest. I’ll be sending e-book copies of The Gift to: Jackie in La Mesa California, Claritta in Little Rock Arkansas, Gladys in Houston Texas, Marcy in Hartford MI, and Sarah in Lynchburg Virginia. Thanks to everyone who entered. A new contest is being posted soon, so make sure you enter!
Just a quick note to let you know that Joan from Tampa Bay won my last contest…and she knew that the bar in my new mystery, A Buried Tale, is called The Linger Longer. There’s a new contest posted on my website now. Why don’t you take a few minutes and enter? Good luck!
What’s so great about September? It’s time for a new Harts of the Rodeo Book!
Duke: Deputy Cowboy by Roz Denny Fox is the third in the series and one you do not want to miss! To give you a taste for the story, here is an interview of the main characters:
Third book in Harts of Rodeo SeriesQuestions and Answers from Duke and Angie
1. What is your greatest accomplishment?
Duke: Working up the nerve to ask Angie for a date.
Angie: Deciding to leave Texas when I was pregnant and almost broke.
2. What trait is most important in a friend?
Duke: Loyalty
Angie: Trust
3. What do you most enjoy about your job?
Duke: Being a deputy is never boring, and it’s not all working at a desk.
Angie: I like making horse treats that are nutritious, but that horses love.
Part time at the school—I like the people I work with, and the kids.
4. Who do you most admire and why?
Duke: My cousin Ace, because he’s smart, easy-going, and accepts me as I am.
Angie: Sarah Hart, because she’s a strong woman and has held her family together through hard times and with a deep faith.
5. Name your biggest regret.
Duke: Probably that I never knew my mother.
Angie: That work sometimes has to come before spending time with my son.
6. What makes you angry or upset?
Duke: When my twin brother, Beau, nags at me to ride better in rodeos.
Angie: I get angry when people mistreat animals, or dump them like trash.
7. What trait would you like to change about yourself?
Duke: I worry too much about the family. I don’t like squabbles.
Angie: Oh my…a too short nose, a too wide mouth, a tendency to eat too much.
8. What is your most treasured possession?
Duke: I’d have to say my dog, Zorro.
Angie: A silver cross on a thin chain that belonged to my grandmother.
9. What makes you happy?
Duke: Watching the sun rise on a clear day.
Angie: Seeing my son laugh.
10. Of what are you most afraid?
Duke: A concern that something bad may happen to someone in my family;
my younger cousin, Tuf Hart, is in the military, you know.
Angie: I worry most about my son’s safety. I know you have to give a child
space, but it’s hard not to be over-protective.
11. If they made a movie of your life, what genre would it be?
Drama, tragedy, comedy, adventure, romance, or a combination thereof.
Duke: You didn’t mention Western. I grew up loving every John Wayne
spaghetti-western, which is why I’m nicknamed, Duke.
Angie: If I go way back I’d have to say part drama, part adventure, with a
hope for romance. (The last she says with a shy glance at Duke)
I’m so excited to announce that my contribution to the Harts of the Rodeo series is now available! To celebrate the launch of Colton: Rodeo Cowboy I decided to interview Leah and Colt so you could get a feel for these two awesome romantic leads. Here they are:
What is your greatest accomplishment?
Colt: Hell, there’ve been quite a few. Maybe qualifying for the world championships four years running. Then there was the year I took five all-arounds in just two months. No, wait, my greatest accomplishment has to be winning my Dodge Truck this spring at the National Circuit Finals. Have you seen my truck? It’s a real beauty.
Leah: My greatest accomplishment is helping Colt stuff his head inside his cowboy hat every morning.
What do you most enjoy about rodeo?
Colt: Is there anything not to enjoy about rodeo?
Leah: What about rain, Colt?
Colt: You’re right, honey. Rain really sucks. You’re not too fond of it either, are you?
Leah: Especially not flash floods. (She shudders)
If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
Colt: Pained silence.
Leah: I’d regret my first marriage, but if I hadn’t married Jackson then I wouldn’t have my incredible kids Jill and Davey.
Colt: I regret not stepping up to my responsibilities right from the get-go. There are lost years that I will never get back.
What is your most treasured possession?
Colt: If we’re talking things and not people, I’d have to say my truck.
Leah: I’m pretty fond of Colt’s truck, too. Just kidding! Jill and Davey’s baby pictures beat out that hunk of metal any day.
What do you dream of?
Colt: Building Leah a house where we can raise our children and grow old together.
Leah: Growing old with Colt. Being with him every day, if possible.
If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
Colt: It would sure be nice if my older brother Ace could become my younger brother. I’d like to try ordering him around for a decade or two.
Leah: I wish my Mom and I had talked more, about the things in life that really matter. On the other hand, I probably wasn’t ready to listen to her until I’d grown up and had children of my own.
What was the most serendipitous moment of your life?
Colt: When I walked into the Open Range Saloon this spring and saw the love of my life sitting right there on the bar stool.
Leah: Yes. That was a good moment, all right.
(They Kiss…)
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