A heroine you’d like? |
A Likable Heroine? |
A heroine you’d like? |
A Likable Heroine? |
I have the pleasure of introducing to you to a young debut author with Love Inspired Historicals, Noelle Marchand, and her endearing heroine.
Noelle Marchand’s love of literature began as a child when she would spend hours reading beneath the covers long after she was supposed to be asleep. Over the years, God began prompting her to write by placing ideas for stories in her head. Eventually, those stories became like “fire shut up in her bones” leading her to complete her first novel by her sixteenth birthday.
Now, at the age of twenty-two, that fire of inspiration continues to burn. Her first published novel, Unlawfully Wedded Bride, will be on store shelves October 2011. She is currently working on her fourth novel.
I had. In a moment of desperation when I realized that I needed a husband to get a loan from the bank and save the farm, I’d signed an absentee affidavit. But then I decided to try to find a less drastic way to go about things and never intended to send it. Except Sean found it and sent it off.
Your turn: Do you have any questions for Noelle or her heroine or hero?
It’s Thanksgiving Day in Canada and I’m celebrating!
Lately I’ve been looking at characterization in an entirely new light. I’ve been watching my baby grand daughter discover the world.
She approaches every new experience with a sense of wonderment and awe, from lingering over the texture of carpet fibers to delighting in the sound of clanging one block against another.
And watching how a baby explores the world adds new meaning to the verse “taste and see that the Lord is good.” Everything goes in the mouth!
As a writer, I’ve learned to linger over sensory details at key emotional turning points in my stories to draw the reader deeper into the moment. Because of that, I find myself spending more time modelling my grandbaby, and really noticing the sights and sounds and smells and textures around me.
One of the blessings of being a writer is having an excuse to stop and smell the flowers or pause long enough to feel the warmth of the sun on my cheeks or to listen to the patter of rain on the window pane.
It always amazes me how pausing to delight in the smallest of things awakens the child inside and refills the soul. And I’m reminded of Jesus’ statement that we must become like little children.
Your turn: What have you delighted in this week?
For those who are wondering who all the smiling Love Inspired Authors were in Wednesday’s Post …
The answers are:
Editor #2 Elizabeth Mazer
Jackie Smith wins a signed copy of Deep Cover for guessing the most right first.
Thank you to all who participated!
I like to watch people when I’m traveling. It’s a wonderful opportunity to gain character ideas.
I struck gold on my flight home from the ACFW conference this past Sunday.
When the plane stopped, a six foot, broad-shouldered guy sitting in the seat in front of me jumped into the narrow aisle and began tugging his carry-on luggage out of the overhead compartment.
At the same time, the woman across the aisle from him rose to retrieve her bag.
The next thing we know she’s gasping for air!
The man’s shoulder has her face pinned to the overhead compartment. I’m talking her cheek smushed against the plastic, her body shoved halfway underneath.
And he doesn’t realize it!
Neither does her husband who is still in his seat texting on his cell phone!!
My seatmate laughed so hard she cried. (After the woman was unpinned, of course. Then we were wishing we’d gotten it on video!)
This is definitely proof that broad-shouldered men do not necessarily a hero make. 😀
Your Turn: Have you witnessed an unbelievably bizarre or comedic moment?