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Hello, and
thank you for hosting me here at Romancing the Genres!
The theme of
relationships and partners appeals to me on so many levels. As a full-time
author, I’m a bit of a hermit and have to make an effort to see my real
friends, as well as all my imaginary ones, lol.
But none of
us can go it alone in life. Our families, friendships and intimate partners nourish
and support us. They offer companionship, a helping hand, thoughtful solutions
to weird or challenging problems. They make us laugh, provide shoulders to cry
on when needed, cheer on and encourage us in our dreams, and trigger us to grow
in generosity and wisdom.
In the
opening of my historical novel A Mother’s Promise, the heroine (Ruth Ann
Riley) is a social pariah not only because she’s an unwed teenaged mom in the
1920’s, but because she’s been declared ‘feebleminded’ and placed into an
institution where she doesn’t belong. And then there’s the behavior of her
unhinged mother …
All Ruth Ann
wants is her baby, but little Annabel has been taken away and given to another
woman. The poor girl’s been through so
much pain that she’s emotionally numb and unable to trust anyone who’s nice to
her.
But in
pursuit of her goal to get her child back, Ruth Ann slowly overcomes her
suspicion of normal human kindness and simple friendship—and that it can emerge
from the most unlikely of places.
I loved creating
this support network for Ruth Ann, who desperately needed it. She, more than
any character I’ve ever “written,” held my heart in her hands during every
scene—as I held her heart in mine.
Authors have
relationships with their characters during the writing process and beyond, with
every word set down on the page. I grieved with Ruth Ann, I fought alongside
her, and I felt every injustice done to her keenly. Her voice is still in my
head, and always will be.
It’s quite a relationship! ~ K.D. Alden
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| Author K. D. Alden |
K.D. Alden is the award-winning, best-selling author of over twenty-five novels for different publishers. While she’s created hundreds of characters under multiple names, she herself claims only one personality!
She is a graduate of Smith College, grew up in Austin, Texas and resides in south Florida with her husband and two rescue greyhounds.
A Mother’s Promise is her first historical novel. K.D. loves to hear from readers! Please visit her, read an excerpt, arrange a book club chat and/or sign up for her newsletter at www.kdalden.com.
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5 comments:
K.D., what a lovely story! That may seem like a strange word to describe Ruth Ann's journey and it is the first word that came to my mind as I read your post. What drew you to write a historical novel? or was this a story in her head that seemed best set in this time period?
Thanks for joining us this weekend at RTG!
What an amazing story! I can' wait to read it!
Hi K.D.
I can so empathise with your relationship with your character. And it carries on well after the book is published. I recently spent time with my sister, who does not give praise lightly. She has been reading my latest book "An End to Dreaming", and she complained that I had dragged her away when she just wanted to carry on reading and find out if they rescued the baby! I'm still on a bit of a high just knowing that someone else became so invested in my characters.
What a lovely post about what authors go through in their relationship with the characters they create. We all swear our characters talk to us - because they do. And they stick around long after we write them. Your story sounds amazing!
It is so true about author's relationships with their characters. In so many ways, I think we get to know our characters more deeply than most people in our lives. That makes it harder to let them go.
Your historical novel sounds amazing. The desire to get a child back is so very strong in many women who have given up a child--whether by choice or by force. This is an important story to explore.
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