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Today I have swapped blogs with Susan A. Royal, author of multiple novels and fellow author in MuseItUp Publishing. I am delighted to be swapping with her so that you can learn more about her and her books. You can read all about me and my books on her blog: Susan A. Royal If You Could Read My Mind.
Bio:
Born in west Texas and raised in south Texas, Susan makes her home in a 100-year-old farmhouse in a small east Texas town that comes complete with a ghost who has been known to harmonize with her son when he plays guitar.
She is married and the mother of six (she counts her children’s spouses as her own) and five grandchildren who are all unique and very special. Her family is rich with characters, both past and present. Her grandmother shared stories of living on a farm in Oklahoma Territory with three sisters and three brothers and working as a telephone operator in the early 20th century. She heard about growing up in San Antonio in the depression from her father, and experienced being a teenager during WWII through her mother’s eyes.
When she isn’t writing, she still has a day job working as a secretary in the public schools in east Texas. She also does her best to keep up with her grandchildren. Music and painting are two of her passions. Susan is a firm believer in getting what you want without breaking the bank. She loves to bargain shop anywhere there’s a sale and began repurposing long before it was popular. She paints, crafts and sews. Her office/craft/sewing room is littered with her latest projects.
Susan loves to take her readers through all kinds of adventures with liberal doses of romance. So far, she’s written two books in her It’s About Time series, Not Long Ago and From Now On. They are time travel adventures with romance about two people who fall in love despite the fact they come from very different worlds. In My Own Shadow is a Fantasy adventure/romance. Look for her books at MuseItUp/Amazon/B&N. You can also find Odin’s Spear, one of her short stories featured in a Quests, Curses, and Vengeance anthology, Martinus Publishing, available on Amazon.
Want to know more? Visit susanaroyal.wordpress.com or susanaroyal.moonfruit.com for a peek inside this writer’s mind and see what she’s up to. You never know what new worlds she’s going to visit next.
Susan, you have some interesting thoughts about your books our readers would love to know. Please tell us about your experience with your first book and why you decided to make it a series.
Not Long Ago was published in 2012. While writing it, I pictured a young
woman in her twenties hurrying down a busy city sidewalk. One her way past a
coffee shop, she notices a handsome stranger through the window. Their eyes
meet and what she sees leaves her reeling. Not only does she recognize him, she
knows things about the man…but how? Who is he?
From there, the story could
have gone anywhere. Turns out it did. The idea of time travel has always
fascinated me. Imagine getting up close and personal with history. Experiencing
what life is really like in another time. My main characters, Erin and Griffin,
meet and fall in love in a medieval world. I didn’t
expect to be writing a series, but my daughter insisted the story wasn’t
finished, and she was right.
From Now On came out in June 2014, and it takes up where the first book
left off. Some of my favorite characters are back. Arvo: the tall gangly young
man with a disreputable shock of red hair who becomes Erin’s good friend and
confidant. Sir Edevane: Griffin’s fellow knight and friend. Kat: Griffin’s
fiesty little sister.
Sir Griffin travels across
centuries to find Erin, the woman he loves. Before they can begin their new
life together, he’s sent on a mission to a strange island. When he doesn’t
return as planned, Erin assembles a group of his friends to search for him.
Followed by his strong-willed sister, Kateryn, they travel to Swansea and
secure passage with the notorious Captain Akin.
Erin discovers firsthand how
the island has earned its dark reputation when she battles freakish weather,
encounters a race of little people known as “Prowlies” and experiences ghosts
of the long departed. Even worse, she
discovers there are “ley lines” crossing the island’s mountain peak, creating
all sorts of strange phenomena. Yet
these obstacles pale in comparison to the secrets she uncovers while trying to
rescue the man she loves.
If you love a time
travel adventure with a twist (and a love
story) and haven’t read Not Long Ago, please do. You can
continue Erin and Griffin’s story with From
Now On. As for what’s going to happen to them in Book 3? It’s too soon to
tell, but here’s a hint. As the relationship between the two love birds grows,
they’ll have more obstacles to overcome. In addition, you’ll likely see
something about the caves in Wales, blood moons and ghost stories.
The It’s About Time
series is available at MuseItUp,
Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Goodreads.
Now I'm sure everyone would like to know more about each of these books.
Not Long Ago:
Blurb:
Erin has met the man of her dreams, but as usual there are complications. It’s one of those long distance relationships, and Griffin is a little behind the times-- somewhere around 600 years.
Erin and her employer, March, are transported to a time where chivalry and religion exist alongside brutality and superstition. Something is not quite right at the castle, and Erin and March feel sure mysterious Lady Isobeil is involved. But Erin must cope with crop circles, ghosts, a kidnapping and death before the truth of her journey is revealed.
Forced to pose as March’s nephew, Erin finds employment as handsome Sir Griffin’s squire. She’s immediately attracted to him and grows to admire his courage, quiet nobility and devotion to duty. Yet, she must deny her feelings. Her world is centuries away, and she wants to go home. But Erin can’t stop thinking about her knight in shining armor.
Blurb:
Griffin has traveled across centuries to
reunite with the woman he loves, but he and Erin may not get their ‘happy ever
after’. Not if Lady Isobeil has anything to do with it. She forces Griffin to
leave Erin behind and travel to eerie Manx Island. When he goes missing, Erin
and his friends set out to find him. Followed by his strong-willed sister,
Kateryn, they ride to Swansea and secure passage with the notorious Captain
Akin.
Erin sees firsthand how the island earned its dark reputation when she
battles freakish weather, encounters a race of little people known as
“Prowlies”, and experiences ghosts of the long departed. She discovers “ley
lines” crossing the island’s mountain peak and making time travel
possible.
Yet these obstacles pale in comparison to the secrets Erin uncovers
while determined to rescue the man she loves.
Excerpt:
I am a stranger in this world, even though
I’ve traveled this way before.
Fate and not design brought me the first
time. It hurled me into a distant future, with no idea how or why, taking me
from an existence dependent upon modern technology to a place where people fear
such things and those who use them. While searching for my way home from this
harsh and sometimes violent world, my admiration for its inhabitants who valued
honor and duty above all else grew into admiration and respect. I found myself
drawn to one in particular, a man who saved me more than once. Only I never
expected to fall in love with him.
Torn between my feelings and a longing for home, I returned to my time with
only vague memories of my experience. My life went back to normal, but part of
me sensed the loss of something more precious than anything I’d regained. Until
one day, I saw him again.
This time I’ve come by choice, and it is where I’m going to stay.
Fate willing.
Here are some links where you can find Susan's work and website:
Xander’s Tangled Web (fantasy, mystery)
(Due out in Fall, 2015)
In My Own Shadow (fantasy, adventure,
romance)
http://tinyurl.com/bqbxm41
Not Long Ago (time travel, adventure, romance)
http://tinyurl.com/85vgye3
http://tinyurl.com/bqbxm41
Not Long Ago (time travel, adventure, romance)
http://tinyurl.com/85vgye3
Not Long Ago book trailer
All
books available at MuseItUp, Amazon, B&N, Goodreadshttp://susanroyal.moonfruit.com
http://susanaroyal.wordpress.com
Thank you so much, Susan for being my guest and for swapping with me. Your books sound so good. Who doesn't love a good romance with time travel!!
Until the next time, my February guest for Red River Radio Tales from the Pages is going to be Susan A. Royal. She will be talking at greater length about her books and her life. Also on the same show will be Amy McCorkle, a good friend of mine and an awesome blogger and writer as well as a film producer and TV writer. Amy will be talking about her one woman show: Letters to Daniel, which will be performed by her in June. Amy's accomplishments are too long to list here. You should definitely visit her blog: Letters to Daniel which has been made into a book and is being shopped to several publishers. Amy is a multi published author and film maker. She is an Epic Book Awards Finalist and her films have been Official Selections for several film festivals. You won't want to miss this show.
