Welcome Jessica, to your “Cold Call”
interview!! For those of you who don’t know what the “Cold Call” feature is, at
the beginning of the month I have a poll, the winning author YOU then get to
interview!! Jessica Nelson won this month’s vote and I am thrilled
to present her here with YOUR questions. Without any further ado, heeeerrrre’s
Jessica!
Okay, I gotta take the first question: what
made you set a book in Harney County, Oregon??
I was researching the path of the
influenza and saw that it didn’t quite hit as hard in certain areas. When I
googled Oregon, I somehow came across pictures of Harney County and thought it
was so gorgeous that I wanted to set my story there. J
You've taken some way cool trips with your adventure-lovin'
hubby. Which was the most fun so far, and why?
I haven’t been able to go with him as much as I’d like
but Costa Rica is definitely my highlight. I love practicing my Spanish and the
people there are very friendly.
Friend Katie Ganshert asked this question on her blog a while
back and I loved it: if you could relive one day of your life, which day would
you revisit and why?
Oh boy…wow. That’s a good one. I
think the day after I had each of my sons was pretty awesome. Holding them and
stuff…having kids really opened my eyes to how I think God must feel for us.
It’s an amazing kind of love, completely unconditional and unexpected.
I read in Jessica’s bio she got married almost immediately after
she graduated high school. Since I’m getting married while studying for my
university degree, I have to ask—what was it like planning a wedding while
still in high school? I can imagine it’s just as crazy as planning one at
college. : )
Uh-oh. Well, let me say right now
that I’m not much of a planner and I never dreamed of my wedding so I did
whatever was easiest. Thankfully a lady from church helped plan things and
showed me what I was supposed to do. I do remember crying in church one day
when they started asking me a bunch of questions about what I wanted. LOL My
advice to you is be flexible and don’t overly worry about it. The day passes SO
quickly and you’ll probably barely remember most of it. Enjoy yourself. J
A quicky fun one: how do you like your days: served with coffee
and ice cream… or M&M’s with Iced tea?
Oh my goodness, DEFINITELY coffee
and ice cream!!
And allll the places the wealth of new readers can stalk you:
Heeheee! Here they are:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4397920.Jessica_Nelson
Friday/ Saturday's Note:
The winner of Vannetta Chapman's A Perfect Square is...
tappat42@....
Congratulations! Be watching for an email from me!
Thank you so much for having me, Casey! I have to head to work but will pop by tonight. Have a great day!!
ReplyDeleteI'm super excited to have you! Always a pleasure. :-))
DeleteJessica, I totally had a break-down the day before my wedding too! My friends kept pestering me about what I wanted the arch to look like. I didn't know. They couldn't believe I didn't know. I'm not artistic! Hello! Just make it look pretty! Yeah, emotions can run high...after that I was good, though. :D
ReplyDeleteI've heard so many times that when the day is done, no one really remembers what anything looked like, they only remember how wonderful (or not) a celebration it was. Am I way off base here? LOL!
DeleteThe day after having a baby is definitely one of the best days ever! Can I have coffee and m&m's? :)
ReplyDeletePut in your chocolate IN your coffee. I bet you don't do that, do you Anne? ;)
DeleteI've seen Jessica and her book featured on several blogs lately! I can't wait to read her book!
ReplyDeleteAND have I neglected to mention it's set in my hometown? I might be just a *wee* bit of a broken record with that one. ;)
DeleteSuper fun! I loved Jess' book!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read it. It looks so sweet!
DeleteCase and Jessica ... FUN cold call with one of my favorite people ... BY one of my favorite people!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm with you, Jessica -- ice cream and coffee definitely!!
Can't wait to read the book, girl!
Hugs,
Julie
Julie, I think everyone is your favorite person. ;) LOL!
DeleteThanks so much for stopping by today!
Hi Casey & Jessica,
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to pop by and say I ordered your book yesterday from Harlequin, plus a few others! Can't wait to read it!
Best of luck with your debut!
Cheers,
Sue
Jessica, great interview. Having my babies to cuddle was definitely a huge highlight in my life too. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to reading your book soon!
Thank you, Susan!! I hope you like it.
ReplyDeleteLOL Casey, I agree about Julie. Heehee!
Hey Melissa! I keep seeing you too. lol
Oh Lindsay, that was SO me! I didn't care about details, just make it look good. Thank goodness that day is over right? And may we never do it again! Ha!
Casey, I tried to use the "reply" function but my computer is persnickety, so here I am. :-) Thank you again for the fab interview!
Fun, fun interview!
ReplyDeleteReading it right before I go to bed.
:O)