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!! HELP ME CELEBRATE MY NOVEL !!
FAREWELL, MY
DENMARK book giveaway and celebration APRIL 8 – 26th
My Wonderful Helpers:
April 8____Tristi Pinkston: http://tristipinkston.blogspot.com/
April 9____Heidi Murphy:
http://murph4slaw.blogspot.com/
April 12___Valerie Ipson:
http://valerieipson.blogspot.com/
Each Friday, April 12th, 19th, 26th, one winner will be picked from that
weeks comments to receive a copy of my novel [You may choose from print or ebook]
INTERNATIONAL: ebook only, no gift card. Sorry.
Winner will be drawn Fridays @ 5pm
Pacific Standard time.
Participants who didn’t win may re-enter each week w/ new comments and
Facebook/Twitter announcements.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Leave a comment on hosts blog = 1
entry
Leave a comment on my blog w/ your email address in case you win = 1
entry
(Those w/o an email address posted will forfeit if they win.)
Tweet about giveaway w/ link to
my blog = 1 entry
Facebook announcement about
giveaway w/ link to my blog = 1 entry
[My publication date has been postponed, but I will get the
books out to winners ASATP (as soon as they're published), which will be
this June.]
What prompted you to
write the novel?
My ancestors are from
Denmark, and when I was reading my great-great grandmother’s life
history, it dawned on me that I should write a novel about her
experiences, and the Danish pioneers.
Is this a pioneer
story, then?
It’s not to be
compared with The Work and the Glory, other than the people in
Farewell, My Denmark are travelling toward Zion.
Will this be a
series?
No. I do have a couple
of other historical novels from Denmark planned, but the characters
in each story are different.
Where did you get
your information?
My ancestor’s life
stories, the Mormon Immigration Index, personal visits to Denmark,
and from visiting the Church History Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah.
And, the Internet.
The main Character,
Catherine, is on a quest to find true love, is this a historical
romance?
There are elements of
romance, but it’s not written as a traditional romance. For one,
Catherine doesn’t meet her true love right away. She struggles
through several wrong choices first.
Why did you do this?
So often people are
tempted to watch a romantic movie or read a romantic book and think
life is like that, and then they’re disappointed. In real life,
it’s sometimes tricky to decide who Mr. Right is, and so Catherine
struggles in identifying him, and has more proposals on the voyage.
Is the book set at
sea, or in America, or both?
I wanted to give
readers a feel for what the Scandinavian Saints gave up when they
left their homes. Farewell, My Denmark starts at Catherine’s home
and then chronicles their travels through Denmark, Germany, and
England. About half of the novel is set aboard the John J. Boyd,
the ship my ancestors actually sailed on, and then ends when they
arrive in America.
Why don’t you
write a story about them traveling across America?
There are a lot of
really good novels depicting the Saints’ struggles in America. I
wanted to write from a different perspective.
Could you tell us a little about your book?
A failed engagement sets seventeen-year-old Catherine Erichsen on a faith-building journey of self-discovery as she follows her parents and other Mormon saints on the 1863 immigration to America. When precious heirlooms start disappearing aboard the John J. Boyd, Catherine nearly loses her life at the hands of thieving sailors and fears she won't live long enough to fulfill the desires of her heart.
Thanks, Tina, for your stories! I can't wait to read the book.
