Please welcome Erica Vetsch to my blog today. I recently read one of Erica's Heartsong presents and emailed her about the book and she agreed to be on my blog. Thanks Erica. I really enjoy these interviews as I often am reminded of books I use to read and had forgotten about or hadn't heard many others mention.
1.
Can you tell us a little about yourself?
I’m a wife, mother, bookkeeper, reader, fan of John Wayne movies,
and total abstainer from all things seafood. I homeschool. I love watching
sports. I love to chew gum, and I’m afraid of spiders. I love watching cooking
shows but don’t like to cook, and I took piano lessons for ten years, but I
don’t play piano now. I love Jesus, and I’m so glad He loves me. I’m not the
woman I want to be, but I’m not the woman I was, either. I’m a Work In
Progress. J
2. When you were a child did you have a favourite book or books?
I
always had my nose in a book as a child. I loved anything to do with horses.
The Black Stallion, Marguerite Henry, Betty Cavanna. I also read the Cherry
Ames books, Little House on the Prairie, Anne of Green Gables. I was constantly
maxing out my library card. I lived mostly in my own head, worlds away from
reality, to the despair of my parents and my teachers. My mom is glad I’ve
finally found a way to use all that wool-gathering productively. (Jenny here I loved the
Cherry Ames books a friend and I use to share them. Loved Little House on the
Prairie too.)
3. Do you have a favourite Genre to both read and right write?
I
have very eclectic tastes when it comes to reading fiction. Mystery, romance,
suspense, biographies, history books, memoirs. But when I write, it’s always
historical romance. J
4. Did you have favourite authors growing up who have influenced you?
Actually,
I think the writer who most influenced me might surprise some folks. When I was
in high school, I read my first book by Essie Summers, a NZ author writing
romances for Harlequin/Mills & Boon. I loved her writing, her stories, the
setting, everything. She wrote 51 novels in all before her death in the late
1990’s, and I own copies of all of them. I often re-read them. Essie had a
wonderful vocabulary, a beautiful and Biblical view of romance and marriage,
and her stories really resonate with me.
5. When did you know you wanted to be an author?
I
think a part of me always wanted to write stories. I constantly spun tales in
my imagination. But it wasn’t until about six years ago that I decided to try
my hand at writing down some of the fiction filling up my head.
6. How did you go about becoming an author?
I
started writing. I didn’t have a clue to what I was doing, but I had all the
enthusiasm in the world. I read blogs about writing, books about writing, and I
joined the ACFW. I took the courses they offered, entered contests, and
persevered through rejections.
7. If you were not a writer what would you like to be?
A
museum curator. I’d love to give tours and talk to people who are also
interested in history. I’d love to preserve artifacts and stories for future
generations.
8. Outside reading and writing what do you like to do?
Be
with my family. Watch movies. Play computer games. I’m not much of an outdoorsy
type, I’m afraid. I love watching sports, but I’m the quintessential klutz when
it comes to playing sports myself.
9. Do you have a place you love to visit or would love to visit?
Thanks
to Essie Summers’ influence, I would love to see New Zealand.
10. If you could have a meal with 3 living people who would you choose and why?
This
is a hard one! I’m way better at picking people from history that I’d like to
chat with. J So, living people, in no particular order: Tim
Tebow, because he’s got an amazing story to tell, George W. Bush, because I
have so many questions I’d like to ask him, and Chris Collinsworth—American
Football announcer—because he makes me laugh.
Finally can you tell us about your current books and/or any that will
be coming out soon. Also where we can find you on the web.
My
latest release is A Bride’s Portrait of Dodge City, Kansas (Details below) as
well as a novella in the New York Times Best-selling A Log Cabin Christmas
Collection. I’ve included the links to
my Facebook, Twitter, and blog below.
Thanks again for your time and agreeing to be on my blog.
can you please also send a headshot and covers of any books you want plugged.
About the Book: Hoping to leave the shadows of her shady yesteryears
behind, Adeline Reid is focusing on her photography career. But when her
ex-boyfriend’s compatriot in crime shows up in Dodge City her entire past is
threatened by exposure. Can Addie keep her secrets while helping to catch a
killer? Deputy Miles Carr’s investigation into a shopkeeper’s murder leads him
to Addie’s door. Will his attraction to this female photographer keep him from
catching the true culprit? Or will Addie lead him off course in more ways than
one?
One of Erica's other books is:
Author
Bio: Erica Vetsch is a transplanted Kansan now residing in
Minnesota. She loves history and reading, and is blessed to be able to combine
the two by writing historical fiction set in the American West.
Whenever she’s not following flights of fancy in her fictional
world, she’s the company bookkeeper for the family lumber business,
mother of two terrific teens, wife to a man who is her total opposite
and soul-mate, and avid museum patron.
