I was born to be a writer. I know that the way I know I have
to breathe air. The day in the life of a writer (for this writer anyway) varies
from day to day. I still have a day job, so my morning and early afternoon
hours are taken up at work like everyone else. I usually arrive home around 3
p.m. On good days I exercise. On bad days (which occur more frequently) I
don’t. I make dinner, and then I take care of whatever I have to do around the
house. I’m usually able to get to the computer around 5 p.m., and I usually
work until around 9 p.m.
Once I sit down to the computer, I go through my e-mails and
answer any correspondence about my books, and I do try to answer every piece of
fan mail I receive. I was so surprised when I started getting fan mail, but I
love every single message I’ve received. I’ve never e-mailed an author in my
life, so the thought that people would take time out of their busy schedules to
contact me is a great feeling. When that’s done, then I go onto Twitter and
Facebook for a while, but just a little while (though it can be hard to pull
myself away sometimes).
Once I settle down to write, I’m pretty focused. I love
romance, but as a writer my real focus is love. How to people fall in love? I’m
not talking about like, attraction, or lust, though each of those are great in
their own ways. A well-written sex scene can add a lot to a story. Hey, I’ve
read Fifty Shades of Grey! For me, as
a writer, I’m interested in love, the true love kind of love that lasts
lifetimes, and, in the case of James and Sarah from the Loving Husband Trilogy, beyond their human lifetimes. How can I
convey that in my stories? In the James and Sarah stories, everything is about
their eternal love for each other, and my main task is to figure out how to
convey that in a believable way to the readers. It’s a lot of hit and misses,
but after working stubbornly on my manuscript for a few months eventually I
feel like I have a handle on it. And, fortunately for me, what readers respond
to most between James and Sarah in the Loving
Husband Trilogy is their eternal love for each other. I love reading
reviews from readers about how they have connected to James and Sarah and feel
as though they’re personal friends. I feel as though James and Sarah are my
friends too, and I’m thrilled that readers feel that as well.
I’ll write for several hours each evening, a little longer
on Saturdays since I can sleep late the next morning. One thing I can say about
my days as a writer is my stories are always on my mind. Even if I’m not
sitting at my computer working, my characters are always running through my thoughts
in one way or another. Sometimes I’m thinking about a scene in the story and
how it’s going to work out. Sometimes I’m just imagining my characters in
different situations. I could be doing anything else and functioning reasonably
well in the real world, but my head is still in the clouds with my stories.
Her Loving Husband’s Return
Book Three
The Loving Husband Trilogy
Meredith Allard
Genre: paranormal/historical
Publisher: Copperfield Press
Date of Publication: 4/19/13
ISBN: 9781301084036
ASIN: B00CFA0RJW
Number of pages: 276
Word Count: 86,500
Book Description:
What would you do to return to the only one you have ever loved?
James Wentworth’s secret is no longer a secret, and now he and his beloved wife, Sarah, have been separated.
While suffering his own internment, James is reminded of his time with Japanese-Americans in the Manzanar Relocation Camp during World War II, and he cannot allow the past to repeat itself. With the help of his friends—Chandresh, Jocelyn, Timothy, even the irreverent Geoffrey—James learns what it means to return, and he is determined to return to his Sarah no matter the challenges—or the consequences.
Will James and Sarah be reunited once and for all despite the madness surrounding them? Will James’s most fervent wish be granted? The changes in store for the Wentworths may be irreversible.
Book Two of The Loving Husband Trilogy
By Meredith Allard
How far will you go to protect the one you love?
Finally, after many long and lonely years, James Wentworth’s life is falling into place. Together with his wife, Sarah, the only woman he has ever loved, he has found the meaning behind her nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and now they are rebuilding the life they began together so long ago.
But the past is never far behind for the Wentworths. While Sarah is haunted by new visions, now about the baby she carried over three hundred years before, James is confronted with painful memories from his time with the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears. Through it all, the persistent reporter Kenneth Hempel reappears, still determined to prove that the undead walk the earth. If Hempel succeeds in his quest, James and Sarah will suffer. Will the curse of the vampire prevent James and Sarah from living their happily ever after?
Her Dear and Loving HusbandBook One of The Loving Husband Trilogy
By Meredith Allard
Published by Copperfield Press
Genre: Vampire Romance
Book Description:
How long would you wait for the one you loved?
James Wentworth has a secret. He lives quietly in Salem, Massachusetts, making few ties anywhere. One night his private world is turned upside down when he meets Sarah Alexander, a dead ringer for his wife Elizabeth. Though it has been years since Elizabeth's death, James cannot move on.
Sarah also has a secret. She is haunted by nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and every night she is awakened by visions of hangings, being arrested, and dying in jail. Despite the obstacles of their secrets, James and Sarah fall in love. As James comes to terms with his feelings for Sarah, he must dodge accusations from a reporter desperate to prove that James is not who, or what, he seems to be. Soon James and Sarah piece their stories together and discover a mystery that may bind them in ways they never imagined. Will James make the ultimate sacrifice to protect Sarah and prevent a new hunt from bringing hysteria to Salem again?
Her Dear & Loving Husband is part historical fiction, part romance, and part paranormal fantasy. With elements of Twilight and The Crucible, Her Dear & Loving Husband is a story for anyone who believes that true love never dies.
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About the Author:
Since 2000, Meredith Allard has been the Executive Editor of The Copperfield Review, an award-winning literary journal for readers and writers of historical fiction. She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from California State University, Northridge, and she has taught creative writing and writing historical fiction seminars at Learning Tree University, UNLV, and the Las Vegas Writers Conference.
Her short fiction and articles have appeared in journals such as The Paumanok Review, Moondance, Wild Mind, Muse Apprentice Guild, Writers Weekly, CarbLite, and ViewsHound. She is the author of the Amazon Best-Selling Loving Husband Trilogy, as well as the historical novels Victory Garden, Woman of Stones, and My Brother’s Battle.
Victory Garden and Woman of Stones have also been Amazon Best-Sellers in the Historical Fiction and Religious Fiction categories.
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