Along for the Ride – And a Giveaway!

 

As authors, we THINK we’re in control of our stories. We carefully map them out. We create detailed character backgrounds, and we TRY to work through every possible problem that might arise long the way before we sit down to write our books.

But then. . .  

Those pesky characters that we create come to life and they seem to have a mind of their own.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve mapped out a story down to the ending and knew exactly how it would turn out only to start writing it and realize the characters had a much better idea for the book than I created.

And I’ll let you in on a little secret, I love that! It’s exciting to see a story take a twist that I didn’t originally have planned.

In my upcoming July release, Ambush in the Mountains, the same is true. The way Axel and Summer were to meet was completely different as was the danger they faced.

I had a different outcome in mind when I started writing it, but they knew where they wanted their story to go and as it began to take shape, I agreed with them.

I’ve learned through the years not to fight this process. Writing can be challenging at times, and sometimes getting the words to come isn’t easy, but I love the adventure I get to embark on with my characters in each new story. I live and breathe their danger, their fear, while always knowing that in the end the bad guy will be brought to justice. Their faith will see them through. And all my future characters—like Axel and Summer—will get their happy ending because I’m in the passenger seat, typing away, and I'm just along for the ride.

Here's a little about Ambush in the Mountains, which comes out July 23^rd.

Innocent lives at stake…

Can a former soldier and canine save them?

Helping a pregnant woman he comes across in a mountain storm puts Axel Sterling right into the path of ruthless human traffickers. Now it’s up to the ex-soldier and his dog to keep Summer and her unborn baby safe from the abductors she’s finally escaped. But between the icy wilderness and the armed gunmen following them at every turn, one wrong move could cost Axel and Summer their lives.

I’ll be giving away a copy of my upcoming July Love Inspired Release, Ambush in the Mountains. Print for US and e-book outside of US. To be entered, tell me where you’d chose to visit if you could go anywhere in the world for vacation?

 

Until next time dear friends, Happy reading!

All the best. . .

Mary Alford

www.maryalford.net