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Lisa Carter’s Writing Dance (Episode 39)

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On this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense,” my guest is multi-published author Lisa Carter, who likes to describe her romantic suspense novels as “Sweet Tea with a Slice of Murder.” The Stronghold won a 2017 Daphne du Maurier. Under a Turquoise Sky won the 2015 Carol Award. Beyond the Cherokee Trail was a Romantic Times Top Pick. She also writes contemporary romance with Love Inspired, the popular Matchmaker series, set in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Lisa enjoys traveling and researching her next fictional adventure. A native North Carolinian, she has strong opinions on barbecue and ACC basketball.

“When you write romantic suspense, there are three story threads that you’ve got to weave together,” Lisa says. “There’s the romantic tension between your characters in which they’ve got to overcome certain obstacles that threaten their relationship. Then you’ve also got the thread of suspense where the characters are trying to either find a killer or escape, a killer or someone will die. And because I write from a Christian worldview, there’s also the spiritual thread that is running through my novels, where the characters are coming to grips with God’s invitation for a relationship. I’m weaving together these three story tension threads between the spiritual and the romantic and the suspense and it’s kind of a little dance to get them all, to come out together in the end.”

Listen to the podcast for more from our interview, plus an excerpt from Lisa’s The Sound of Falling Leaves.

Connect w/Lisa
Website: http://www.lisacarterauthor.com/
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/lisa-carter
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Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Lisa-Carter/e/B00BF1FGPC?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&qid=1617370912&sr=8-4

Elizabeth Goddard Podcast

Elizabeth Goddard’s Writing Dream (Episode 38)

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On this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense,” I’m talking to Elizabeth Goddard, who has sold more than a million books and is the award-winning author of more than 50 novels and counting, including the romantic mystery The Camera Never Lies—a 2011 Carol Award winner. She is a Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery and Suspense finalist for her Mountain Cove series—Buried, Backfire, and Deception—and a Carol Award finalist for Submerged. When she’s not writing, she loves spending time with her family, traveling to find inspiration for her next book, and serving with her husband in ministry.

“I actually worked in corporate America in my twenties, and I traveled all over the country,” Elizabeth, adding that she quit to stay home with her first child. “During that time, I decided that I wanted to focus on my dream of writing. … Now it’s my full-time job, where I have word counts and marketing/promotion I have to hit every day.”

Listen to the podcast for more from our interview, plus an excerpt from Elizabeth’s Present Danger.

Connect w/Elizabeth
Website: www.ElizabethGoddard.com
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1295402.Elizabeth_Goddard
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bethgoddard
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethGoddardAuthor
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/elizabeth-goddard
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethgoddardauthor/

Mary Alford Podcast

How Mary Alford’s Preteen Writing Fuels Her Today (Episode 37)

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On this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense,” USA Today bestselling author Mary Alford shares her love of writing. In her books, she gives her readers the unexpected, whether it be in a rugged mountain setting or a peaceful Amish community. Her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestselling List, Publisher’s Weekly Bestselling List, and have been finalists in the Daphne Du Maurier award of excellence, The Beverly, The Maggie, and The Selah Awards. Mary lives in Texas with her husband, two very spoiled cats, and a sweet rescue dog named Cody.

“For as long as I can remember, I’ve always liked to read,” Mary said. “I started reading Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. I loved the mystery and suspense of those. From there, I graduated to Victoria Holt, Phyliss Whitney, Mary Stuart. I was a preteen when I first decided to try my hand at writing what I loved to read. It looked so easy! I wrote my first book, which was terrible and full of cliches and sappy romance. Those stories lit a fire in me. Many years fell in-between before I started writing again.”

Listen to the podcast for more from our interview, plus an excerpt from Mary’s Shielding the Amish Witness.

Connect w/Mary
Website: www.maryalford.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/MaryAlfordAuthor/
Twitter: twitter.com/maryalford13
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Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/7235798
Bookbub: www.bookbub.com/authors/mary-alford

 

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How Joanna White Writes So Much (Episode 36)

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On this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense,” I’m chatting with Joanna White, a Christian author and fangirl. Hunter and Shifter are the first two books in the Valiant Series, published by Ambassador International. In December 2019, one of her short stories was featured in Once Upon A Yuletide, a Christmas fairy tale anthology by Divination Publishing. Dark Magi, book one of the Republic Chronicles, came out in November 2019. Glimpses of Time and Magic, a historical fantasy anthology, also featured one of her stories. The Crystal Heist is her most recent release.

She graduated from Full Sail University with a BFA in creative writing for entertainment. Ever since she was 10, she’s been writing stories and has a deep passion for writing and creating stories, worlds, characters, and plots that readers can immerse themselves in. In 2020, she reached her personal goal of writing a million words in a year. Most of all, Joanna loves God, her family, staying at home, and being a total nerd.

“I’m a full-time author and I write all the time,” Joanna said. “My goal for 2020 was to write a million words just with my novels that hit at least 50,000 words. I had a lot of books or series that I wanted to start or complete or work on. … January 1, 2020, I started the challenge, and by July 23, I had completed the challenge. I’ve written 15 books and since then, I’ve written two more.”

Listen to the podcast for more from our interview, plus an excerpt from Volcano.

Connect w/Joanna
Website: authorjoannawhite.com
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/jwwarriors

 

 

Debby Giusti Podcast

Debby Giusti’s Care & Treatment of Villains (Episode 35)

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On this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense,” I’m talking with Debby Giusti, USA TODAY and Publishers Weekly Bestselling Author. She’s a medical technologist who loves working with test tubes and petri dishes almost as much as she loves to write. Growing up as an Army Brat, Debby met and married her husband—then a captain in the Army—at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Together they traveled the world, raised three wonderful Army brats of their own and eventually settled in Peachtree City, Georgia, where Debby spins tales of suspense that touch the heart and soul.

Debby has more than a million books in print, and her stories have won numerous awards, including two Daphne du Maurier Awards for Inspirational Suspense, the National Readers’ Choice Award, the Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award, Golden Quill, the Beacon, the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence and the Write Touch. Hidden Amish Secrets is her 27th Love Inspired Suspense novel.

In addition to full-length fiction, Debby has written magazine articles for Southern Lady, Woman’s World, Our Sunday Visitor, Army and Family, and served for more than 12 years on the editorial advisory board of ADVANCE for Administrators of the Laboratory.

“I don’t know if I could write a book if I couldn’t kill somebody,” Debby said. “There’s a lot of elements to a suspense story that need to be woven together. I’m a plotter, so beforehand, I want to get a fairly good idea of how the story’s going to progress. We have our red herrings, and there’s a lot of foreshadowing that has to go in there. And of course our villain has to be a somewhat complex person. He has to have goals and motivations and conflict, and he has to change through the story as well.”

Listen to the podcast for more from our interview, plus an excerpt from Debby’s Hidden Amish Secrets.

Connect w/Debby
Website: www.debbygiusti.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/debby.giusti.9
Twitter: twitter.com/DebbyGiusti

 

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