My
family is the source for everything I write. My parents were strong
believers in the power of family and we have always been a strong unit.
Growing up we did everything together. We watched t.v. (for a very
limited 30 minutes a day), we grew our own food in a large garden, and we
listened to country music and sang along with the radio.
It’s
this last bit that inspired me to write HER SUMMER COWBOY. The country
songs I heard on the radio were my companions through many long summer
days. And I knew their stories as well as my own. I knew that
George Jones had lived fast and wild. And that Johnny had finally been tamed by
June. And I fell in love for the first time to Waylon Jennings voice.
When
the Big Marietta Fair was being talked about all I could remember were summers
at the fair and concerts that my family always went to. They were, of
course, country artists and we’d sit there all day to get a good seat and then
listen to the concert. It was one of the highlights of my
childhood. And I wanted to bring a little of that to my readers in HER
SUMMER COWBOY.
Emma
Jean Wells is the daughter of a famous country music singer loosely inspired by
Keith Whitley and the granddaughter of a country legend that is an amalgam of
George Jones, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
Hudson
Scott is a mixture of the badboy who walked through Jesse’s Dream and Tim
McCraw’s Indian Outlaw. He’s tough and sexy and doesn’t really take
anything from anyone except for Emma who seems to get under his skin without
him even realizing it.
I
hope you enjoy reading HER SUMMER COWBOY.
2 comments:
I loved this book. My family was never really close and remains that way. So, I enjoy reading about people who have good relationships with theirs.
Really liked this story!!
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