Rhode Island Authors Showcase - Featuring Martha Reynolds!
The Rhode Island Authors Showcase is back! Each day in November, I’ll be featuring a different RI author. Each post features a giveaway – a book, an anthology, or something else! All you have to do to be eligible for the daily drawing is leave a comment on the blog post. I’ll use a random number generator to pick a winner one week after the blog post (to give you time to catch up).
By commenting on each post, you’re also entered to win our bigger prizes: GRAND PRIZE is a $250 Amazon gift card, BONUS PRIZE is a $100 Amazon gift card, and the CHEER UP YOU WON SOMETHING PRIZE is a $50 Amazon gift card. The big prizes will be chosen, again using a random number generator, on December 7.
I asked myself the same questions I posed to everyone else!
My hometown: Johnston as a child, then Warwick, Rhode Island. Now in West Warwick.
What are my genre(s) Women's fiction, literary fiction
What have I written? The Swiss Chocolate series (Chocolate for Breakfast, Chocolate Fondue, Bittersweet Chocolate); Bits of Broken Glass;The Way to Remember; The Happy Ever After series (A Jingle Valley Wedding, April in Galway, All's Well in Jingle Valley); A Winding Stream; Villa del Sol;The Summer of Princess Diana;I Wish I Had a River
Some of my favorite authors: Roisin Meaney, Camille Pagan, Elin Hildebrandt, Marisa de los Santos, Anna Quindlen
My favorite books growing up:The Yearling, Go Ask Alice, and later, The Thorn Birds, The Color Purple
What do you like best about writing? I love starting out! When everything is possible, when I ask, "What if...?" Even though I generally have a good idea about plot, sometimes the story heads in a different direction, and I follow along happily.
What do find most challenging about writing? The technical aspects (so I pay people to do that for me) and the promoting of myself. I'm rubbish at both.
Where do you draw your inspiration? Everywhere! There is always a kernel of truth in my fiction. Perhaps it's a snippet of conversation I overheard, a distinct (or sometimes fuzzy) memory, the human condition.
You’ve just been given the chance to collaborate on a book with Roisin Meaney. What’s the title going to be? Oh boy! Well, I'll need to travel to Ireland for collaboration, and we'll call the book A Song for Kiernan
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Here it is, my new novel! I do love this cover. Here's what USA TODAY bestselling author Jon Land had to say about it: "I Wish I Had a River is a magical journey through love, life, and loss, a quest not for riches so much as fulfillment. Martha Reynolds has fashioned a shrewd and sensitive tale that explores both the breadth and the limits of the human heart to emerge from tragedy. This is literary writing of the highest order, on par with Elizabeth Gilbert, Alice Hoffman, and even the great Joan Didion. I only wish there were more books like this!"
The book should be perfect for fans of Eat Pray Love. One winner will receive a copy (print or digital, your choice) PLUS I'll name a character after you in my next novel! Here's my question: Of the four countries featured in this novel (Portugal, Spain, Italy, and France), which one tops your 'wanna go there' or 'already been and loved it' list?
This is the last day for the RI Authors Showcase - thank you for participating! Remember, the Grand Prize drawings will be held on December 7, and I'm going to try to post the video of the drawings here, but I'll reach out to you if you win. You have a week to catch up and comment on each of the daily posts. Each day that you comment gets you a chance to win one of the big prizes. Good luck and see you soon!
If you're local, please stop by the 10th Annual Rhode Island Authors Expo on Saturday, December 3. I'll be there with about a hundred other local authors - all kinds of genres, so something for everyone. Did you know that signed books make great gifts? I'll have plenty of my newest.