My daughter Rebekah Lyn’s new release Jessie is traveling around the blogosphere visiting with some of our friends. I thought it would be fun to re-blog some of them here. Be sure to click the blog title to visit their blog and tell them Onisha sent you!
July 22, 2014 Shanna Hatfield’s Blog
Shanna was the first stop. She shared an excerpt. Be sure to click above to read the whole post.
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Chapter 3
May 5, 1961
The call of a blue jay screeched through the open window, jarring Jessie from a dream. He rolled onto his side, rubbed his eyes, and pushed up on his elbow to look out the window. The sun hadn’t risen above the orange trees yet so he guessed it was about six. Spotting the offender on a limb not forty feet from the window, he wished he had his shotgun nearby.
“Jessie, you awake?” Ricky whispered from the upper bunk.
“Yeah,” Jessie muttered, pushing the thin sheet back and swinging his legs over the side of the bed. Ricky dropped down from the bunk above, his eyes glittering.
July 22, 2014 Stop Two Faith Blum, Writings, Ramblings and Reflections
Faith was kind enough to read and review Jessie! Visit her site to read the whole review.
My Review
When I first signed up to be part of the blog tour for Jessie, I was thinking that the book would be a nice, easy read with some good historical information about the time Jessie lived in and that would be that. Boy was I shocked to find out just what kind of book it was. Rebekah Lyn took her book and made each and every character seem truly alive. I wanted to meet all four of the Cole boys just so I could actually see them in person. I wanted to take Mr. Cole by the scruff of his neck and tell him to shape up and fast before he completely lost all respectability
July 27, 2014 Third Stop Author Brooke Williams Blog
Brooke is a new friend we met through DiVoran Lites. She interviewed Rebekah. I liked this question and answer! She is in the middle of her own blog tour so visit her site and learn more about her.
We’d love to hear a few quirky facts about you they don’t usually come up in interviews.
I am mildly obsessed with my garden, particularly my lemon tree. I visit the back window several times a day just to look out and admire it. I enjoy watching birds visit my feeder, but I don’t want them getting close to me. I had a bad experience in an aviary years ago that has made me skittish when birds get too close. I have a particular path I follow when shopping at Target and get anxious if we stray off that path.
August 1, 2014 Fourth Stop Sara B. Gauldin’s Blog Segbwrites
This stop almost didn’t happen! I forgot to send the information to Sara and she graciously forgave me and posted it anyway. Be sure to visit her blog!
The tea sounds like it was a great success. Aside from writing do you have any future plans and will tea be a part of them?
Yes they are! The dream I have for my future is moving to the mountains of North Carolina, which I love, and opening my own tea shop and bakery. I would run my tea shop from April to November and spend all winter writing,-bringing together the two things I love most and seems to take me back to those days of watching Aunt Virginia in the kitchen, pouring out her heart to make others happy.
August 5, 2014 Fifth Stop Annie Douglass Lima’s Blog
Rebekah finds writing a conversation far easier than an interview so she chose to create an “off the record” conversation among the Cole brothers. There is a hint in the interview of a problem one of the brothers will experience. If you have read Jessie, comment below and be entered to win, a lovely bracelet we are making.
Afternoon with the Cole Boys
Max, Ricky, and Sam snaked through the underbrush, arriving at their fort ten minutes after the final school bell rang. “How long you think Jessie is gonna keep going to these tutoring sessions?” Ricky asked.
“Until he’s caught up and his grades improve,” Sam replied.
“It was more fun when he didn’t care about school and we could all hang out together. I miss going hunting or fishing anytime we wanted,” Ricky said.
We have more stops coming up ! I will post them next Tuesday. If you visit the blogs and leave this comment “Onisha Sent Me” you will be entered to win a digital AUTHOGRAPHED copy of Jessie!!
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Bill is an airplane buff. We have a standard joke when someone isn’t paying attention. “He’s got his head up and locked,” we say. The saying is taken from faulty landings where the retractable tires don’t come down to support the plane when it lands. It’s a malfunction that can, and usually does, cause a disaster.
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