Love Inspired Historical

the line is new---so this months would be the only ones to try!!  Try them all! 

Hi:

   I have been waiting for this line for months now. Will this line be available as an eBook? Also, will it be available in Larger Print? 

 Thanks,

          Vince

Okay, I finally got my order in for the first 2 LIH's.  It's a good feeling knowing they're finally on the way!

Hello Barbara in CA :

          The link worked!   I did not find these eBooks when I checked a few days ago so the link is a big help.

          Now I have to decide which book to start with.

             Thanks,

                       Vince 

I finally figured out how to find y'all on the new system! I missed most of the week, though. I'll see if I can catch up.

 Missy

They are to be Christian characters---I believe Biblical times are acceptable, but that would be Greco-Roman Period because the characters have to be Christian....

And no where in the New Testament (or Old for that matter) does it say that faith in a random "higher" is acceptable---we are to worship God --- the One True God --- and NO ONE else.  People are accountable for what they know, a Native American before missionaries came...well, that's between them and God, and many of them did worship only One anyway.  Jesus makes it very clear, you must repent, be baptised in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit....period, no discussion. 

Well, historically speaking there was the Orthodox Church, then the Catholic and Orthodox Churches....then the Protestants came along.  The LI novels are non-denominational anyway---they portray the basic truth of the Christian faith---believe and be baptised---without denominational things. 

Christian is Christian, whether Catholic, Orthodox or variety of Protestant----a Christian is someone that professes belief in Christ and is baptised.  There are no politics and arguments in that---that's just the fact, it's in the Bible.  I'm not into the one denomination over another thing either, but there is a strict Biblical truth that must be followed or you aren't a Christian.  Whether you use a piano or not, or cover your head when you pray or not probably will not have an effect on your entrance to Heaven---whether you believe Jesus is the Christ and have  been baptised will. 

As for the LIH books, the guidelines say they have to be Christian, but in certain time periods, they would HAVE to be of a certain church.  If it's a medieval, they will have to go to Mass and listen to a Priest.....if it's post-Reformation they can be Puritians or Catholics or whatever---

Quakers would be interesting, I've seen several of those by other publishers in the Christian bookstores.  And just try being an Orthodox woman who chooses to wear a veil, going into one without getting dirty looks because someone thinks you're Muslim.  Not very Christian either way! 

I have so many questions about this line that I don't know where to begin. Are all the spots for 08 filled? How far into 09 are you now acquiring?

 Melissa, you mentioned you'd love to see some Regencies, but you haven't seen many strong ones that knock your socks off. Does this mean you haven't bought any or many Regencies?

Jennifer

Hi--I just dropped in to say hi and to say congratulations on the new line being launched!!! 

Way to go ladies!

I'm really excited about this line, too!  As soon as I finish my LI-targeted novel, I'm going to work on the Regency, I think.  I wish I could talk to Melissa about it before I finish it, so I'd know whether it would be better suited to LIH or HH.  I don't want to waste her time.  The heroine has been living a lie for ten years, but it could work nicely with her getting right with the Lord.  The Hero has been living a rakish life, but has a change of heart.  If I say any more, it'll give away the entire plot!   However, I will say that I got differing opinions on the synopsis and first two that I sent to The Beau Monde's Royal Ascot competition.  One writer gave it first place, saying I had the feel down just right.  Another writer thought I used too much dialect to be intelligible (however, I used it to point out the differing areas from whence the minor characters came...I may have overdone it a bit, and could definitely tone it down, but not eliminate it entirely, or it wouldn't be true to the time & place),  All in all, I learned a lot from the contest (especially that the Georgette Heyer "author ominicient" style of writing is now referred to as "head hopping."   I went through and made sure of POVs after the excellent critiques).

I'd just send in the synopsis and sample chapters, but I want to have the book finished first, in case Melissa would want to see it. I do hope there will be some Regencies.  I love that era. 

My poor hero, he was banished to HH--one of his crimes other than being a very rough 13th century Highlander was that the man lies three times within the first few pages of the book---life and death situations of course, but what a start....I'm still waiting and waiting.  It's been 20 weeks since HH got it and I sent them a little email to check on the status. 

It's not so much that she spends every day lying, or even when it seems convenient.  It's that she's living as someone other than who she is, pretending to be French when she is, in fact, English.  (And, of course, there's more to it than that.)  Thanks for the input, ladies!  I still intend to finish it, and hopefully it will find a home, either with LIH or HH.  I think they're about the same length, aren't they?

Oh, and Dream, I went to the Romantic Suspense thread, and it wouldn't let me post there.  Is it not working, or is it locked, or what??? 

Actually, I would LOVE to live in the middle of no where with just my dogs and my cello----kind of like Hawke on "Airwolf"  my friends could fly in periodically, but they'd have to camp as the cabin would have room for only me and my husband!  I'm hoping for a job working from home writing when I'm done with my MA.  I like my friends, but to me, 6 people is a crowd....You'd never believe the size church I go to, sometimes I'm surprised I go there. 

Speaking of "Airwolf" I just got season one---I don't usually buy things for myself, but decided to treat myself this one time.  I LOVED that show!!  Hawke kind of reminds me of my friend---same hair and eyes, quiet, likes dogs, fishing, cello music, and an oddly similar avoidance of relationships---Hawke's character would actually make a great knight!  Just make sure  Gabrielle doesn't die--he has to save her from the vile clutches of the evil villian. 

Yep, Barnes and Noble---Season two will be next years treat!  I was SO excited to see it out, my tapes have worn out, the tapes of the re-runs were wearing out---there would have been nothing left. 

 They tried to find Airwolf with a Satillite in one of the eps, that area wasn't covered by any of ours, and this guy had it retasked to cover the Western US, would have found Airwolf, but Archangel let Hawke know what he was doing so Hawke moved Airwolf while the satillite was in the area where they hid it and then moved it back.  He hid Airwolf in that aircraft boneyard under the wing of a C-130----remember the ep where he flew it out of the back of one?!  WOW!  ---  Then he flew it through that bombing run to escape the bad guy and the guy got caught and didn't get to go try and redo the satillite orbits again.  I don't know about now, but I do miss the good "old" shows like that, Airwolf, A-Team.....They could probably hide it somewhere---unless we have satillites with x-ray vision that can see through rocks, pluse we'd have to retask one of our own to look for it, and that would be a mess, kind of like how they managed to keep the Stargate a secret in Cheynne Mountain, who's going to look at our own stuff and as long as you keep icky politicians like Kinsey out of the way, it works.  THAT'S IT!!  He could hide it inside Cheyenne Mtn with the Stargate! 

Can't you tell what kind of things I like to watch, and it isn't 'chick flicks?"  I like to see the good guys win and the good guys stand for absolute right against absolute wrong, no shades of grey. 

the knight, Sir Hawke is mine-----hopefully he won't over occupy my time because I do need to do school work, but he will be staring in MS #2---I was having some develpmental issues with that story anyway and I think they're solved now that something has popped into my head.  Can I call him St. John??   Just kidding.....

I think so Hope, or I like to think that watching those shows with absolute right and wrong, the good guys clear and winning against big evil bad guys, it has to help with writing and with being nice people.  Those were the days of good tv role models, I'd have not problem with my sons wanting to be like Hawke, or like John Wayne's characters, or even Hannibal on the A-Team---they stick to the right side no matter what and don't believe in a grey area.

 Sir John Hawke galloping to the rescue with his black stallion named madadh-allaidh (guess what in Gaelic??), rescuing the girl and beating the evil bad guy....with some help from his buddies, including the guy with the white ...helmet? ....I'd love it if he would say "I love it when a plan comes together."!! 

OR, too bad I can't write a contemporary.... but I just don't get modern people.

Of course, he should fire a flaming arrow from his crossbow, while mounted on the leaping black stallion......

getting a wee bit silly, but it's so much fun!

Welcome HockeyJock!  So glad to see a male actually speaking up, I know there are a few out there that read romance, and there's nothing wrong with that!  Glad also to meet another hockey fan!  Red Wings fan? 

Definitely am a Red Wings Fan Here - always GOOD to see one of the gal persuasion!  (I know I'm dating myself here but...) was a contender for the "Miracle on Ice" Olympic Hockey Team in 1980.  A few moon ago I as Game Preview Writer for the Wings and reported almost daily on their website.  Was also quoted in Sports Illustrated, on ESPN, FOX Sports, Canadian Broadcasting, and had an article appear in hockey's largest trade journal, "The Hockey News".  Go Wings -Yeah!!!

Hey HockeyJock---Wow!!  That's cool that you were a contender for the 1980 team--that hockey game was the first olympic game I really remember watching.  I'm a little young for my generation, but don't let a couple years stop me from hanging around with you "old" 40 year olds, age matters not in friendship.   

I've gone back to grad school since I couldn't get a job with the BA I had so my dream job is to be able to work for the Red Wings in their media or public relations as a writer.  wow--you're actually done it!!  I still have plenty of friends and family in MI, so moving back up there would be good in a number of ways, and it would just be so great to write for the Red Wings as my job!

I also had someone tell me once I don't "look" like a hockey fan!  I'm still trying to figure out exactly what it is I'm "supposed" to look like??  I guess he thought that a a woman that is a hockey fan shouldn't wear skirts and dresses and work in an office? 

I hope eventually LIH will incorporate both post-WW2 and during Civil War-Between-the-States.  Maybe if enough good mss are written, they'd consider them...  I'm not certain, but I'm fairly sure I've seen mss set in both time frames at <ahem> other publishing houses.  I'd personally love to see some books set in the 1950s and 1960s, especially if they were done by people who knew their stuff.  (E.g., when "Happy Days" the TV show turned the calendar from 1959 to 1960, they instantly jumped costumes to the late 1960s, not to mention music and dancing!  I mean, please!!!  Irked me enough that I stopped watching.) 

At the moment, I think anything immediately post-WW2 is still considered "contemporary," but someone wanting a genuine contemporary will be upset if something written now is set even a decade ago.  (although, if it were written then, it shouldn't be a problem.)  I don't know. 

Now you've made me want to read something set in the immediate post-Vietnam era.  Not to mention both those story ideas you came up with.  Hurry up and write them!

First, let me say I apologize for being AWOL this week. I was actually WRITING! Yahoo.

Now about loving adventure films and TV programs. Hope is right and definitely not alone. Besides enjoyment, I think another benefit we get is a feel for pacing. Reading will give you that, too, of course, but if, as a writer, your mind works the way mind does, you may "see" the scene unfolding as you work. I certainly do. And there are times when my fingers just can't type fast enough to keep up with what I'm imagining. Those times are very exhilirating. My heart even races along with that of my characters and I tend to sigh in all the right places! When I do that, it goes straight into the ms.

The only thing I don't do is have my characters eat as much as I used to before I started going to Weight Watchers. There are times, while reading a book, that I get to craving whatever that character is having. Yes, I'm a bit crazy but that's what makes me love this business, too. 

Off to work. See you all next week, Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise.

Val