Mar 26, 2015 | Blog, Caitlenn T. Ainnsley, Coffee With, March 2015
First, if we were meeting at a Coffee shop I’d be drinking a Latte 🙂 What would you be drinking? I’d be drinking an organic caffeine-free berry iced tea.
Thank you so much for taking time to sit down and answer a few questions. I LOVED A Jewel In Time Anthology. Your story was absolutely fabulous! I love the winter storm in Boston especially with the winter they’ve had so far!
Thank you!
How did you research for it? I did very little research for this story. Just had to look up the Boston airport location and route to the hotel I picked. I also reviewed the hotel’s restaurant menu and used actual items on the menu in the story.
It would make a great start to a bigger story, do you have any intentions of turning this into a series? Not this book since it really ties in with Barbara Devlin’s Brethren series. I have an idea for a series though.
What can we expect next? The Conscious Gypsy Chronicles. It is a chick lit series following the serial dating habits of a spunky heroine with some interesting spiritual gifts.
8 Tantalizing Tidbits:
1. A Must read book and why? The Alchemist by Paulo Choelo. It’s a wonderful story with a moral at the end. I have such an appreciation for authors who can tell an amazing fictional story that has a practical life application or moral.
2. What is one place that I should see if I visit your hometown? Well, I live in Las Vegas, so there are all kinds of fun and crazy things to see. My favorite, no so well known place, is a Korean spa called Imperial Spa. It’s close to, but off the strip, and it’s only $20 to get into for the whole day. Once inside there are two floors of different detox rooms–a jade room, magnetic clay room, ice room, Himilayan sea salt room. Plus there are soaking pools of different temperatures and various saunas–dry, salt, etc. Between detox sessions you can pay for spa treatments or just relax in recliners. It’s a whole day of relaxing for almost nothing.
3. When you plot out your book do you know how it will end or do you figure it out as you go? I have no idea where the book is going. Every book I’ve written has started with me seeing the opening scene play out like a movie. I write that down and then more scenes show up and the characters begin to develop then the story unfolds. It’s a very messy process, but I’m a fast writer. The Brit, The Blizzard and The Brooch was written in about six weeks.
4. What was on your playlist while writing this series? I can’t listen to music or watch TV or movies when I’m writing. I hear the dialogue in my head and often see the scenes along with it, so any other noise distracts me from being able to create.
5. Do you watch a TV show weekly or binge watch? So I don’t own a TV. I grew up in a household where we were only allowed to watch one hour a day, so I read all the time. With cable costing a fortune, I decided to not have TV at all. That said, I do have a NetFlix account on my computer and about once a month I’ll spend a day binge watching something. The last show I watched two seasons of in a day was Californication. Something about David Duchovney is very sexy to me.
6. First concert you attended? Michael Jackson…actually the Jackson Five. My parents got tickets for the whole family and the concert was in the Broncos football stadium in Colorado. Something about watching a concert from bleachers just isn’t really the concert experience I prefer, but looking back I realize what a taste of history that was.
7. When you are traveling do you road trip it or fly it? I do both. I travel at least two weeks out of every month. If I’m going to California I will drive. If I go anywhere that would take longer than six hours to drive, then I fly. I prefer First Class, but will fly any airline coach as long as I can get an aisle seat. I hate being blocked into an inside seat.
8. Do you like to cook or go out to eat? I love going out to eat, however, I’m really a purist when it comes to food and that forces me to eat at home and be creative. I don’t eat sugar, gluten, soy, most dairy, meat, fish, GMOs–most food served at restaurants have at least one of those in it.
BIO:
Caitlenn T. Ainnsley
Chick Lit Author
Caitlenn writes edgy, sexy chick lit stories about fabulous women, hot men and the often crazy situations they encounter on the road to love.
She won her first creative writing contest in the sixth grade and has always found pleasure weaving stories.
A big fan of Harlequin’s Intrigue series, her first novel was a romantic suspense. Its rejection was a blessing because it challenged Caitlenn to explore other genres. When she scribbled a single scene to enter in a Romance Writer’s of America editor’s critique and all three editors said they wanted more from her, she knew she’d found her voice in chick lit.
The Brit, The Brooch, and The Blizzard is her debut novella.
Caitlenn is a pen name for Leah Grant. Leah is a Business, Life and Spiritual Coach having a diverse set of skills as a Master Certified Coach, a Certified NLP Practitioner, a Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner and an Ordained Minister. Leah Grant speaks, teaches and is a published best-selling non-fiction author.
Leah is also known as Lotus. As Lotus, she sings Sanskrit chants and has released a CD: Ecstatic Meditation – One available at  www.ecstaticmeditation.com
When she’s not traveling, which she does very frequently, Caitlenn lives in Las Vegas.
Mar 25, 2015 | Blog, March 2015
In The Brit, the Brooch, and the Blizzard by Caitlenn T. Ainnsley we meet Olivia DuBois who is dealing with a family illness, a man who claims to only have eyes for her but really doesn’t, and a penchant for finding herself in embarrassing situations at the most inappropriate time!
When her so-called boyfriend professes his desire to go on to Hawaii without her even though she’s facing the most difficult moment in her life she can’t seem to wonder if he’s truly the one for her. In a fleeting moment her Grandmother passes down the family brooch in hopes that her granddaughter will truly find happiness and her beloved. Will this be the catalyst for her to change course and discover a life she’s meant to live?
A run-in with a Brit in a most unexpected place leads her on a journey of the heart, mind and soul. Travel along to discover what happens when you mix magic with a raging blizzard and a sexy man with an accent. This one is sure to leave your toes curling too!
After reading Caitlenn T. Ainnsley’s novella I am hoping that she too will expand and give us more! What a great way to end an amazing idea and concept for a novella – one that must certainly be revisited soon!
Check back tomorrow when Caitlenn stops by to join me for coffee.
BIO:
Caitlenn T. Ainnsley
Chick Lit Author
Caitlenn writes edgy, sexy chick lit stories about fabulous women, hot men and the often crazy situations they encounter on the road to love.
She won her first creative writing contest in the sixth grade and has always found pleasure weaving stories.
A big fan of Harlequin’s Intrigue series, her first novel was a romantic suspense. Its rejection was a blessing because it challenged Caitlenn to explore other genres. When she scribbled a single scene to enter in a Romance Writer’s of America editor’s critique and all three editors said they wanted more from her, she knew she’d found her voice in chick lit.
The Brit, The Brooch, and The Blizzard is her debut novella.
Caitlenn is a pen name for Leah Grant. Leah is a Business, Life and Spiritual Coach having a diverse set of skills as a Master Certified Coach, a Certified NLP Practitioner, a Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner and an Ordained Minister. Leah Grant speaks, teaches and is a published best-selling non-fiction author.
Leah is also known as Lotus. As Lotus, she sings Sanskrit chants and has released a CD: Ecstatic Meditation – One available at  www.ecstaticmeditation.com
When she’s not traveling, which she does very frequently, Caitlenn lives in Las Vegas.
Mar 24, 2015 | Blog, March 2015
Today I read a book and something in it reminded me of a friend. A moment we shared a few years back. A gift that brightened my afternoon. I love when I find a sparkle from a jewel in a story!
After enjoying a must read book I can think, reflect and hopefully feel inspired to do something amazing.
Have you ever have that moment while reading a book?
-Happy Reading
Mar 23, 2015 | Andrea Laurence, Blog, March 2015
Feeding the Fire, by Andrea Laurence, is a story of a friendship, love, hope and a few secrets. Rosewood, Alabama might be a small town but it has lots to offer – lots of gossip and really cute fireman.
When the town organizes a fundraiser, a Bachelor Auction for a Valentine’s Day Date, the single women are ready! A chance to date a few sexy men, including local firefighter Grant Chamberlin. For Pepper Anthony, a hairstylist at the town hair salon Curls, the last thing she can afford to do is make a sizeable donation. Right now she needs to save as much money as she can to fix up her house, not spend her money on a date. Even if the money is for a great cause and the prize is someone she can’t get out of her head.
Unfortunately there is a “situation” at the auction and Pepper finds herself the winning bidder for a hot date with Grant. What complicates this unfortunate event is that they have an unresolved issue to contend with. What will Pepper do? When Grant learns the truth about her winning bid he decides to make it up to her, and you won’t believe what he does!
This fantastic series explores friendships, secrets, and family. It proves that with trust and honesty, anything is possible. I received this ARC from the publisher for a fair and honest review. This is the second book in the series and I find myself in dire need to discover what happened in the first book while anxiously waiting for the next book. Discover Rosewood, Alabama and the residents who live there. It’s a must for your next read!
BIO:
Andrea Laurence is an award winning author of contemporary and paranormal romance. She has been a lover of reading and writing stories since she learned to read at a young age. A dedicated West Coast girl transplanted into the Deep South, she’s working on her own “happily ever after” with her boyfriend and their collection of animals including a Siberian Husky that sheds like nobody’s business.
Mar 22, 2015 | Blog, March 2015
Imagine a town where secrets have no chance of staying hidden for long, most of the time. There’s a strong possibility your childhood nemesis will wind up falling in love with you or a past transgression will re-surface and you’ll have an opportunity for redemption later in life.
There is something magical and comforting about a small town setting for a knitting group, a book club, a resort by a lake, anything to draw us in where we know everyone!
Debbie Macomber? Nora Roberts? Grace Burrowes? Suz Ferrell? Andrea Laurence? There are so many authors that have stories to choose from, what’s your favorite book and author?
