Friday is Day 5 of The Fourteenth Quilt blog tour. I have 5 excerpts and 3 Q&A interviews scattered throughout the tour, plus a sign-up for a Rafflecopter giveaway. I hope you catch them all.
The blog featured today are:
- Author S.E. Daley - She is featuring Excerpt #5, "First Kiss." You may find her blog on the right-hand sidebar or by clicking HERE.
S.E, Daley who sent me a set of questions for her blog. I did not get them back to her in time. Here they are:
Author Interview Questions
1. S.E. Daley: What
inspired you to write in the first place?
Robyn: I have always loved to read and write. I was sort of a
dreamy child who made up stories in my head. I naturally progressed to writing my
stories down so others could read them.
2.
S.E. Daley: What
inspired this particular book?
Robyn: Although much of this book is pure fiction, the main plot is
based on real events. At the time I worked with my two friends to make lap
quilts for the local rest home I had no idea what would happen, especially that
last week before Christmas. We had some crazy experiences. In other words, who
could make this stuff up? It was only when I looked back on the real fourteenth
quilt and realized the many lives it touched that I sensed its significance. I
said, “Someone needs to write a book about this.” So, I did.
3.
S.E. Daley: How
do you spend your free time?
Robyn: I enjoy reading, mostly fiction, but often non-fiction,
particularly history. I love to quilt, although it does not rate as high as
reading. I used to garden, but now I am writing more I don’t have the time.
Last, I enjoy going on road trips, particularly into the mountains. Research
trips are almost as much fun as writing the books set in the localities I’ve
researched. I also work at the family history center and participate in my church,
the local genealogical society, quilt guild and the local Daughters of Utah
Pioneers. I attend way too many board meetings…..
4.
S.E. Daley: What
literary character do you most relate too?
Robyn: I don’t think in those terms so I have no idea. I do know of
most of the prominent people I hear quoted, I enjoy quotes from Abraham Lincoln
and Albert Einstein the most.
5.
S.E. Daley: What
is the thing you struggle most with when you are writing and how do you defeat
it?
Robyn: The more I publish, the more time I spend marketing my books:
blogs – including on group blogs –Facebook, Twitter, blog tours, making
promotional hand-outs – all the things needed to get my name and the name of my
books out there so people know what I have to offer. I defeat it by keeping on
top of my calendaring, making templates for visuals to use and reuse on Twitter
and Facebook, and keeping an organized filing system on my computer not only of
my research and other resources, but also of my promotional and publishing
deadlines.
6.
S.E. Daley: If
you could spend a day inside one book, what book would it be and why?
Robyn: I try to spend a little bit of every day inside one book or
another, whatever I’m reading at the time. The book I most like to get into is
the one I’m writing at the moment.
7.
S.E. Daley: If
your book was made into a movie, who would play the main characters?
Robyn: Considering this particular book was based on many actual
people, I guess the obvious answer would be…. Frankly, I much prefer to read
and write, so I watch very little television and rarely go to movies. I have no
idea who could play the three old quilters. For the young couple, Sarah and
Brian, there are some wonderful young actors and actresses, but I don’t know
their names. Someone else would have to do the casting.
8.
S.E. Daley: Do
you listen to music while you write? If so what kind?
Robyn: Nope. I like it dead silent.
9.
S.E. Daley: What
is your writing snack of choice?
Robyn: Do I have to limit it to just one? Chocolate, crackers,
Craisins, yogurt, cheese sticks, and soda.
10.
S.E. Daley: Which of your personality traits did you
write into one of your characters? (Accidental or deliberate)
Robyn: My tendency to be a little sarcastic. I try to be tactful
when I speak – a trait that does not come naturally to me – but in my mind I’m often
thinking something entirely different. In The Fourteenth Quilt, Lynn is a
little like that.
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