Each Friday leading up to the release of the short story anthology, CHRISTMAS TREASURES: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, the authors will be asked one interview question. Be sure to leave your comments for a chance win for the BookGiveaway offer below. Ho Ho Ho. Today's questions is:
What is the setting of your Christmas story and why did you choose it?
Anne Garboczi Evans: My story, I HATE CHRISTMAS, takes place in a modern day coffee shop. Nothing says Christmas to me like the smell of peppermint mochas. http://annegarboczievans.blogspot.com/
Karla Akins: BANKING IN CHRISTMAS takes place in a bank. I chose it because the action that occurs had to happen at a bank. http://KarlaAkins.com
Karen Wingate: In THE CHRISTMAS GIFT my setting is a wintertime high alpine valley in Colorado. Why? Because it’s so brutally cold! www.graceonparade.com
Donna Hubbard Scofield: My story, MARY ANN'S GIFT, takes place in Cedar County, Missouri, on the edge of the Ozarks, in 1859. I chase that locale because my story is fiction-based-on-fact, and that's where the events took place. Mary Ann and Henry are my great-great-grandparents. I had access to all the family records and data, and most importantly, access to personal time with the "family historian," that some lucky families have...the older person who has lived in the home place all his life and heard all the handed-down family stories. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Donna-Hubbard-Scofield-Author-Page/113918238798943
Christina Rich: A CHRISTMAS FOR MADDIE is set in Honeysuckle Valley, a fictional town in Kansas. I'm a Kansan through and through and love setting historical stories in my home state. Threefoldstrand.com
Susan F. Craft: HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARRAH takes place in Columbia, South Carolina, because my story is a fictionalized account about something that really happened to my mother, Cissie Ford. I miss her. www.susanfcraft.com
April Strauch: The setting of my story. LOVE IS THE KEY, is small town Pennsylvania (A nursing home and Sub Shop are where the main scenes take place) I chose this setting because I’ve lived in rural PA my whole life. My Grandma lives in a house designed specifically for the elderly. Write what you know! aprilstrauch.com
Kathleen Rouser: In SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT I've set my story setting in modern suburbia, kind of an Anytown, USA. I wanted a contemporary feel, spanning the grit of the street to the comforts of a cozy home. Miracles can happen even in an ordinary time and place. www.kathleenrouser.com
Donna Hubbard Scofield: My story, MARY ANN'S GIFT, takes place in Cedar County, Missouri, on the edge of the Ozarks, in 1859. I chase that locale because my story is fiction-based-on-fact, and that's where the events took place. Mary Ann and Henry are my great-great-grandparents. I had access to all the family records and data, and most importantly, access to personal time with the "family historian," that some lucky families have...the older person who has lived in the home place all his life and heard all the handed-down family stories. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Donna-Hubbard-Scofield-Author-Page/113918238798943
Christina Rich: A CHRISTMAS FOR MADDIE is set in Honeysuckle Valley, a fictional town in Kansas. I'm a Kansan through and through and love setting historical stories in my home state. Threefoldstrand.com
April Strauch: The setting of my story. LOVE IS THE KEY, is small town Pennsylvania (A nursing home and Sub Shop are where the main scenes take place) I chose this setting because I’ve lived in rural PA my whole life. My Grandma lives in a house designed specifically for the elderly. Write what you know! aprilstrauch.com
Kathleen Rouser: In SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT I've set my story setting in modern suburbia, kind of an Anytown, USA. I wanted a contemporary feel, spanning the grit of the street to the comforts of a cozy home. Miracles can happen even in an ordinary time and place. www.kathleenrouser.com
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Readers, when you daydream of Christmas, what setting do you see Christmas taking place in? One randomly chosen commenter will receive, upon release, an e-version of CHRISTMAS TREASURES: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES. Please leave your contact information within your comment. The winner will be announced on November 14th. We're looking forward to hearing from you ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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I love the variety of these settings! What a perfect Christmas collection. Personally, I'd have to say my favorite setting is Colorado where I live. Blue skies and snow on the ground like powdered crystals.
ReplyDeleteWell, Davalyn, between the pics you've shared of Colorado on FB and the above pic on this blog, I can just picture a lovely Christmas setting there! I've traveled on Amtrak through Colorado and know it is a gorgeous state.
DeleteGee, they all sound great. I guess the idea of the coffee shop story intrigues me. I see Christmas in Nantucket, when the tourists have all gone...Jacqueline Gillam Fairchild
DeleteJacqueline, thanks for visiting and sharing. Yes, Nantucket! I can see the shops all decked out in garlands and window decorations, and perhaps a few carolers.
DeleteIt's interesting that a Christmas story can take place just about anywhere--it's the spirit that counts, eh?
ReplyDeleteGail, you're so right. God gave all of us Christmas, fully aware how we humans would span over all continents and years. Best present ever!
DeleteSo glad you visited. Hope to see you again.
Lovely! Excited to read them all. :) BTW how do you do the "tweet this" links. I definitely want to learn how to format those for my own blog.
ReplyDeleteAnne, thanks for visiting. Participating in this anthology certainly has me excited for Christmas, among other things!
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Great post, Elaine! I look forward to reading all of these Christmas stories. And I love the different settings. Variety is good, yes? :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting, Kate. That's one of the elements I enjoy the best with anthologies: variety. In this case, it's kind of like getting a bunch of Christmas gifts in one big gift-wrapped box!
DeleteOh, I just love Christmas. It could take place in Timbuktu for all I care. As long as Jesus and giving were involved, I'd be happy.
ReplyDeleteLinda, you have the right mind and heart!
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Thanks everyone for visiting and sharing the excitement of CHRISTMAS TREASURES. And here's the very moment we've been waiting for: the release of this anthology was yesterday… a bit sooner than we expected for the printed version, but can we authors say HAPPY?
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The winner of this week's Giveaway is Gail. Yay, Gail! Karla Akins, who offered to take care of the week's Giveaway, will be in direct email touch with you shortly. Enjoy the reads.