Welcome Roseanna! We're so glad you could stop by for our Birthday Bash!
Have Birthdays played a part in any of your books?
Honestly, I rarely assign my characters’ birthdays (which shocked and appalled my 11-year-old daughter, LOL). Though the epilogue of The Reluctant Duchess is set during the hero’s birthday party!
What is your most recent book birthday?
That would be on July 4! Made it pretty fun—and a wee bit ironic, since A Name Unknown is set in England. ;-) It’s set in London and Cornwall of 1914, just before the outbreak of the first World War. We have our heroine, Rosemary Gresham, one of London’s best thieves, out to steal the good name of a reclusive gentleman of German descent, Peter Holstein. And Peter certainly has secrets, linked to what he does all day at his typewriter. But when he hires Rosemary on as a library to bring order to his disaster of a library, neither have a clue about the adventure they’re in for.
If your main character was invited to our birthday party, would they come? What would they bring?
Peter would be hard-pressed. He stutters, which has made him a bit reclusive, and he usually avoids parties. Though Rosemary might cajole him into it. She loves such things—and the noisier, the better! If they arrived, you can be sure they’d have found the perfect gift for the birthday boy or girl…and Rosemary would swear she didn’t steal it. Giving stolen gifts is against family policy. ;-)
If we ask your main character to sing us a happy birthday song, what would happen?
Rosemary would pull her “sister” Willa over to provide accompaniment on her violin, and her “brother” Barclay would lead the chorus—their adopted family has many talents, but music isn’t Rosie’s!
That would be fantastic. Any way you can make your characters hop off the page and do that for us today? ;)
What was your most memorable birthday? Why?
Probably, horribly, my sixth—the hill next to my house caught fire and blazed through the evening of my party. Gave me a phobia for years! If we’d rather have a happy example, LOL, perhaps my 16th, which I spent at the beach…or my 30th, for which my hubby sent me to the spa for a pedicure…or maybe my 29th, which I spent flying across the country to Oregon for the first writers conference I attended as an editor. Hard to choose, LOL!
Alright, time for the Rapid Fire Round!
Birthday cake or Ice Cream?
Ice cream cake—best of both worlds!
Bingo! Streamers or confetti poppers?
Streamers—I am not picking up that confetti, LOL.
Haha, said like a true mother. Do you like surprise parties?
Bring ’em on!
Books or gift cards?
Makes no difference, as gift cards would likely be spent on books anyway.
Oh, touche. Okay, as we wrap it up today, where can readers find you online?
www.RoseannaMWhite.com
www.RoseannaMWhite.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/roseannamwhite
www.twitter.com/roseannamwhite
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Amazon Author Central: https://www.amazon.com/Roseanna-M.-White/e/B002XQ60MQ/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1495277394&sr=8-2-ent
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4488054.Roseanna_M_White
Anything else you’d like to share?
I’m offering a giveaway of winner’s choice of any of my books! Paperback to US addresses only, but international entrants are welcome to enter for a digital copy!
Thank you so much for being with us, Roseanna, and for your generous giveaway! We love birthday presents. :) Readers, leave a comment for Roseanna to get your name in the drawing for this lovely book.
