But, I don’t quilt. While my sisters were learning I was reading and as an adult, I never thought I had the time. After my third book by mother said to me one day, “You know, Jodi, you quilt with words.” I think it was the nicest thing she ever said to me and she was right. I take bits and pieces of characters lives and what happens in the world and piece them together into a story.
I guess I have a patchwork mind and WELCOME TO HARMONY is my best creation to date.
Once in a while a book comes along that feels like magic from the day I begin writing. I’ve always loved writing stories about small towns and Harmony, Texas is like the town we all wish we were from.
I open with Reagan, a runaway, being dropped off after dark on the Main Street. Before the night is over, she’s stepped into a world she’s never known. A world where she can belong.
As I wrote it seemed like my characters came to me one at a time, sat down, and began to tell me their story. As the book moves through the weeks, you’ll meet a funeral director who cares about everyone he meets, a volunteer fire chief who loves what he does, a sheriff who fights every day to live up to her family, and a child who sees people for who they really are.
This story will touch your heart and make you laugh. By the time you finish, you’ll feel like Harmony is a real place.
I’ll be writing three books set in Harmony and hope you’ll come along with me on the journey. I know your time as a mom is limited with a thousand things always waiting, but when you have a few minutes, step into Harmony. I promise I’ll take you on an adventure.
Thank you Jodi for being at Books and Needlepoint today. I am so excited that this is the beginning of a trilogy! Can't wait to see what is coming up next!
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Readers - Jodi has given me an extra copy of Welcome to Harmony to give away to one of you!
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Sounds like a wonderful read. Would love to enter
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I have not heard of this series but I would love to explore it.
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It sounds like a great story, thanks for the chance to win.
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I am anxiously awaiting this one. Miss Thomas's books are extraordinary. I have yet to read a disappointing one. She is one of my favorite authors. (I've even got my husband hooked on her Western historicals!) So please enter me.
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It sounds like a great book. I love stories that show how peoples' lives are interconnected.
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This sounds like a wonderful story. I have enjoyed Jodi's historicals, so I am eager to try one of her contemporaries.
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This book sounds like a wonderful, heartwarming story! I love books that give us great characters to like! Thanks for the interview and for the chance to win!
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Great interview. I enjoy learning the little things about the authors. Helps to understand how they came up with their idea of their books.
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I'd love to win this book for my Mom. I don't think she's ever read this author. She never buys books for herself. We have a neighbor that gives us boxes of historical romance novels that she loves. Some books I win I've given to her because they're more her kind than mine. Anyway I'd like to win it for her to try something new.
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