Hello Dear Readers!
Today I am delighted to introduce to you Joan Bassinton-French, authoress of Christmas mystery that has been on my WISH LIST ever since it came out! So I am super excited that one of you wonderful lovelies will get a chance to win this book! So excited!! Make sure you follow her blog Hidden Orchards and stay tuned to all of her writing!
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What
do you love about writing?
~ I
think the best part of writing is how your characters carry the story along
once they’re developed enough. I cease
to be the writer and take on the job of recorder. It’s really neat how that works.
Who
is your favorite book couple ever?
~ My
favorite book couple is probably Tom and Polly in An Old Fashioned Girl.
What
is your favorite “first meeting” between a story couple?
~ My
favorite would be the meeting between Gavin and Babbie in The Little Minister. It’s funny
because, Gavin, the minister, is horrified by Babbie, the gypsy girl, who
completely ignores him on their first meeting even though he is used to being
revered.
What
couple did you ship, only to be disappointed?
~ I
never “shipped” Mr. Jarndyce and Esther in Bleak
House, but I always feel sorry for Mr. Jarndyce in the end.
What
couple ended up together, but you wish they hadn’t?
~
Richard and Ada in Bleak House
What
confession/ proposal or wedding touched your heart?
~ I
wouldn’t say that it necessarily touched my heart, but Valancy’s proposal to
Barney in The Blue Castle certainly
made me laugh.
On a
different kind of love, what is your favorite bro-mance or sisterhood in a
novel?
~ I
like the friendship between Emily and Ilse in the Emily of New Moon books.
What
book really illustrates the love of God for us in a way that caught your
attention?
~ The Hiding Place
What
is your favorite form of love to write into your own books?
~ I
love to write about the love in families.
Maybe because I have four brothers I especially like to put
brother-sister relationships in my stories.
Do
you have a favorite couple of those you’ve written? Why?
~ My
favorite couple is Lord Joseph and Lady Loira Loretto in The Peasants of Niminwell.
Even though they’re secondary characters, I love the way they have so
much fun together trying to matchmake all the eligible bachelors of their city.
Was
there ever a couple in your stories that you were not planning on ending up
together but finally ended up writing in?
~
Yes, Hernagrow and Heron in Alicia
were not necessarily going to be married, but their marriage gave me an excuse
to leave them out of the story for a while, so I did it. (They were also secondary characters.)
Do
you find it harder or easier to write romantic love or friendship love in your
books?
~ I
find it harder to write romantic love into my books. First of all, I’m not as interested in
reading about that, so naturally I don’t care about writing it as much. Secondly, my family and friends are such an
important part of my life that this aspect of love creeps into my stories
whether I want it to or not.
Do
you have a favorite friend pair in your books?
~
Yes, I love the friendship of Lonny and Cadmio in The Peasants of Niminwell.
They both have points in their character that the other helps to
strengthen.
Favorite
love story you’ve written?
~
I know that the love story between “villains” should probably not count, but I
really enjoy the story of Slograv and Kalai in The Daulots, even though they both end up on the wrong side of
things.
What
is your definition of love?
~
Love is selflessness, demonstrated in the greatest way by Christ on the
cross. For a more complete definition,
see I Corinthians 13.
Author
Bio:
Joan
Bassington-French is an author from America’s Mid-West who is currently
pursuing a degree in English at a Southern university. She especially loves Dickens and murder
mysteries. Her favorite book of the
Bible is Job. Her favorite pastimes are
reading, writing, and cooking, and she prefers rainy days because they are
cozier for reading. If she’s outdoors
she prefers to be talking a walk or working in a vegetable garden, but on the
whole she’s definitely more of an indoor person. She’s been told that she was born in the
wrong century, but she likes electricity so much that she can’t really credit
that statement.
Fun interview!! Christmas at the Tittletons is one of my favorite books!! ;)
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