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Hello from Texas and a #Giveaway

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This is my first post with Inspy Romance and I’m really excited to be a part of this wonderful blog.

Since I am so new here, I thought I’d tell you a little about how I became an author. Truthfully, I’ve loved to write for as long as I can remember. Even when I was a kid, I’d imagine episodes for some of my favorite cartoon shows and trace pages out of coloring books to create my own comic books. Later, I wrote a script for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I even sent it in and got a great rejection letter which I still have to this day. Lol

I didn’t start writing inspirational romance until I was in college. I loved reading romance novels, but clean stories weren’t common and I found that both frustrating and disheartening. Authors like Lori Wick, Janette Oke, and Dee Henderson encouraged me and I thought, if there weren’t enough novels out there I wanted to read, maybe I should start writing my own.

It took years before I was to the point in my life where I could really focus on my writing. I finally published my first novel, Calming the Storm, in August of 2014. Since then, I’ve written and published six other titles with more on the way.

I write books that focus on family, faith, and love. One of my series, Love’s Compass, is filled with characters who, thanks to the grace of God and the support they gain from the most important people in their lives, are able to face their challenges head on. The first book in the series is Finding Peace. Here’s a little more about it:

Police Officer Tuck Chandler is good at his job. He’s also good at holding women at arm’s length. Jilted by his fiancée for his dedication to his job, he’s not about to open himself up to hurt like that again.

Laurie Blake is a struggling photographer. After growing up in a wealthy family, she’s determined to make it on her own, even if it means doing it the hard way.

When Tuck is assigned to a puzzling burglary involving Laurie’s fledgling photography business, he goes into it with his usual perseverance. He wants to help her – if she’ll let him. As the case unfolds and the mystery deepens, another question arises.

Will the past get in the way of their future?

So far, all my books take place in either Oregon, Arizona, or Texas, which also happen to be the states I’ve lived in myself. My latest book. Finding Joy, takes place in Texas on a longhorn ranch. I was blessed with the opportunity to be able to tour a local longhorn ranch myself while doing research, which was a lot of fun.

Do you enjoy reading books based in areas you’re familiar with, or do you prefer to learn about new locations?

Writing is an adventure and a joy that I love to share with others. I look forward to visiting with you all and getting to know you in the coming months.

Giveaway:  I’d like to give away one Kindle copy of my book, Finding Peace (or the winner’s choice of any one of my other books). One winner will be randomly chosen from the comments below. The giveaway will remain open until 12 a.m. April 10, 2017.

Melanie D Snitker (46 Posts)

Melanie D. Snitker is a USA Today Bestselling Author who writes inspirational and sweet romance novels. She and her husband live in the beautiful Texas Hill Country with their two children who keep their lives full of adventure. They share their home with two dogs, a guinea pig, two lizards, and four frogs. In her spare time, Melanie enjoys photography, reading, baking, computer games, and hanging out with family and friends.


Comments

  2. I did not know about your series sho I am so glad I got your email. This sounds like a series that I would really enjoy.

  4. Welcome to Inspy Romance and from cold, windy Michigan, Melanie! Thanks for your introduction and excerpt. Having traveled coast to coast and to Canada, Europe and Asia, I especially enjoy reading books with Midwest settings or European settings. I have my favorite Michigan authors. As a retired High school English and creative writing teacher, I enjoy reading stories with descriptive settings, well developed characters, twist and turn plot with a theme. Interesting covers draw me in. Best wishes and happy writing.

  5. Welcome, Melanie! Your books sound so interesting. I am an avid reader so will be shopping for your books.

  9. Hi Renate! Thanks for sharing about what draws you to a book. It sounds like you’ve done a lot of traveling. I’ll bet you’ve had some wonderful adventures!

  12. Welcome! When a book is set in a locale I’m familiar with, I think I enjoy it more because I can pick out the nuances of location that someone unfamiliar with the place would miss. I do like reading about places I haven’t been too – I just like to read!

  13. Welcome, Melanie. I love your Love’s Compass series. Tuck and Laurie were my first and are still my favorite characters (I’m yet to read Finding Joy).

  14. Your excerpt sounds intruiging. I always love to discover new authors and get immersed in their fictional worlds. ?

  19. Welcome, Melanie. So nice to read your story about what motivated you to write. Your excerpt sounds so intriguing and filled with love.

  22. It’s great to have you here, Melanie. Your books sounds great. We have the same taste in books. :) Love Dee Henderson books! Regarding setting, it doesn’t matter to me. If the storyline intrigues me, I’ll read it.

  24. Welcome, Melanie! I’m in Texas, too. :) I enjoy reading books set in familiar places and in new for me locations, as long as the story is good.

  26. Hi Melanie. I have not read any of your books but am looking forward to reading some. I love to discover new authors of clean inspirational books.

  27. I’m so glad we are starting Inspy Romance together! I also write about where I lived. My first book featured Upstate NY and Youngstown. I’d love to visit the places you’ve lived.

  28. I love to read books that take place in other areas and locations particularly in the mountains or in places where there’s pine trees and lakes and rivers. I live in Southern California and I would love to move away to one of the northern states like Oregon Washington Idaho anywhere but California at least Southern California. I’m very interested in reading your books I have so many favorite authors that I really love and I’m a voracious reader that loves to spend my evenings reading a good book.

  29. Welcome,loved your blog post .I love to read about places I’ve been and lived.

  31. Hi Margaret! Thanks for your response. I’m the same way, it’s always fun to read about a place I’ve been to.

  32. Thank you, Priscila. And thanks for reading my books. If you liked Tuck and Laurie best, you’ll enjoy Finding Joy. They are both in it quite a bit. :-D

  33. Thanks, Tammy! Finding a new author is always nice. I love to read a good series so that is always a help for me, too.

  35. Thanks, Valerie! I’m so glad to be here! I’m glad you enjoyed Finding Hope :-D

  38. Thanks, Kimberly! Fun we have similar taste in books. I need to go back and read some of my favorites from Dee again. :-D

  40. Hi Beth! Thanks so much, I’m so excited to be here. I appreciate you reading my books.

  42. Welcome Melanie! You’re a new author to me too, and it’s so good to be introduced to new work! Isn’t Janette Oke the best? I met her briefly in December through the fan group for When Calls the Heart and she’s just the sweetest! I love reading stories set in familiar places, although Cleveland isn’t the most frequent setting so it’s not often I’ve gotten the chance to…so it’s a good thing I like reading about new places too! trdivincenzo (at) gmail (dot) com

  43. Welcome, Melanie! It’s always fun to read something from your local area, or that you have visited. But, it’s also exciting to read about new places as well. I would love to read any of your books. :)

  44. Welcome Melanie. All of your books have beautiful covers. I enjoy reading books set in places I haven’t visited, but it’s also fun to read a book set someplace I’m familiar with and be able to picture certain places the author mentions.

  45. Welcome Melanie! Your exerpt sounds great!
    I like to read books from places I know because I can relate to things in the book, but also reading about places I’ve never been allow me to “travel” to those places and to know a bit about them.

  46. Welcome Melanie. I love your covers and it’s fun when I’m familiar with an area that is being written about, but not necessary. I’ve found authors usually do a great job in describing the setting of their book so you get a feel for the town anyway. :)

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