Spotlight shines on Patti Lacy

Let me introduce today's spotlighted author Patti Lacy.
She is a very interesting lady and has already proven herself to be a great writer. Her first novel An Irish Woman's Tale is one that stayed with me well after I had finished the book.

Patti, tell us a little about yourself.

In 1955, I was born in the back seat of a Buick parked in the middle of a street in Waco, Texas, and have somehow ended up in Normal, Illinois! After college and marriage, I followed a family passion to call “the little red schoolhouse” my office. Then things got crazy when I put away my roll book, picked up a court reporter’s steno machine, and juggled a new job with motherhood. After my babies flew from the nest, The Spirit urged me to write a story I heard in 1995, when our family moved to Indiana. Since 2005, I’ve been writing novels about the secrets women keep and why they keep them

I have been to Waco, Texas but not to Normal, Illinois. What a crazy adventure!

Please tell us a little about Bayou Saw.
Sally Stevens, the chatty Southerner who unearths Mary’s past in An Irishwoman’s Tale, has her own burial ground for secrets: the slimy mud of a Louisiana bayou. When memories of segregation, a blood oath, and a chain link fence bubble to the surface, Sally must face the truth—or risk destroying her family and herself. Kregel Publications will release What the Bayou Saw on April 30, 2009.

Where can readers find you on the Web?
http://www.pattilacy.com/

What is the craziest thing you have ever done?

That’s the beautiful thing about living under the Spirit’s power! Every day becomes a patchwork quilt of adventures! Last summer, me and Sue, a good friend, darted across the street and zigzagged through spray spurting from golf course sprinklers just to enjoy the gift of water. Last week a woman who sat near me and a friend at a local coffeehouse overheard our God Talk and started asking questions. Today that virtual stranger and I are having coffee at 9:00. I call that God Crazy and think Him for it constantly.

What is your favorite children’s book?
That’s like asking Imelda Marcos to choose her favorite pair of shoes! I’ll say Beautiful Joe since I used this heartrending story narrated by a dog in my latest work in progress. I also devoured The Illustrated Children’s Bible, Nancy Drew mysteries, Pippi Longstocking, Black Beauty…Stop, Patti. Stop!!!

What book are you reading now? What books are found lying around your home?
Ooh, dear Donna, you’re talking to a girl who grew up with books in the bathroom cabinets instead of toilet paper and towels. Books constantly attempt to seize every room of our Normal home. They creep onto tables, under beds, into closets. I’ve even found one or two in my bathroom!

I’m itching to read The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner, The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb, and The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean. Oh, those crisp new pages are calling, but first I must finish a poignant manuscript by my friend Melanie Dobson that I can hardly put down to do my own work. Look for it soon in stores everywhere, including WalMart!

It sounds like you have been peeking in my bathroom cabinets. My wonderful husband just gave up a wall in the garage to build me book shelves to store all that have outgrown the other shelves.

What are you working on next?
The ink is still damp on My Name is Sheba, my latest work in progress. Whoopee! It feels so good to write that last word, doesn’t it?

Since last summer, when Xiu Wang became a soul sister and I roomed with Millie Samuelson at ACFW in Minnesota, my mind has been held captive by riveting tales of China. Here’s my current hook: Xiu Lu, a Harvard-educated physician, seeks U.S. citizenship not for the usual reasons of freedom and opportunity, but to reconnect with the daughter she threw to the river gods from the banks of the Yangtze.

Yes, my passport is updated! China, here I come!

Let’s pretend money is not a factor, if you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?

Um, China! The travel bug has bitten as has the bookworm (do worms bite?!) If God allows, my husband and I would like to sail the Greek islands and the canals of Venice, hike the Canadian Rockies, and revisit some unforgettable places like the Washington State Islands, Vancouver, and Switzerland, home of my brother Bucky.

I think I need to write a book with a setting in some wonderful place so I can travel too.

What do you find most challenging about writing?
The money side of the business. Just give me a room of my own, a library card, a hooked-up computer and a nearby coffee shop, the whisperings of the Spirit, and I can soar on wings like eagles. (Okay, the coffee shop is probably not a must.) Sigh…those things cost $$. Back to the problem…

I can see that as a real issue but are you sure the coffee shop isn't a must?

What is your favorite verse from the Bible? Why?
Romans 8:28: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.

Oh, dear sisters, I struggled so with the concept of God allowing bad things to happen. When I saw God using negative circumstances in my life and in the lives of my friends, the hierarchy of God’s sovereignty clicked into place in my muddled brain. As I write my stories, this verse resonates with the troubled characters who must turn “all things” to God. Including that lying habit. Including that rape. Including that abandonment.

This is a wonderful verse. At times it is hard to accept that all things work for the good.

I always am trying to learn new ways to be organized in the office, what is your favorite organizational tool?
Ooh, sounds like I have a new scatterbrained friend! Every New Year’s I buy a leather-bound Day Planner and carry it everywhere, along with my tattered Bible (okay, sometimes I use a sleek portable version.) Then I keep my schedule posted on my website and do my best to update. Otherwise my office is a whirlwind of CDs, letters, names and story snippets scribbled on unused deposit slips, business cards, half-empty cups of coffee, piles of books, candles…If I could get my camera to work, I’d attach a visual.

Oh, I can be your new scatterbrained friend! I carry the Day Planner too but I must confess it doesn't help if you misplace it. I do think you have been peeking and rummaging through my house. You just described my office perfectly.

What would you like readers to say about your writing?
That crazy woman sure can tell a story about broken women who God puts back together.

I loved your first novel and look forward to reading this one as soon as I get my hands on it.

Donna, you are a lovely hostess! Thanks for this wonderful opportunity!
Blessings to all,
Patti

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DAILY QUESTION: Since Patti's novel is about secrets and family I thought I would challenge us a bit. If you had a secret that could harm a family member but would help a friend what would you do? I will chime in later with my answer.

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Spotlight shines on Shirely Kiger Connolly

I have made a new friend in blog land and her name is Shirley Kiger Connolly. Shirley has graciously will give a signed copy of I See God in the Simple Things AND a copy of her historical Flame from Within if there are ten different people who enter for the drawing.

Let's learn a little about Shirley Kiger Connolly

Shirley Kiger Connolly is my penname. I include my father’s last name (Kiger) to give honor to the fact that he, too, was a writer, and it was partly my dad who instilled in me that wonderful desire to write. (Thanks dad.) I live on the Southern Coast of Oregon with my husband , my beloved chickens, our dogs, our cats, and most of the time, I have goats. (We used to have ducks and geese as well, but the raccoons enjoyed them for dinner too often.) I’ve been writing for years, and began publishing both fiction and nonfiction in 2005. Coming up with something clever in my fiction writing and also my lighthearted devotional writing is one of the joys of my life. Give me any subject and I guarantee I’ll come up with something that will make it work into a reflection that relates to God and us.

Please tell us about your newest release.
I will be sharing a bit with you about my new devotional, so this time it is not a novel. I See God in the Simple Things is the first in a three-book series of lighthearted reflections about the real things that happen to all of us, and how God can be found in them all. No matter how simple the situation, or difficult, or painful, it does not matter. God is there. And it is so fun finding Him! Perhaps, you have not often seen the Lord right there in the sounds of a crinkling cobweb, or, perhaps, in the mess you’ve made while trying to fix a faulty pipe with purple glue stuff. Or maybe in that first egg that your sweet chicken just laid on your porch. Simple Things is all about life and how we can help ourselves so much more when we pull in God’s intervention. Yep, we can get through anything when we see Him there with us. I’m sure you’ll agree. It sounds really interesting.


What is the best gift you have given? The best gift I have ever given is an invitation to come to know the Lord Jesus as Savior. I have enjoyed giving that at different times to both children and women I have befriended over the years. What better gift could I give than that?

If your book was being discussed at a book club what do you think the focus of the discussion would be on? The joy of seeing God in everything we encounter; how much better life is when we become aware of His presence in the simplest experiences. When people read my devotionals, they can almost always see themselves sitting where I am and going through what I’m going through, but in their way. The devotional also gives the reader a chance to write his/her own memories in relationship to how God saw them through. I think that would be the focus of the discussion.

What would you like your readers to say about your writing? That I am creative and original. I hope they can clearly see my voice in everything I do (fiction or nonfiction) and will come away saying, “That sounds just like Shirley. No one writes quite like her.”


What are your pet peeves in the writing industry? To be honest? Probably when an ABA author has a difficult time with a CBA author, and vice versa. We are all in this together, and we need to be careful to remember that. There are a lot of wonderful secular authors out in the world, who write great stuff, just as there are wonderful Christian authors. I am a Christian who writes for anyone who will read my material. I don’t think Christian authors should simply write for a Christian audience if they are trying to reach the world with their witness, whether it be in their bio or the story itself. Does that make sense?

What are your dreams of 2009? What do you hope to accomplish this year? That my devotionals will be well read and enjoyed and that I will sell another contract for the historical I just wrote this last year. Know any interested editors? I wish I did!!!


What do you enjoy doing when you are not slaving over the computer creating another wonderful novel or devotional? When I am not writing at my computer, I am usually out with my chickens (they all have names). I enjoy sitting and talking to them. A couple of them jump on my lap (Josephine and sometimes Netta). If I’m not with them, I will go across the road and visit with the goat. I used to raise goats, and I really miss that. When there is a classic movie on TV I will turn that on and veg out. In the evenings I read, either a historical book that is about a famous person’s life (I am reading the true account of George Washington and Martha right now. It is so interesting), or I’ll put my pajamas on and jump into bed, and continue reading whatever novel I am in the middle of. Right now, there are three going at once, would you believe!

What do you want your readers to take away from your devotional?

The joys of Jesus and simple living! (Why is it we make life so difficult sometimes?)

Thanks so much for this opportunity to promote my new book which is coming out toward the end of January. My website and blog for those interested is: http://shirleykoinonia.tripod.com/ and http://apenforyourthoughts.blogspot.com/
I also do author interviews for anyone interested. Please have them contact me at sh1rlee@verizon.net
God bless!

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Christmas Spotlight on Cynthia Hickey

To help us celebrate the Christmas season I am posting interviews with some wonderfully talented authors about their Christmas traditions and memories.

Today I am excited to introduce Cynthia Hickey. Cynthia lives with her husband in Arizona surrounded by her seven children. Along with those seven children she is the grandmother of five. Cynthia Hickey has been telling stories since she was a child and we are certainly glad she hasn't stopped.

Cynthia has graciously offered a copy of her book Fudged-Laced Felonies so be sure to answer the question at the end of the post and leave your addy so I can contact you if you win!

Christmas carols are one of my favorite things about Christmas. What is your favorite carol?
O Holy Night sang by Michael Crawford is my all-time favorite. Second would be Mary’s Song by Amy Grant. Both depict the meaning of Christmas, sending the words straight to a person’s soul.

I remember sneaking with my sister into the living room one day where the tree stood and together we untapped all of the packages to see what we were getting. Thinking that we would get away with our little caper we rewrapped all of the presents. As my children would say we were ‘busted’ when our parents came home to presents that were not shall we say wrapped to perfection. Are you a person who loves the secrets and surprises or do you want to know what is hidden in the packages under the tree? As a child did you do any sneaking around to discover hidden presents?
I do love the surprises, but can’t help doing a little snooping, even now as an adult. I did the same as you as a child. Back then, wrapping paper was of better quality. Nowadays, the paper tears so that’s one trick my kids can’t do! Every year there is at least one thing I’ll see and want, then tell my husband, “Go ahead and get that for me. I can use it now. Then just wrap the box.” He hates when I do that.

My husband and I do the same thing. Christmas is a time that many memories are made. What is the best Christmas memory you have?
When my husband and I married, we could only afford bands. On our tenth Christmas, he bought an old book at a thrift store, cut a hole on the inside, and inserted a new diamond wedding ring. I cried.

I love all of the holiday movies but White Christmas is my favorite. I make my family sit down every year to watch this classic. Do you have a favorite holiday movie?
We have two we watch every year. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, because it makes us laugh and takes us away from the hustle and bustle. The other is It’s A Wonderful Life. It’s important to know what a difference each person makes in the lives of those around them.

What does your family do to remember what the real reason for Christmas is?
Along with our stockings, we hang one for Jesus. On Christmas morning, before we can dig into our own things, we must write on a slip of paper something that only we can give Jesus during the new Year.

Oh, that is a wonderful tradition I might have to start that in the Moore house this year. Could you please briefly describe your novel?
While transplanting the rosebush her church’s handsome greeter, Ethan Banning, inadvertently killed, Summer and Ethan discover a hidden stash of diamonds, a rusty can full of cash, and a bloody gardening glove. This discovery sets Summer and her candy-making aunt on a search for a killer.

As Summer gets closer to the truth—not only of the theft but of her true feelings
for Ethan—the diamond thief hatches a plan to hush the feisty sleuth.

Cynthia thanks you for visiting with us and sharing about how you and your family celebrate Christmas. If you want to contact Cynthia besure to visti her at her website or her blog.
http://www.cynthiahickey.com/ http://www.cynthiahickey.blogspot.com/ http://www.mainlymystery.blogspot.com/

If you would like to win a copy of Cynthia's new novel Fudged-Laced Felonies please leave a comment and be sure to answer the question: What is your favorite Christmas time treat? I really love a chocolate candy called Martha Whites. My great Aunt used to make them and I have never been able to get them since.

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Robin won 100 Ways to Simplify Your Life and Wendy won Let Jesus take the Wheel. Congratulations ladies. I hope you enjoy the books. Please email me your mailing information as soon as you can!!

And the Winner is......

The winner the autographed A Constant Heart by Siri Mitchell is Lia!!!!Please email me you mailing address so I can send you your book. I am still giving away copies of several other books so be sure to sign up for them!

Let Them Eat Fruitcake by Melody Carlson and contest

Lets kick off the upcoming holiday season with a Christmas interview with Melody Carlson and a feature from her new novel Let them Eat Fruitcake. At the end of the interview there is an awesome contest so be sure to post comment on my blog and visit some of the other blogs on the tour for more chances to win! So with out further adieu....

Melody Carlson has published over 150 books, with sales totaling more than three million dollars. Among those titles, many have appeared on the ECPA Bestsellers List and several have won awards including the Gold Medallion and the RITA Award. She and her husband, Chris, live in the Pacific Northwest near their two grown sons.

• Christmas carols are one of my favorite things about Christmas. What is your favorite carol?

I’m a little old fashioned when it comes to carols. I actually like “Good King Wenceslas” – bet not too many people are familiar with that one. But the song’s about a king who decides to share with a beggar at Christmastime. It was actually inspired by a beloved/martyred king in Bohemia (St. Stephens Day resulted). Anyway, I learned the carol in choir way back in junior high and I still like singing it sometimes, although I can’t always remember all the lyrics and no one else ever seems to know it.

• I remember sneaking with my sister into the living room one day where the tree stood and together we untapped all of the packages to see what we were getting. Thinking that we would get away with our little caper we rewrapped all of the presents. As my children would say we were ‘busted’ when our parents came home to presents that were not shall we say wrapped to perfection. Are you a person who loves the secrets and surprises or do you want to know what is hidden in the packages under the tree? As a child did you do any sneaking around to discover hidden presents?

Absolutely! I clearly remember opening a package when I was about thirteen and I really hoped it was going to be special because it had a sticker on it that was from a very cool department store and we didn’t usually get cool, store-wrapped gifts like that because our mom was divorced, no child support, and money was tight. Anyway, I carefully slit the tape and opened it to discover it was a pair of leopard print footed pajamas. Okay, they were cute enough and popular then, but I’d been hoping for something way more swanky. I also remember the letdown feeling of having to reopen the package that I had cleverly rewrapped (I was actually good at that sort of thing) and feign surprise and delight. Anyway, I didn’t do that again. But nowadays, both my husband and I are the worst at waiting and keeping secrets. We almost always give each other our presents before Christmas—but sometimes it’s more personal that way and we get to enjoy it more not having others around and more gifts to deal with. Basically, my theory is that Christmas shouldn’t be limited to just one day.

• What is the best Christmas present you ever received?

That’s a tough question. As a child, it was probably Chatty Baby. How’s that for dating a person? As an adult, it was my first married Christmas and we were pinching pennies because we’d just found out I was pregnant, had no health insurance, and the morning sickness was so bad that I ended up quitting my job. Now I was used to being poor and pretty crafty so I was making handmade gifts and enjoying it. And I honestly didn’t expect much from my husband. So I was shocked when he brought home presents for me. And, yes, it was the day before Christmas, but he couldn’t wait for me to open them. I was flabbergasted when the gifts turned out to be a gorgeous Pendleton sweater (I’d never owned anything that nice) and a pair of great leather ski gloves. I still have both of these items thirty years later. “How could you afford this?” I demanded, both happy and alarmed. We did not use any form of credit then. He confessed that he’d used most of his Christmas bonus. But, honestly, what a guy! And he’s still very generous that way.

• Are there any foods that you only have a Christmas dinner? Could you please share a family favorite recipe?

As it turns out, my generous husband’s birthday is also Christmas Day. So after years of traditional turkey and dressing, I asked him, “What would you like for your birthday dinner.” He chose lasagna and that’s what we’ve had for around fourteen years now. I don’t use a recipe (because I like to cook that way) but some of the things that I think makes it good is real Italian sausage mixed with the ground beef and sautéed with mushroom, garlic, onions. This topped with lots of layers of good cheeses and I go light on the tomato sauce.

• When we grow-up our family traditions change to join with our spouse’s traditions. What traditions do you have that are different from when you were growing up?

As I mentioned I grew up in a single parent home…so what made our Christmases special was to head to my grandparents’ old Victorian house where all our extended family would gather for great food, good times, and lots of laughs—usually around twenty or more of us all together. It was a real traditional old fashioned Christmas that I remember warmly to this day. Unfortunately, my husband missed out on all that and holidays were actually pretty grim at his house. Consequently, he had this aversion to holidays and it took a long time to establish any kinds of traditions. Mostly we just try to get everyone together, enjoy food and each other, share gifts, sometimes play games and occasionally we sing. I have to say having a precocious and adorable granddaughter (4 ½) really spices things up.

• What traditions do you hold most dear?

Family, friends, food, festive fun…taking time to remember Whose birthday we’re actually celebrating.

• Christmas is a time that many memories are made. What is the best Christmas memory you have?

In 1964 Oregon experienced the Christmas Day Flood. Traveling was a challenge, but my sister and I coerced our mother to get us to our grandparents, which actually meant passing through a flooded river—we saw a VW Bug floating away, not that we could help because our old heavy Chevy car was starting to fill with water to. But we made it. Then we got to our grandparents to find there was no tree! Thanks to the floods we couldn’t get to the woods as usual. But my grandfather had these big holly trees in his parking strip that he wanted to remove anyway, so out we went and he sawed one down. It got a little prickly carrying it into the house, but it was gorgeous with its shiny green leaves and bright red berries. My grandmother almost didn’t want to decorate it. But we did and it was the best tree ever!

• I love all of the holiday movies but White Christmas is my favorite. I make my family sit down every year to watch this classic. Do you have a favorite holiday movie?

I still love It’s a Wonderful Life. But White Christmas is a close second.

• Out of all the mythical Christmas creatures who do you relate to the most?

Maybe Rudolph since his life wasn’t always easy, but he used the difficulties to do something that surprised everyone.

• What pet peeves do you have associated with the Holiday season?

I absolutely hate the idea that many people go into huge debt for the holidays. That is so wrong on so many levels. I wish that people would rely more on creativity and ingenuity than a plastic card to make their Christmases really special. It’s about scaling down and it’s time our country began to figure it out. Besides, it’s a lot more fun making do than piling up debt.

• What led you to write a Christmas story?

I decided that 86 Bloomberg Place would go through four seasons and since this was winter, it seemed only fair to do Christmas.

• Could you please briefly describe your novel?

Four career women are sharing a home (and challenges) and decide to have a Christmas party to bring them closer together. Of course, things never go as planned and the Christmas party doesn’t either. Still, they discover a few things about friendship and giving and what really makes Christmas special.


As a special part of this tour, if you post a comment on this post or any other post in the tour by 5pm CST on November 21, you will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift certificate to the Collin Street Bakery. The Collin Street Bakery is world-famous for its - you guessed it - fruitcake and will deliver your baked goods almost anywhere in the world. You can enter multiple times by commenting on more than one post (but only one comment per post will be counted). You are also eligible to enter by commenting on other posts in the tour. So be sure to check out the others on the tour by following this link.

Stops on this tour

To purchase a copy of

Let Them Eat Fruitcake (86 Bloomberg Place Series #2)

Let Them Eat FruitcakeRelease:

September 2008Soft cover, 302 pp.,

$14.99, 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches

Fiction, General

ISBN: 1589191064

Melody Carlsons website

Review of A Constant Heart by Siri Mitchell and Contest

A Constant Heart by Siri Mitchell
In Queen Elizabeth’s court where men and women willingly trade virtue for power, is it possible for Marget to obtain her heart’s desire or is the promise of love only an illusion?
A riveting glimpse into Queen Elizabeth's Court ...
Born with the face of an angel, Marget Barnardsen has always been fortunate. Now, with her marriage to an earl, her security - and destiny - are guaranteed. The Earl of Lytham makes one request of Margret: to help him win favor with the Queen.
But when her introduction to court goes awry, the queen's wrath turns on Marget. Fearing she may lose her husband forever - and all that he has gained - she'll risk everything to gain favor with the queen, and her husband, again. Even her life.

A Constant Heart looks at the life of a young bride during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and her experience at court. Marget and Lytham, newly weds, struggle to obtain and hold the Queens favor. The problem is the two fall in love and love is not allowed unless it is toward the Queen. The novel is written in first person but the reader has to jump between Lytham's head and Marget's. In the beginning I had difficulty following who was telling the story but as the story progressed and I fell in love with the characters the transition became easier. Readers who love historical fiction will appreciate the detail that Siri Mitchell has poured into this novel. I was fascinated by the natural way she wove historical details into the novel.

The theme that runs throughout this novel is beauty. I was amazed at what women did to themselves to create a beautiful image based on societies definition. The facial creams and lotions they used were filled with Mercury and lead. This novel made me think about how often we as women search for beauty in a bottle. A Constant Heart is a beautifully told story about love and the struggles placed on marriage. Siri also does an excellent job of providing more information on her website at http://www.sirimitchell.com/ about England during this time period. It would be worth your time to stop by and visit.

Visit with Siri Mitchell here

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What do you think beauty is?

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Laurie won Book of Names and Beach Dreams goes to Jenny J. Ladies get in touch with me and give me your address so I can mail off your books!!! I hope you both enjoy them

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Win a Copy of A Passion Most Pure by Julie Lessman

During the month of September You have a chance to win a copy of a Passion Most Pure by Julie Lessman. What do you have to do you ask. Just leave a comment in any post during this month and you will be entered to win. I will email the winner after I draw names October 2nd.

Boxes if Books

Camy Tang has an awesome book give away. She is giving away ten boxes of books!!! You have to sign up for her newsletter that always has interesting things in it each month. Stop by her site at http://camytang.com/ Be sure to mention that I sent you!