Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Interview with Mary Ball




Today we welcome Mary Ball to my blog. Mary, it's good to have you stop by. Tell us about the book –

                                            Rose Colored Christmas


Young widow Emilee Arnold enjoys her freelance web design work, teaching a youth Sunday school class and everything about Christmas. She’s content, or believes so, until she rescues a pilot from a burning plane and is snowed in with her very own scrooge for the holiday. 

Gabe King specializes in flying corporate groups to various locations. He’s claims to be an easy-going guy until his lifestyle and his heart is challenged by Emilee.

Emilee can’t stop her attraction to Gabe but his dislike for Christmas is the one thing she can’t get past.

Can Emilee help to make her very own Christmas a miracle?         

Are any experiences in Rose Colored Christmas based on personal experiences?
Did you draw upon any stories or movies for inspiration for the novel?

The only experience in Rose Colored Christmas I relate with are Emilee and Jan’s lose of their loved ones, and the steps they take to keep Christmas in their hearts. I don’t recall seeing or reading anything similar. 

If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in Rose Colored Christmas?

No.

What was the hardest part of writing your book?

Drawing upon my personal experience of loss, through the Christmas holiday.   

Did you learn anything from writing your book and what was it?

Writing, the story reaffirmed to me that God is indeed my strength and guidance.   

Did you have to travel much for research for Rose Colored Christmas?

No. Rose Colored Christmas is part of Small Town Christmas collection published by Forget Me Not Romances, an imprint of Winged Publications. As a small town country gal myself, the setting is something I see every day.


Who was your favorite character in Rose Colored Christmas?

Gabe King, Emilee’s love interest. I enjoyed showing his scrooge side, and the underlying reasons of why he disliked Christmas.     


Was there anything in Rose Colored Christmas that you did not enjoy writing about?

 Yes, the plane crash.
 

Share your bio and links for social media and to buy:

Mary L. Ball is a multi-published Christian author. She resides in the heart of North Carolina.
When she isn't working on her latest story, she enjoys fishing, reading, and ministering in song with her husband.

Readers can connect with her on her web page, Face Book or Twitter.
Visit Mary’s singing ministry site: http://heirsofsalvation2.webs.com


Buy Link for Rose Colored Christmas:






3 comments:

Mary L. Ball said...

Thanks for highlighting Rose Colored Christmas and the other novellas in the Small Town Christmas set.

Kris B said...

Great interview! I loved Rose-Colored Christmas, it had depth and emotion. My favorite Christmas novella :)

Marilyn R. said...

Thank you for the interview with Mary L. Ball. Her book and the entire Small Town Collection will be stories to read when time allows.

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