Homecoming Heroes

I wasn't too sure about the Love Inspired books as many of you know but I got into the suspense and enjoyed them. Now I have to admit I enjoyed this first book of "Homecoming Heroes". And I do plan on reading the rest of the series.

I could go for a few extra hours.  I usually stay up to midnight reading, etc. and now I am yawning my way through the morning.  Doesn't seem to matter than I am retired I just use the hours to read instead of going to bed at a reasonable time and I've never been able to sleep past day break.

Marta, it's good to hear from you.

Margaret 

That's great, Dream. I'm hearing lots of positive feedback from readers on it. I think it's really touching a chord with a lot of people.

Marta

Welcome, Jill. It's good to hear from you. I really enjoyed seeing you in SF.

Margaret 

Margaret -- not sure this is the best place to say this, but I have also been impressed with how cordial and welcoming you are to new authors and the pre-published, not to mention the rest of us like Jill and I who have been around awhile.

PS -- waving to Jill, too.

Janet

Hi Janet, it's great to see you here too.  You are another author I was deeply thrilled to talk with at SFO.  : )

Margaret, you know you're a true success when your colleagues respect and admire you.   : )

Jill : )

That sounds fabulous.  I would love it. : )

Jill

How do we do it? Let me count the ways! Well, first off, the invitation comes from the editor to participate, and of course, you say yes! Once all six authors are announced, the first thing is usually to set up a yahoogroups loop just for this project, so that we can stay in constant touch. That constant touch is important, because any change you make in your project will have an effect on all the books down the line.

 I remember Margaret giving me a call one evening to hash out a plot point. My sister-in-law, hearing me say "Margaret," said, "Was that Margaret Daley? I love her books!"

 Some continuities are more complex than others--I'd say the suspense are harder, because there's so much to keep track of. Once we made up an elaborate family tree, so that we could all refer to it. On the Reunion Revelations one, we kept tuning and finetuning the backstory, with all of us posting our thoughts and then one person trying to pull them together into a coherent whole. Since the crime happened in the past in that book, It was crucial that we all agreed on the backstory events!

But it isn't just work. It's a lot of laughs, too, as we share the silly mistakes we sometimes make. And each person's individual gift seems to come to the fore as we work together to make a coherent whole.

 Marta

Thanks, Patti, that would be a great place to review them.

Margaret