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Connie Johnson Hambley
The best thing about being a writer is giving the reader a powerful and satisfying reading experience. This review of my trilogy in by Horse Nation Media group says it all. When the first six words of a review are "A thrilling adventure, a literary bombshell," I know I've done my job.
Read on:
http://www.horsenation.com/2017/11/30...
Read on:
http://www.horsenation.com/2017/11/30...
Connie Johnson Hambley
Hi Summer! It was great meeting you, too! I'm looking forward to staying in touch with you. Happy Holidays! -Connie
Connie Johnson Hambley
Hmm. I'm torn between two answers, but both worlds are in the future. One world is future earth and the other world is, well, another world. The key phrase in the question was "travel to," not "live in," meaning I can come back to the present with the knowledge gained from the future. Yeah, it smacks of cheating fate somehow, but I'm curious to see how decisions we make now impact the future. What happens when all disease is cured? Is government governing from a leadership down approach or a people up method? How is happiness defined? I'm interested in the answers. How about you?
Connie Johnson Hambley
Hi Helen!
Thanks for asking! Book 3, with a working title of "The Wake," will be released in 2017. To keep my readers happy in the meantime, I have a short story being published this November by Level Best Books in "New England's Best Crime Stories" anthology. The story, "Giving Voice," brings us inside a US-based human trafficking ring through the eyes of a rescued woman. Does it have murder? Yup. Suspense? Yup. Horses, too!
"The Wake" is promising to be a corker! Jessica returns to the States just in time for the Atlanta Olympics. Remember what happened in 1996? The Centennial Park bombing set the world's nerves on edge. Hmm, did the Charity have anything to do with it? For updates, please follow me here, FB and/or Twitter. Links can be found on my website, www.conniejohnsonhambley.com.
Thank you so much for writing, Helen! Keep in touch and Happy Reading!
-Connie
Thanks for asking! Book 3, with a working title of "The Wake," will be released in 2017. To keep my readers happy in the meantime, I have a short story being published this November by Level Best Books in "New England's Best Crime Stories" anthology. The story, "Giving Voice," brings us inside a US-based human trafficking ring through the eyes of a rescued woman. Does it have murder? Yup. Suspense? Yup. Horses, too!
"The Wake" is promising to be a corker! Jessica returns to the States just in time for the Atlanta Olympics. Remember what happened in 1996? The Centennial Park bombing set the world's nerves on edge. Hmm, did the Charity have anything to do with it? For updates, please follow me here, FB and/or Twitter. Links can be found on my website, www.conniejohnsonhambley.com.
Thank you so much for writing, Helen! Keep in touch and Happy Reading!
-Connie
Connie Johnson Hambley
Hey Russ! "Luck" is now on my list to check out! Thanks for the heads up!
Connie Johnson Hambley
I love this question. I believe that a woman perseveres regardless if there is an audience to witness her feat. That said, if the woman is surrounded by people who need her - like children - a reserve of strength is opened that surprises even her.
I explore the concept of strong women because the questions you ask fascinate me. Most women I know do not recognize much of what they do as being "strong."
Recently, my 86 year-old mother-in-law entertained and cooked for 14 Thanksgiving guests. Big deal? She did this while in casts for two broken bones. Certainly there were many hands to help her, but she was the captain of the kitchen and house and did more than anyone wanted her to or expected. She'd be the first to dismiss what she did as anything more than living and moving forward. Others saw her as strong. She saw herself as she always does - just a wife and mother.
In answer to your question, the perception of others DOES matter when determining the strength of a woman.
I explore the concept of strong women because the questions you ask fascinate me. Most women I know do not recognize much of what they do as being "strong."
Recently, my 86 year-old mother-in-law entertained and cooked for 14 Thanksgiving guests. Big deal? She did this while in casts for two broken bones. Certainly there were many hands to help her, but she was the captain of the kitchen and house and did more than anyone wanted her to or expected. She'd be the first to dismiss what she did as anything more than living and moving forward. Others saw her as strong. She saw herself as she always does - just a wife and mother.
In answer to your question, the perception of others DOES matter when determining the strength of a woman.
Connie Johnson Hambley
Hi Michael! I like your question. First, there are similarities in fiction and non-fiction. Whether it's writing an article for BusinessWeek or weaving together a story, both require inhaling information, knowing your audience and knowing exactly what you want to communicate. With non-fiction, I exhale an article. With fiction, I exhale whatever I darned well please...sort of.
I am not a seat-of-my-pants writer. I research. I mull things over. I question characters' points of view and motivations. I get lost in my research. With non-fiction/articles, the facts and figures are what readers want to know in an easily digestible format. In fiction, readers don't necessarily want to know they are learning, so the general rule is to NEVER let your research show. Information dumps are frowned upon.
I am not a seat-of-my-pants writer. I research. I mull things over. I question characters' points of view and motivations. I get lost in my research. With non-fiction/articles, the facts and figures are what readers want to know in an easily digestible format. In fiction, readers don't necessarily want to know they are learning, so the general rule is to NEVER let your research show. Information dumps are frowned upon.
Connie Johnson Hambley
I just wrote a blog post on my surefire cure and I get asked this question. Perfect timing! I let myself day dream and look out the window. Start small. Write what you see. Ask questions. Then write what you feel.
http://thecharitythriller.blogspot.co...
http://thecharitythriller.blogspot.co...
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