Interview with Author of Big Sky Country, Linda Lael Miller!

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Big Sky Country

Linda Lael Miller

Genre: Romance 

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Book Blurb

The illegitimate son of a wealthy rancher, Sheriff Slade Barlow grew up in a trailer hitched to the Curly-Burly hair salon his mother runs. He was never acknowledged by his father…until now. Suddenly, Slade has inherited half of Whisper Creek Ranch, one of the most prosperous in Parable, Montana. That doesn’t sit well with his half brother, Hutch, who grew up with all the rights of a Carmody—including the affections of Joslyn Kirk, homecoming queen, rodeo queen, beauty queen, whom Slade has never forgotten.

But Joslyn is barely holding her head up these days as she works to pay back everyone her crooked stepfather cheated. With a town to protect, plus a rebellious teenage stepdaughter, Slade has his hands full. But someone has to convince Joslyn that she’s responsible only for her own actions—such as her effect on this lawman’s guarded heart.

Interview

1.      What inspired you to write BIG SKY COUNTRY? 

Many things.  The setting, the fictional town of Parable, Montana, is patterned after my mom’s hometown, Choteau.  I love writing about cowboys, and Montana is definitely cowboy-central.

 

2.      Are any characters in the book based on people you know or have met in your personal life?

Not directly.  They’re all composites of many people I’ve known, I suppose; once they’ve gone through the unconscious alchemy process, they develop into unique individuals in their own right.

 

3.      How did you come up with the character, Joslyn Kirk?  

Joslyn, like most of my characters, simply came to me as a brown-haired woman returning to her hometown to right an old wrong—one she’d had nothing to do with.  As I wrote about Joslyn, she sort of flowered into a person I’d know if I met her on the street.  It’s that way with all my story people—they become friends and I’m convinced that they’re real, somewhere.

 

4.      Do you have any tips for readers who are looking to become published authors? 

Write, mainly—you’d be surprised at how many people don’t get that part.  Believe in yourself and don’t quit—rejection is a vital part of the process, and all success is built on a series of failures.  Be willing to write badly until you can write well, because it takes a long time to develop your voice and style.

 

5.      What are you currently reading? 

Lately I’ve been listening to audio books—I’m iTunes’ best customer.  I love memoirs, histories, and self-help books, because I love to learn.  The current listen is a long memoir, “The Long Sunset”, written by Winston Churchill’s private secretary.


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