Hi
lovelies! It gives me great pleasure
today to host Debra Coleman Jeter and her new book, “Joy After Noon”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish
Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in
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Joy After Noon
by Debra Coleman Jeter
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Joy
marries a widowed bank executive caught in an ethical dilemma and misreads his
obvious frustration while struggling to integrate into her new family. Inspired
in part by Love, Come Softly, this novel explores the challenges of second
marriages and dealing with step-children during the crucial years of puberty
and teenage angst. A college professor coming up shortly for the huge tenure
decision, Joy finds herself falling apart as her career and her home issues
deteriorate and collide.
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EXCERPT TWO:
Joy
opened a cabinet door to gaze at the rows of hand-painted spices, little
bottles labeled in delicate, loopy cursive and decorated with yellow daffodils,
each flower unique. What kind of woman would take the time to transfer
store-bought spices into hand-crafted containers? The same woman who painted
the daffodils? As a teacher of finance, Joy would question whether she could
sell the hand-painted jars for enough cash to compensate for the materials and
labor.
In this new universe, the question was
altogether different. What was the question? Joy felt lost.
The
jars appeared to be aligned in alphabetical order, and she checked to be sure.
Coriander seed, cumin ... tarragon, turmeric. They probably hadn’t been used
since Carolyn died. Either that, or Carolyn had trained Ray and the girls to
keep them in their proper sequence.
The
phone rang, startling Joy in the unaccustomed setting. She recognized the voice
at once. Her colleague and coauthor Natalie. Yes, the honeymoon was wonderful,
Joy told her. She elaborated on the brilliant turquoise of the water, the
amazing world she and Ray explored together beneath the sea. She couldn’t tell
Natalie the real wonder. To be held, to be nurtured, to feel cherished for the
first time in so many years. For the first time ever by a man. She flushed at
the thought of confessing as much, at her age.
“I
haven’t forgotten our paper,” she said instead. “I know I’ve been negligent
lately. But I’ll get on it. Right away.”
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AUTHOR BIO:
Debra Coleman Jeter has
published both fiction and nonfiction in popular magazines, including Working
Woman, New Woman, Self, Home Life, Savvy, Christian Woman, and American Baby.
Her first novel, The Ticket, was a finalist for a Selah Award, as well as for
Jerry Jenkins’ Operation First Novel. Her story, “Recovery,” was awarded first
prize in a short story competition sponsored by Christian Woman; and her
nonfiction book “Pshaw, It’s Me Grandson”: Tales of a Young Actor was a
finalist in the USA Book News Awards. She is a co-writer of the screenplay for
Jess + Moss, a feature film which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival,
screened at nearly forty film festivals around the world, and captured several
domestic and international awards.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Debra will be awarding a $15 Amazon or B/N GC to
a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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Debra ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteAlly, thanks for having me again! It's wonderful to be here. I look forward to hearing from some of the terrific folks in your audience.
DeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteYour book sounds like a great read and thank you for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteGood morning, James. Thanks for commenting and good luck with the giveaway. Hope you try the book==I'd love to hear what you think of it.
DeleteLove this book. You can tell from this excerpt how quickly Debra gets the reader inside the head of the protagonist, Joy.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nikki. That's what I try to do--glad it's working for you.
DeleteSounds like a good book.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being part of the tour today, Rita. Glad you like the sound of Joy and hope you give it a try.
DeleteI've been reading a book about the wife of CS Lewis (Narnia Chronicles). Apparently he and Tolkien (Lord of the Rings) were good friends, and they agreed that they wanted to write the kind of books they'd like to read. It occurred to me that I do that too, though mine are in a very different genre from theirs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, sounds like a really good book :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Victoria and good luck with the drawing/giveaway.
DeleteHow many hours a day do you spend writing?
ReplyDeleteIt varies. When I'm working on a new draft, I usually give myself more of a minimum page challenge, like five pages a day or three storyboards. If I'm on a roll, I keep going beyond the minimum. But sometimes I'm just happy to reach the minimum. I've been working full-time as a professor most of my life, so I had fewer hours to spend writing. I just retired January 1, and since then I've been in the editing stage. I'm happiest in the first draft stage, when I can get carried away and believe every word is perfect. Then I go back and read what I've written and realize it's far from perfect. Editing takes me longer.
DeleteThanks, everyone, for the comments and encouragement and for being a part of the tour, whether you commented or just visited. Also, a big thank-you to Ally for hosting!
ReplyDeleteGreat cover.
ReplyDeleteWhat authors do you read?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good year
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