{"id":3188,"date":"2021-07-16T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pelicanbookgroup.com\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:15:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T15:15:41","slug":"author-interview-with-izzy-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelicanbookgroup.com\/blog\/author-interview-with-izzy-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Author interview with Izzy James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tWelcome Izzy James&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTell us about you and your book.\n<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>What is your writing schedule like?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tIt&rsquo;s not as regular as I think I would like. (I&rsquo;m still exploring that thought.) Generally I prefer to write in the morning or late at night. And we are moving right now, which makes pretty much everything up in the air.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>How did you come up with your title?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tThe title for The Dollmaker&rsquo;s Daughter has it&rsquo;s roots in The Shopkeeper&rsquo;s Widow. The heroine of The Shopkeeper&rsquo;s Widow, Delany Fleet, has a relationship with the hero, Field Archer&rsquo;s mother. Field&rsquo;s mother, Ann, makes dolls and he is quite taken aback when he discovers that his mother&rsquo;s dolls are for sale in Delany&rsquo;s shop. There is even the suggestion that Ann sent doll clothes to Delany via Field in order to set them up.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tBook 2 features Amity Archer, Field&rsquo;s sister. Amity is adventurous like her mother Ann, but it comes out in a different way.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>What makes this book special to you?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tThis book is special to me because I have been traveling the roads Amity and Simon cover all my life. Research for this novel pulled at me night and day and changed the way I see the physical world around me.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Who is your favorite author and what is it that really strikes you about their work?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tI have a few favorite authors, but my particular favorite right now is Regina Scott. Her books are witty, poignant, and even a good beach read. She mixes lightness and truth. I just love them.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>In no more than<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tTen (10)&nbsp;words, what is the spiritual takeaway for your reader?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tThe freedom you seek comes from a life with God.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Is there anything edgy\/possibly controversial in your book? If so tell us what that is in<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tTwenty (20)&nbsp;words or fewer.<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tAmity frees her slave, Lucy.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>What is your hero&#39;s main character flaw?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tHe tends to be inwardly focused and so he can miss outside cues.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>What is your heroine&#39;s main character flaw?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tShe is restless and prone to impulsiveness.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>What can readers learn from your villain?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tThat we should take sometime to understand another person&rsquo;s perspective. We cannot walk in another&rsquo;s shoes, but we can try to put ourselves in their place. If they are obedient even villains can come to Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>What makes your hero heroic?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tHe is willing to sacrifice anything for his relationship with Amity. He will not however sacrifice his principles.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>what makes your heroine heroic?<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tShe is willing to sacrifice to help others.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThank you for stopping by and congratulations on your new release available online at all major bookstores and Pelican Book Group.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Dollmaker&#039;s Daughter\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"1080\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_TYTjcUDzy5YKU8&#038;asin=B08XSWPGYB&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Izzy James&nbsp; Tell us about you and your book. What is your writing schedule like? It&rsquo;s not as regular as I think I would like. 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