Welcome Author DeeDee Lane
Give a warm welcome to DeeDee Lane, author of My Law Man, just released on July 8, 2016!
Pull up a chair, grab a drink of your choice from the cooler, a Chocolate Chip or Peanut Butter cookie from the plate, and let’s find out a little about DeeDee.
DeeDee Lane is a Seattle author and a member of Romance Writers of America. Her mystery scenarios and characters turn up on boat cruises and many corporate and private events around Puget Sound. She and her husband love to go on road trips, especially if there’s time to check out a tinfoil rooster or the largest truck stop in the world. Originally from central Wisconsin, DeeDee was raised on a farm and surrounded with great stories of the West. DeeDee is author of the Slip in Time series including My Mountain Man, My Gambling Man and My Law Man.
You can find out more about DeeDee on her web site www.deedeelane.com
Or check out her author page on Amazon.
So DeeDee how about answering a few questions.
“I thought you’d never ask.” Dee grins from ear to ear.
Holy crap! The hoof prints below were left by some super-sized horse. Phebe examined the prints littering the wet dirt. The buffalo prints she’d seen in a display at the museum were an exact duplicate. She picked up her pace to catch up with the sheriff’s long-legged strides. They were headed across the valley and west of the town to Taylor’s Crossing, the bridge across Snake River.
Ever since Phebe stopped screaming and stuffed her mouth with bread, he’d been telling her she was in Eagle Rock in 1866. From third grade on, she’d known Eagle Rock was the original name for Idaho Falls and was established in 1865. Through a maze of panic sedated by warm carbohydrates covered in butter, she demanded the sheriff take her to the bridge, the place to cross Snake River. In 1866 it would be the old-fashioned bridge like the tintype pictures she’d seen at the museum.
Phebe was so absorbed in her inner history lesson she smacked straight into the sheriff’s chest. Damn, he had some muscles. Phebe examined his chest and arms. About six foot two or thereabouts, the man was rangy with a thin build and muscles everywhere. His arms continued to hold her as she flailed around while still clutching the woolen shawl around her shoulders and her bunched-up skirts. What she wouldn’t give right now for a puffy parka with a hood, and mittens, and boots, and pants, for goodness sake, pants would be better than all this flipping fabric.
He pointed dead ahead. “Here’s where Harry Rickets used to ferry folks across the river.” He gestured further west. “And there’s Taylor’s Crossing, the bridge built by Matt Taylor in 1865.”
Phebe gasped. “Matt Taylor, as in James Madison Taylor?” The bridge was identical to the yellowed pictures she’d seen hanging on the museum walls.
“We don’t use fancy names in these parts, but I think you’ve got it right.”
“And the year is 1866?”
“Lady, I’m starting to get a mite cross.” He took off his hat and swiped his brow. “I have told you again and a—”
“—Wait a sec, what’s your name?”
Phebe’s heartbeat accelerated. Two realizations hit her like a ton of bricks. It was 1866, which meant she’d time traveled, but there was more. With his hat removed, Phebe studied the sheriff’s full face…his sandy brown eyes, the scruffy beard covered up the bottom of his face, but she recognized him…from a long time ago.
I love time travel stories, adding it to my summer read list right now. Where can we buy My Law Man?
Oh, by the way, My Law Man has a new 5 star review from Anna Duran, you might want to check it out.
It was wonderful having you with us today. Please feel free to stop by anytime and good luck with My Law Man.
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Posted in Authors' Secrets Blog and tagged Romance, Western by Tena Stetler with 15 comments.
Welcome DeeDee! Thanks for telling us about your new release. Sounds interesting!
Great interview, ladies. Dee Dee, I visited Western museum not long ago, and I can definitely see the mystique that would inspire such a story. Yours sound such fun! Best of luck with it.
Thanks for stopping by Barbara! I’ve not checked out the Western museum, guess I’ll add it to my travels.
Thanks Barbara, It’s been fun to DECIDE what’s in the museum in other exhibits and places I mention. I guess that’s the beauty of authorship – we get to choose what goes where. Thanks for your kind thoughts.
My Law Man sounds like a lot of fun. Good luck and great sales, DeeDee.
Thanks for stopping by Sandra!
Thanks Sandra, Your encourages is gratefully accepted! Thank you for visiting Tena’s wonderful blog.
The excerpt is awesome.
Great interview! Dee Dee, the ukelele is very cool. And I agree with you. Love those Happily Ever Afters!
Thanks for stopping by Lori. Have a great weekend.
Thanks Lori, I can’t believe how much I actually like the ukulele. I have progressed from YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE to LEAVING ON A JET PLANE. Ha! What’s next? We shall see.
Great interview, ladies! I loved how you explained writer’s block, DeeDee. I was in a slump for a few days this week–had no idea how to write my heroine. So, I started researching, writing down Irish genealogy names, etc. The point is…you’re correct! I didn’t reach my word count for that day, but I did continue to write. I had to “stir the creative pot” and it really does help. All the best with your new book. I love time travel romances, so this is one I’m looking forward to reading. 🙂
It’s always a pleasure when you stop by. Thanks! I got a little stuck myself this week. To many fires on my plate, but did get the creative juices flowing yesterday and made my word count. Not for the week, but I’ll take it. Have a great weekend.
Ohhhhh Mary, I like that phrase…”stir the creative pot.” makes me feel like I am conjuring something. Thank you for your words of encouragement and Congratulations to you for working through it all.
Thanks again Tena for all your help and guidance in getting this out there into the world of reader, writers, and lovers of storytelling. Your kindness is very appreciated.
It was my pleasure! Good luck!