Interview
Questions/Sleuths and Suspects Blog
Tell us a little about yourself. I've been
writing for over thirty years and married for over forty years. I have one son
and four granddaughters. I love to travel, go to lunch and a movie with a
friend and read when I get a chance.
Tell us about your most recent book/or the book
we are focusing on. Another book focusing on the Texas Rangers is out this
October called Severed Trust. It is
the fourth book in The Men of the Texas Rangers Series for Abingdon Press. The
blurb for Severed Trust is: The day Sadie Thompson
finds her high school student, Lexie, asleep in class and can't wake her is the
day she realizes how entrenched a prescription drug ring is in her school. As
Sadie is pulled into doing something about the growing problem, she becomes
involved with Ethan Stone—a Texas Ranger who suspects the drug ring reaches far
beyond the high school. Helping Lexie recover from the overdose, Sadie feels
she is making a difference—until the 16-year-old's best friend dies from the
apparent mixing of various prescription drugs. Lexie doesn't think her friend
took her own life, but her
relationship with her Uncle Ethan is precarious and she doesn’t know if either
he or Sadie will help her discover the truth.
Why did you choose this particular genre? I love
to read romantic suspense, and it just seemed natural to write it.
What was your journey to publication like? I
first sold in 1980 to a secular publisher and wrote in that market for twenty
years. I sold ten books then went through an eight year dry spell before I sold
again. I thought of giving up writing, but I didn't. I went on to sell some
more secular books before God gave me a book that could only be told as an
inspirational romance. I sold that one in 2000 and have gone on to sell 63
books in the Christian market. If I had given up and walked away completely
during my dry spell, I would have never written my Christian books, which is
where I belong. God knew that as He knows everything. It took me a while to
realize it. He didn't give up on me.
What is a couple of your favorite books and what
are you reading now? Amazonia by
James Rollins and Jurassic Park by
Michael Crichton are two of my favorites. At the moment I'm not reading because
I'm so busy, but I have James Rollins' latest book waiting for me when I have
some time to read.
What are you working on now and can you give us
a little peek inside it? I just signed an eight book contract with LI/LIS and
will be starting the first book soon—a third book in my Caring Canines Series
(first book was out in August, Healing
Hearts, and second one will be out in December called Her Holiday Hero). This series is about service and therapy dogs
and how they can help people. I will be starting a new series soon for Love
Inspired Suspense—a search and rescue series in Alaska.
What advice would you give authors who are on
their own journey to publication? Keep writing. Persistence is important if you
want to succeed.
Do you have any books or websites that have
helped you with your writing that you could share with us? One of my favorites
is Debra Dixon's Goals, Motivation and
Conflict. Great book to help with developing characters and plot lines.
Is there anything you’d like to tell us we
haven’t covered? Write with the market in mind, but write what you enjoy
writing. It will show if you don't.
Please let us know where we can find you on the
web. Website: http://www.margaretdaley.com
Blog: http://www.margaretdaley.com/margarets-blog/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/margaretdaley
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaretdaleybooks
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We have Margaret's books in our church library. Thanks for the opportunity to win one of her books. I am a follower of this blog.
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Thanks Deborah and Margaret for the interesting interview. Severed Trust sounds like another great Margaret Daley suspense and is about an important topic. So glad you didn't give up writing, Margaret. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on all of your books.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your continued success, Margaret. Well deserved! I’m so thrilled for you.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes always,
Dianna
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