Today I have Tanya Hanson from The Wild Rose
Press telling us about her holiday story, The Christmas Room. I can personally
read Christmas stories all year long!
Title: The Christmas Room
Author: Tanya Hanson
Series: The Twelve Brides of Christmas
Genre: Historical Romance
Length: 70 pages
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Released: November 17th, 2014
BOOK LINKS:
1. What inspired you to write this book?
My amazing editor Nic D'Arienzo asked me to represent the
Cactus Rose Line in the boxed set The Twelve Brides of Christmas. Since brides
and Christmas are two of my favorite things, I couldn't resist. My theme was
Four Calling Birds. (Sizzling Hot Books has given it a five-heart review!)
2. Why did you choose the setting for The Christmas Room?
We were visiting family in Oahu right after I heard from
Nic...so I wanted to somehow get an American cowboy to the islands. Even though
Hawaii has a long, rich ranching history, it’s a fun and different setting for
a Western historical romance.
3. Did you do special research for The Christmas Room?
Oh, yes. The history of Hawaii in 1890 is both
fascinating and tragic...and nothing we learn about in mainland schools. American businesses wanted control of the
sugar industry and all but dethroned King David Kalakaua. And I needed info on
“mele kalikimaka”--Christmas customs in Hawaii.
4. If your book had a soundtrack, give us a list of a few
songs that would be on it.
Anything by Iz. ( Israel Kamakawiwa’ole.) You might have heard his rendition of Somewhere
Over the Rainbow.
5. I love his version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow! What would women find irresistible about your hero?
Well, first off, who doesn’t love a hottie cowboy LOL.
Roonie is loyal, keeping a deathbed promise even though it means traveling
across the ocean and landing in a foreign land where he doesn’t know anybody.
Plus...he's been injured. Any normal woman would love nursing him back to
health. Most of all, he falls in love with a grandmother. (Hold on...she’s only
34!) And he’s intrigued as to why she--Martita--keeps a room constantly
decorated for Christmas.
6. I can't resist hot cowboys. *wink* Which actors would play your hero and heroine in a
movie?
Unsure about an actress, but Anson Mount of Hell on
Wheels seems to be my hero of choice these days LOL.
7. I'm a fan of the show Hell on Wheels. Anson would be a good fit. What’s on your bucket list?
Having one of my books made into a Hallmark movie.
Tee-hee.
8. That would be wonderful! Share three random facts about you.
(a) I am terrified
of down escalators and lurk until somebody starts down ahead of me.
(b) I muck and
feed at our local horse rescue.
(c) I rode around
a glacier in a giant snow coach on my birthday.
9. Have you ever experienced something unusual that
influenced a story?
Yes, helping my husband through testicular cancer. My
hero Hooper Martin in an inspy novella, Sanctuary, is a TC survivor. (Praise
God, Hubs can now use the “cured” word.)
10. That's amazing! If you could write anywhere in the world, where would
you go and why?
Jasper, in Alberta, Canada, in a little cabin at the
Athabasca River. I'd love to create a Canadian outlaw-hero.
11. Your advice to new writers.
Google your pen name before you do anything. I did not
and now share cyberspace with a giant-bosomed porn star with not-very-nice
movie titles. Sheesh.
BIO:
Award-winning author Tanya Hanson lives with her
firefighter hubby on California’s Central Coast. Her heroes are always cowboys,
so much so that she recently took a wagon train trip around the Tetons.
Favorite things are traveling with Hubs, wine tasting with her posse of five
bff’s, volunteering at the local horse rescue, and being gramma to two little
boys who are the halves of her heart.
AUTHOR LINKS:
@TanyaHanson
Tanya recently also came out with Outlaw in Love, book
three in the Lawmen and Outlaws series. An outlaw and a nun falling in
love...really?
Thank you for telling us about The Christmas Room. I adore Christmas stories. :)
Please leave Tanya a comment! :)
Unicorn Bell: This is
the last day of my debut week as co-host on Unicorn Bell. I re-blogged 3 old
posts that I believe many writers can find useful. Today's post is Mastering
the Art of Action Scenes.
