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S.J. Stewart
June, 2008
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Zelda Benjamin
April, 2008
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Shirley Marks
December, 2007
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Donna Wright
December, 2007
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Carolyn Brown
August, 2007
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Roni Denholtz
June, 2007
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Tara Randel
April, 2007
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Sydell Voeller
February, 2007
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Sheila Robins
December, 2006
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Ann Holt
October, 2006
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Cynthia Danielewski
July, 2006
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Jane McBride Choate
March, 2006
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Kathryn Meyer Griffith
January, 2006
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Mel Taylor
November, 2005
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Kathleen Fuller
September, 2005
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Tracey J. Lyons
July, 2005
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Ludima Gus Burton
May, 2005
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Holly Jacobs
March, 2005
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Sandra D. Bricker
January, 2005
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Kathryn Quick
November, 2004
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Cheri Jetton
September, 2004
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Karl Fieldhouse
May, 2004
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Shelley Galloway
March, 2004
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Ilsa Mayr
January, 2004
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Kathy Carmichael
November, 2003
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Dorothy P. O'Neill
July, 2003
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Joani Ascher
May, 2003
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Patricia DeGroot
March, 2003
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Nancy J. Parra
January, 2003
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Barbara Meyers
November, 2002
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Christine Bush
September, 2002
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Debby Mayne
July, 2002
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Jean C. Gordon
May, 2002
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Charles E. Friend
March, 2002
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Norma Seely
January, 2002
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Glen Ebisch
November, 2001
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Gina Cresse
September, 2001
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John Paxson
July, 2001
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Terri Alcock
May, 2001
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Clifford Blair
March, 2001
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Amanda Harte
January, 2001
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Kent Conwell
November, 2000
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Carolyn Brown
September, 2000
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Annette Mahon
July, 2000
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Marjorie McGinley
May, 2000
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Jack Lewis
March, 2000
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Amanda Harte
January, 2000
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Joyce and Jim Lavene
November, 1999
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Sherry Lynn Ferguson
August, 2008
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Author! Author!: July, 2004
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Click on images to learn more about these books.
An Interview with
Heather
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Have you ever used real people as characters?
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Occasionally, I borrow characters from real life. My “villain” in Hearts Are Wild is actually a friend of mine who was gracious enough to let me fictionalize him. Sometimes, I’ll pick up bits and pieces of different people’s personalities and mold them together to make a memorable character.
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How do you name your characters?
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Naming characters is one of the best parts of being a writer. I can’t say exactly how I come up with a name (it’s just there), but I know what I like and know what I don’t like.
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Where do you get ideas for plots?
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I get plot ideas everywhere! From the evening news to fairy tales. For my River of Dreams series with Avalon, inspiration hit when Tall Stacks, a steamboat festival, came to town. Ta-da! A story was born. Three, actually.
Plot ideas are like germs: They’re everywhere, and they can pop up and infect you from unexpected directions.
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What inspires you to write?
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For the most part, it’s those voices in my head begging me to tell their stories. My family continues to inspire me, too. Every time one of my kids says, “My mom writes books,” with that tinge of pride in their voices, it makes me want to run to my computer.
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What’s the hardest part of writing?
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The waiting, for me, is the hardest part of writing. It’s not uncommon to send something into a publishing house and not hear on it for a year or more. It gets very frustrating.
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What can you tell us about your latest book for Avalon?
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My latest book for Avalon is called Hearts Are Wild and is the final book in the River of Dreams trilogy. In it, Jack Parker must choose to trust her heart or gamble away love forever.
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Do you have any advice for aspiring writers? Or for anyone wanting to submit to Avalon?
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My advice to aspiring writers is to believe in yourself and believe in your work. If you don’t, no one else will either.
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What are you working on now?
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I’ve just begun a new romance novel which will hopefully be done by the end of summer. I also write mysteries for another publishing house and am busy with those, too. For more information on all my books, pop on over to my website www.heatherwebber.com.
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