Barbour Authors to Begin Michigan Book Signing Tour
Barbour fiction authors Christine Lynxwiler, Kaye Dacus, Mary Connealy, and M. L. Tyndall will begin a Michigan book signing tour this spring that will includes stops at:
Family Christian Stores (Battle Creek) on March 30,
Family Christian Stores (Holland) and Baker Book House (Grand Rapids) on March 31,
Family Christian Stores (Grandville) on April 1, Jude 3 bookstore (Holland) on April 2,
Family Christian Stores (Lansing and Kalamazoo) on April 3, and
Family Christian Stores (Walker) on April 4.
The signing tour will promote Lynxwiler’s new release The Reluctant Cowgirl (April 2009), Dacus’ recent release Stand-In Groom (January 2009), Connealy’s Gingham Mountain (February 2009), and Tyndall’s The Red Siren (January 2009). The authors will be on hand to mingle with customers and sign copies of these new releases as well as their other titles.
Lynxwiler’s The Reluctant Cowgirl finds actress Crystal McCord giving up the closeness of her big family in order to make a name for herself on the New York City stage. But when life in the Big Apple turns sour, she follows a country road back to her parents’ Arkansas ranch. The last thing she expects to find in cowboy country is a new leading man. Still, she can’t help but imagine handsome rancher Jeremy Buchanan in the role. Will the reluctant pair allow their hearts to guide them, or will their stubborn pride keep them miles apart? Christine Lynxwiler is an award-winning author and past president of American Christian Romance Writers. She has numerous novels and novellas published with Barbour, including Along Came a Cowboy, Alibis in Arkansas, Arkansas, Promise Me Always, and Forever Christmas. She and her husband, Kevin, along with their two daughters, four horses, and two dogs, live in the foothills of the beautiful Ozark Mountains in their home state of Arkansas. Visit her web site at
http://www.christinelynxwiler.com/.
In Stand-In Groom, wedding planner Anne Hawthorne meets George Laurence and thinks she's found the man of her dreams. But when he turns out to be a client, her dream quickly turns into a nightmare. Will Anne risk her heart and career on this engaging Englishman? George came to Louisiana to plan his employer's wedding and pose as the groom. But how can he feign affection for a supposed fiancé when he's so achingly attracted to the wedding planner? And what will happen when Anne discovers the truth? Kaye Dacus likes to say she writes “inspirational romance with a sense of humor.” She lives in Nashville and graduated from Seton Hill University’s Master of Arts in Writing Popular Fiction program. She is an active member and former Vice President of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), serving as the online course coordinator. Her Stand-In Groom novel took second place in the 2006 ACFW Genesis writing competition. Check out her Web site at
http://www.kayedacus.com/.
In Gingham Mountain, Hannah Cartwright meets Grant, a disreputable-looking wrangler, and she’s determined to keep him from committing two orphan train children to hard labor on his ranch. How long will she have to play the role of schoolmarm before she gets a chance to rescue the children? Prudence, the town dressmaker, has designs on Grant. Will she succeed in securing his affections? As Grant struggles to run the ranch and raise six orphans, he finds love making tracks to his heart. Will he be caught in a web of deceit or lassoed by the love of one good woman? An award-winning author, Mary Connealy lives on a Nebraska farm with her husband and is the mother of four grown daughters. She writes plays and shorts stories, and is the author of two other novels, Petticoat Ranch and Calico Canyon. Also an avid blogger, Mary is a GED instructor by day and an author by night. For more information on Mary Connealy, visit her Web site at
http://www.maryconnealy.com/.
In The Red Siren, Faith Wescott, a fiery redhead, is a lady by day and a pirate by night. How long can she maintain this dual identity before she's caught red-handed? Dajon Waite, who scours the Carolina coast, expunging it of pirates and smugglers, is a more-than-capable captain in the British Royal Navy. But when asked to take on the guardianship of Faith and her two sisters, he finds himself in deep water. Having vowed to avoid women, what will he do when he begins falling for Faith? Can the all-consuming love of a godly captain redeem a not-so-ladylike pirate? M. L. (MaryLu) Tyndall dreamt of seafaring adventures during her childhood days in Florida. Her love of history and passion for story drew her to create the popular Legacy of the King’s Pirates series. Writing for more than twenty years, she lives on California’s coast with her husband and six children, where her imagination still surges with the sea. For more information, visit her website at
http://www.mltyndall.com/.
Get copies of The Reluctant Cowgirl, Stand-In Groom, Gingham Mountain, and The Red Siren and meet authors Christine Lynxwiler, Kaye Dacus, Mary Connealy, and M. L. Tyndall during their Michigan book signing tour. See the list below for times and complete location information for each book signing venue.
Christine Lynxwiler, Kaye Dacus, Mary Connealy, and M. L. Tyndall MICHIGAN BOOK SIGNINGS:
Monday, March 30 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Family Christian Stores Minges Brook Mall 5700 Beckley Road, Suite B-2 Battle Creek, MI 49015
Tuesday, March 31 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Family Christian Stores 3155 Westshore Drive Holland, MI 49424
Tuesday, March 31 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Baker Book House 2768 Paris Ave SE Grand Rapids, MI 49546
Wednesday, April 1 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Family Christian Stores Rivertown Center 3819 Rivertown Parkway SW, Suite 100 Grandville, MI 49418
Thursday, April 2 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Leighton Township Library 4451 12th Street Moline, MI 49335
Thursday, April 2 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Jude 3 2279 North Park Drive, Suite 810 Holland, MI 49424
Friday, April 3 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Family Christian Stores Jolly Cedar Plaza 5132 S. Cedar Street Lansing, MI 48911
Friday, April 3 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Family Christian Stores Westnedge Corners Shopping Center 4413 S. Westnedge Ave Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Saturday, April 4 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Family Christian Stores 3343A Alpine Road NW Walker, MI 49544
Chris Lynxwiler, MaryLu Tyndall, Kaye Dacus and I will be doing book signings in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan from Monday, March 30 to Saturday, April 4th. 
Wednesday, April 1 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
What do you like best about being a writer? The actual writing! I love getting into my characters' heads and transporting myself into another time and place. I put my headphones on with my favorite epic music playing and I dive right into a scene. Whether it's dialogue or swashbuckling action, I feel like I'm right there. What better way to spend my day than in a fantasy world of my own creation. What's one thing you have to have within reach while writing? My music and my Thesaurus, and maybe some chocolate if I'm having one of "those" days. Pop, Soda, or Coke? What do you call it, and what's your favorite variety? Soda, and I don't drink it, sorry. Health nut here. Describe your favorite pair of shoes. My brown hiking boots with black laces and thick soles. They keep my feet warm and are the most comfortable shoes I've ever owned. No spiked pumps for this girl. Many years ago, my niece wrote to ask me what I wear when I'm writing . . . because she was going to a career day for which she had to dress up as the occupation she wants to be when she grows up. How would you have answered her? Comfortable jeans, a plain shirt, and my hiking boots. What's the most fun/interesting/crazy/scary/unique hands-on research you've done for a book? Sword fighting with my daugher! I needed to know what a sword feels like in my hands and sounds like when it swooshes through the air and clanks against another sword! So much fun! Candles. We all have them. But do you burn them? What scents are your favorite? I love the scent of vanilla! I have vanilla candles, perfume, oil, bubble bath, soap... you name it Have you ever re-gifted something someone's given you? Absolutely! No sense in wasting a good gift! If you were to write a novel about what your life would have been like if you'd become what you wanted to be at eight years old, what kind of character would the story be about? An astronaut soaring through outer space discovering new worlds and conquering evil wherever I found it. Have you ever gone on a book-signing tour before? What are you looking forward to next week? What makes you nervous? I've been on book-signings, but not an entire tour. I'm looking foward to chatting with people about my books and the ministry of writing for God's glory and being able to encourage them with a word from God or pray for them. Nervous? That I'll put my big foot in my mouth (which usually happens at least once a day) or that nobody will even show up. :-( What's the best piece of writing advice you've ever received? Shut off your left brain (the logic, rule following, critical side) and write from your heart without censure. What's your biggest dream for the future? To hear the words from God's mouth when I enter Heaven, "Well done, good and faithful servant" I'm not saying I'm there yet, and I fail so often, but each day I strive to do God's will and bring Him glory.
So, sure, I’m doing it. I’ve got this western artist and a rough and tough cowgirl who thinks he’s an idiot, sweet though, and gorgeous and for some reason she keeps turning to him…
I'll be doing a book signing tour in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan March 31-April 4th. Details HERE.
What's one thing you have to have within reach while writing?
Tracie Peterson; and many, many others
So, I'm at the boats, sports and travel show last weekend??? and I'm minding my own business, really, wandering from booth to booth. And I see this booth advertising hunting guides. And it all starts out so normal...well, normal for dead mounted animals. 
Here's the whole family, in 1968. Parents in the back, second row Ruth 14, Nila 13, Me 12, Don 10, Lois 8, Front Row Jackson 3 1/2, Linda 5, Dwight 6 1/2.
