In April I have a novella Love Along the Shores releasing in a new collection Across the Shores. But the germ of this story came to me years ago. I was trying to find the original proposal idea and I’m going to guess it was about 2011 or 2012. I’d written two series of WWII novels for Barbour — Cornhusker …
Fun Research Details about Stars in the Night
One of the things I loved about writing Stars in the Night, set during World War II, is that I learned so many things. As a World War II history nut, that keeps the writing fresh and exciting. Here are a few of the things I learned while writing Stars in the Night: 1) There really was a Hollywood Victory …
The Story Behind the Story: Flight Risk
What’s the first part of the book you read? Is it the back cover? The first chapter? Maybe it’s the back of the book so you can learn why the author chose to write a book that involved whatever issue they did? Finding truth in a fake news world? That’s the ? in Flight Risk by @cara_putman + #giveaway Click …
The Story Behind the Story: Delayed Justice
If you’ve followed along with my writing for any length of time, you know I love writing. It’s also one of the hardest things I do. Writing is hard work plain and simple. To give reader’s an emotional experience I have to dig deep. I need to cry. I’ll want to chortle. For any emotion to resonate, I have to …
The Story Behind the Story: Imperfect Justice
When I envisioned the Hidden Justice series, I knew that each of the women in the cohort of four would get their own story, but I didn’t know exactly what those stories would be. Hayden’s Beyond Justice became based on juvenile immigration issues. Then I turned to Emilie, Hayden’s roommate and started thinking about issues I’m passionate about and would resonate …
The Story Behind Beyond Justice
When I started writing years ago, I thought because I was an attorney publishers would want me to write legal suspense. At the time, they were interested in other books from me, so I spent several years writing World War II novels and a host of others. Then the tide changed. Child Immigration is back in the headlines. See how …
When the What If Remains + Giveaway
One thing that I learned early in my writing process is that I have to find an idea I can fall in love with for two years. Yep, you read that right. Two years. It takes roughly two years to go from building the proposal to writing and editing the book then through marketing the book as it releases. I …
Story Behind the Story: A Promise Kept
Every book I write is special for one reason or another. I wouldn’t invest the time in creating if I didn’t love the characters or the hook. A Promise Kept is special for several reasons: @Cara_putman A Promise Kept, the story inspired by London’s @I-W-M is #free this weekend on #Kindle. https://amzn.to/319T1KA Click To Tweet While written as a Heartsong Presents originally, …
The Story Behind: Sandhill Dreams
With my World War II novels, my starting point is usually a historic fact. To find it for books two and three, I started asking people what they knew about Nebraska and WWII. I don’t remember exactly how, but I stumbled on the idea that something must have happened at Fort Robinson at the time.
Me? Write a Historical? The birth of Canteen Dreams
Imagine my surprise and delight when the first night of the 2006 ACFW conference, JoAnne Simmons called me to the front at the opening session to give me my first contract for Canteen Dreams. The prior year I had watched Mary Connealy receive her contract and thought, “it is possible. That could happen to me.” I had no idea it would happen so quickly, or that it would be such a magical moment.
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