Happy 2020, Booklovers!
I hope you're ready for another year of sharing books and meeting new authors you might not have read before. This week's guest is Donna Schlachter with her historical romantic suspense novel, Double Jeopardy.
Happy New Year, Donna! How do you take your coffee?
DS: With cream only, please.
Ally: Coming right up. Please introduce yourself to readers while I pour.
I hope you're ready for another year of sharing books and meeting new authors you might not have read before. This week's guest is Donna Schlachter with her historical romantic suspense novel, Double Jeopardy.
Happy New Year, Donna! How do you take your coffee?
DS: With cream only, please.
Ally: Coming right up. Please introduce yourself to readers while I pour.
Bio:
Donna lives in Denver with husband Patrick. As a hybrid author, she writes historical suspense under her own name, and contemporary suspense under her alter ego of Leeann Betts, and has been published more than 30 times in novellas and full-length novels. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Writers on the Rock, Sisters In Crime, and Christian Authors Network; facilitates a critique group; and teaches writing classes online and in person. Donna also ghostwrites, edits, and judges in writing contests. She loves history and research, and travels extensively for both. Donna is represented by Terrie Wolf of AKA Literary Management.
Something personal that isn't in your regular bio: "I am a Canadian by birth, an American by choice."
Contacts:
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Facebook: www.Facebook.com/DonnaschlachterAuthor
Twitter: www.Twitter.com/DonnaSchlachter
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Donna lives in Denver with husband Patrick. As a hybrid author, she writes historical suspense under her own name, and contemporary suspense under her alter ego of Leeann Betts, and has been published more than 30 times in novellas and full-length novels. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Writers on the Rock, Sisters In Crime, and Christian Authors Network; facilitates a critique group; and teaches writing classes online and in person. Donna also ghostwrites, edits, and judges in writing contests. She loves history and research, and travels extensively for both. Donna is represented by Terrie Wolf of AKA Literary Management.
Something personal that isn't in your regular bio: "I am a Canadian by birth, an American by choice."
Contacts:
www.HiStoryThruTheAges.wordpress.com
www.HiStoryThruTheAges.com Receive a free ebook simply for signing up for our free newsletter!
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/DonnaschlachterAuthor
Twitter: www.Twitter.com/DonnaSchlachter
What Can Be Online University: https://what-can-be-online-institute.teachable.com/
INTERVIEW:
Ally: What’s the most meaningful thing a fan has said about your book?
DS: A successful fellow writer of contemporary suspense said she loved Double Jeopardy. It was like having Agatha Christie compliment my work.
Ally: Tell us about your reading habits. Favorite genres. Books read per month, year? Print or ebooks? Current favorites?
DS: I read suspense/mystery, contemporary and historical. About 4 books a month. Prefer print to ebook, since I spend so much time on the computer during the day. Current favorites are anything by Agatha Christie or Patricia Moyes.
Ally: Do you prefer to read standalones or series books?
DS: I prefer to read series, because if I like the characters, I want to read more about them. If I don’t—well, then that series just became a standalone for me. I also binge watch crime drama the same way—one season after the other, often from Season 1.
Ally: Tell us about your writing habits. Do you write on a desktop, laptop or on paper? Does it make a difference whether it’s a first or last draft?
DS: I write on a laptop which is also my desktop. I use a separate mouse and keyboard, and when I pack up and go to a coffee shop or anywhere else to write, I carry another separate mouse and keyboard with me because I hate my laptop’s keyboard and mouse.
However, I often use a notepad to help me flesh out an idea or a scene. And I keep index cards of characters in my file so I can keep track of whether their eyes are blue or green, and how far one place is from another.
And no, it doesn’t matter if it’s a first or final draft.
Ally: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date?
DS: Next project is editing some historical mystery/suspense novels I’ve written, getting them ready for my agent. No release date yet. However, my alter ego, Leeann Betts, who pens cozy mysteries, has releases twice a year. Number 11, Missing Deposits, just came out in December. Find her on Amazon.com and Smashwords.com
Ally: Which short answer questions did you pick to answer?
DS:
Ally: What’s the most meaningful thing a fan has said about your book?
DS: A successful fellow writer of contemporary suspense said she loved Double Jeopardy. It was like having Agatha Christie compliment my work.
Ally: Tell us about your reading habits. Favorite genres. Books read per month, year? Print or ebooks? Current favorites?
DS: I read suspense/mystery, contemporary and historical. About 4 books a month. Prefer print to ebook, since I spend so much time on the computer during the day. Current favorites are anything by Agatha Christie or Patricia Moyes.
Ally: Do you prefer to read standalones or series books?
DS: I prefer to read series, because if I like the characters, I want to read more about them. If I don’t—well, then that series just became a standalone for me. I also binge watch crime drama the same way—one season after the other, often from Season 1.
Ally: Tell us about your writing habits. Do you write on a desktop, laptop or on paper? Does it make a difference whether it’s a first or last draft?
DS: I write on a laptop which is also my desktop. I use a separate mouse and keyboard, and when I pack up and go to a coffee shop or anywhere else to write, I carry another separate mouse and keyboard with me because I hate my laptop’s keyboard and mouse.
However, I often use a notepad to help me flesh out an idea or a scene. And I keep index cards of characters in my file so I can keep track of whether their eyes are blue or green, and how far one place is from another.
And no, it doesn’t matter if it’s a first or final draft.
Ally: What is your next writing project? Anticipated release date?
DS: Next project is editing some historical mystery/suspense novels I’ve written, getting them ready for my agent. No release date yet. However, my alter ego, Leeann Betts, who pens cozy mysteries, has releases twice a year. Number 11, Missing Deposits, just came out in December. Find her on Amazon.com and Smashwords.com
Ally: Which short answer questions did you pick to answer?
DS:
- a. memorable book you’ve read: Dead of Night by Brandilyn Collins
- b. book you're currently reading: Winnie the Pooh on Management
- c. an author (living or dead) you'd love to take to lunch: Agatha Christie
- d. an item on your bucket list: Visit Europe
- e. ebook or print?: Print
Double Jeopardy
Genre: historical romantic suspense
PG
Set in 1880, Becky Campbell leaves her wealthy New York lifestyle in search of her father, only to learn he was murdered in the small town of Silver Valley, Colorado. Unable to return to her mother in humiliation and defeat, she determines to fulfill her father’s dream—to make the Double Jeopardy profitable.
Zeke Graumann, a local rancher, is faced with a hard decision regarding his land and his dream. After several years of poor weather and low cattle prices, he will either have to take on a job to help pay his overhead expenses, or sell his land. He hires on with this Easterner for two reasons: he can’t turn his back on a damsel in distress. And he needs the money.
Becky isn’t certain Zeke is all he claims to be, and after a series of accidents at her mine, wonders if he isn’t behind it, trying to get her to sell out so he can take over.
Zeke finds many of Becky’s qualities admirable and fears he’s losing his heart to her charms, but also recognizes she was never cut out to be a rancher’s wife.
Can Becky overcome her mistrust of Zeke, find her father’s killer, and turn her mine into a profitable venture—before her mother arrives in town, thinking she’s coming for her daughter’s wedding? And will Zeke be forced to give up his dream and lose his land in order to win Becky’s heart?
Buy Links:
Print: https://shoplpc.com/double-jeopardy/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Double-Jeopardy-Donna-Schlachter-ebook/dp/B07YSZRZQS
Other Books: Amazon: http://amzn.to/2ci5Xqq and Smashwords: http://bit.ly/2gZATjm
Genre: historical romantic suspense
PG
Set in 1880, Becky Campbell leaves her wealthy New York lifestyle in search of her father, only to learn he was murdered in the small town of Silver Valley, Colorado. Unable to return to her mother in humiliation and defeat, she determines to fulfill her father’s dream—to make the Double Jeopardy profitable.
Zeke Graumann, a local rancher, is faced with a hard decision regarding his land and his dream. After several years of poor weather and low cattle prices, he will either have to take on a job to help pay his overhead expenses, or sell his land. He hires on with this Easterner for two reasons: he can’t turn his back on a damsel in distress. And he needs the money.
Becky isn’t certain Zeke is all he claims to be, and after a series of accidents at her mine, wonders if he isn’t behind it, trying to get her to sell out so he can take over.
Zeke finds many of Becky’s qualities admirable and fears he’s losing his heart to her charms, but also recognizes she was never cut out to be a rancher’s wife.
Can Becky overcome her mistrust of Zeke, find her father’s killer, and turn her mine into a profitable venture—before her mother arrives in town, thinking she’s coming for her daughter’s wedding? And will Zeke be forced to give up his dream and lose his land in order to win Becky’s heart?
Buy Links:
Print: https://shoplpc.com/double-jeopardy/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Double-Jeopardy-Donna-Schlachter-ebook/dp/B07YSZRZQS
Other Books: Amazon: http://amzn.to/2ci5Xqq and Smashwords: http://bit.ly/2gZATjm
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