Laura L. Walker grew up in a large family in the beautiful
Gila Valley of southern Arizona. From the time Laura was young, she spent hours
drawing characters on paper and fantasizing about their adventures. Life became
more serious, however, when Laura met her own hero and they eventually became
the parents of six children. In between spurts of grocery shopping, sewing
costumes or quilts, transporting kids to practices, and making dinner, Laura
still enjoys putting her imagination to good use. She is the author of four
contemporary romances.
Connect with the Author here:
1890 Nebraska
For schoolmarm Amanda Cordell, Christmas Eve means getting
through the special program she and her pupils have put together for the
townsfolk in Langdon. And even though she has vowed to not set eyes on handsome
Calvin Hunsaker, it becomes inevitable when his incorrigible son needs her
help. Everyone knows how bitter Calvin is over his wife's sudden death, and
somehow Amanda senses that he sees her the same way, as the spineless, helpless
socialite she used to be.
Calvin Hunsaker is determined to ignore the feeling of
attraction stirring inside him for the new schoolmarm, even if she is the most
beautiful woman he's ever seen. But she's here to pick up the pieces after her
brother and sister-in-law's untimely deaths and raise their two youngsters, not
bedazzle him with the same charms his first wife possessed. Better to bundle up
and head out of this one-room schoolhouse the second the program's ends.
But a winter storm and two mischievous boys have other
plans, and Amanda and Calvin's plans to avoid each other go awry when Calvin is
stranded at Amanda's house over the Christmas holiday. Will there be joy and
thanksgiving in their future or will the winter blues descend on them once
again?"
Q&A With the Author:
1. Describe yourself in 50 words or less.
I am a wife, mother of six, and person with big ideas--most of which are usually too big for me to put into reasonable action. Does that make me a risk
taker? I'm not sure, but in life we all have to take a chance at something,
right?
2. What do you love most in the world?
My family and my religion
3. What inspired you to become an Author?
I've always been a dreamer. My fictional world is (usually) more
exciting than my real life. And, being an author of sweet romance, the biggest
thing I dream about is the big kiss at the end!
4. What is your largest unfulfilled dream, and what are you doing to
reach it?
I want to travel and see lots of new places. Writing and publishing
stories that people want to read is one way I'm working toward that dream.
5. What is your trick for getting past writer's block? And what advice
do you have for other authors who are struggling to tell their story?
Don't get bogged down by a strict outline. Form a basic one and go from
there. Let your characters guide you. They'll tell you the story.
6. Now that we've gotten to know each other, tell me a story. It can be
long or short. From your childhood or last week. Funny, sad, or somewhere in
between. Just make sure it's yours. What's your story?
My grandmother's
birthday falls on the week before Christmas. As a child, I remember every
Christmas when my aunts and uncles, cousins, and mom and dad and siblings would
get together and have a big birthday/Christmas party for her. At the end of the
party, we went around town, caroling at the homes of elderly people in our
town. Sadly, the tradition has stopped, and I miss those nostalgic days.
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