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Showing posts with label Welcome to Harmony. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Welcome to Harmony. Show all posts

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Jodi Thomas - Guest blogger today with a Giveaway!

In a few weeks my 29th book WELCOME TO HARMONY will be out and I think it is my best book to date. It is about the people of a small town in Texas and how their lives weave together. When I was a kid I remember seeing my mother and grandmother quilt. In fact, my whole family quilted. I have a room in my house filled with quilts that go back five generations.


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!

GIVEAWAY

Readers - Jodi has given me an extra copy of Welcome to Harmony to give away to one of you! 

Eligibility:  US Residents only

Mandatory Entry: +1 Please leave me a comment with your email address.

Additional entries: +2 Follow me on Google Friend Connect
+2 Follow me on Twitter and Tweet - leave a link or use @kherbrand so I can find it.
+1 Daily tweets after the first one
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This giveaway will end June 3.















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