The Time Traveling Matchmaker by Janie Emaus
Please welcome Janie Emaus author of The Time Traveling Matchmaker
Janie Emaus will be awarding a $50 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
The Time Traveling Matchmaker
by Janie Emaus
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GENRE: Time Travel Romance
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INTERVIEW:
- What or who inspired you to start writing?
When I was about ten years old, I would read the newspaper to my sister and incorporate her name into the story. She would actually believe what I was saying. Right then, I knew I wanted to be a writer.
- How did you come up with ideas for your books?
Ideas are everywhere. I love to sit and watch people and of course, eavesdrop. I make up stories about the people I see walking past. My blended holiday picture books came from my own family experience.
- What expertise did you bring to your writing?
I don’t consider myself an expert in anything. I read a lot, and always have. And I have an ear for rhyming which helps with my picture books.
- What would you want your readers to know about you that might not be in your bio?
I am a caregiver for my ninety-seven-year-old mom as well as my handicapped husband. I write a lot of humorous essays about our home life. And recently became a contributor to a veterans’ newsletter associated with AARP.
- As far as your writing goes, what are your future plans?
My next blended holiday picture book, Easter Eggs and Matzo Balls comes out next year. And I’m hoping to have another adult novel out in the world soon. And of course, I plan on blogging and writing articles until forever. Writing is my salvation and I love making people laugh out loud.
- If you could be one of the characters from any of your books, who would it be and why?
I would be Arlianna, one of the best Time Traveling Matchmakers of all time. She’s sensitive, intelligent, witty and compassionate. And if any Matchmakers are reading this, please tell her I miss her and hope she’s safe.
- If you were the casting director for the film version of your novel, who would play your leading roles?
I would love to see Juno Temple or Emma Stone play Jessica. Chris Hemsworth would be a great Renn, or maybe Chris Pratt. Sally Field or Diane Keaton would make a terrific Arlianna. But only Meryl Streep could play Natasha. Perhaps putting this on paper will be it happen!
- Do you belong to a critique group? If so how does this help or hinder your writing?
I currently don’t belong to a group. But for over twenty years, I was a member of a wonderful group. The Time Traveling Matchmakerwas born during that period. I highly recommend critique groups or at the very least a critique partner. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve written what I think is brilliant only to realize it sounds like chopped liver when read aloud to someone else.
- Do you outline your books or just start writing?
I have characters who start talking to me while I’m walking or driving or even swimming. I then sit at my computer and let them tell their story. After a few pages or maybe a chapter, I stop and figure out a plot. Sort of! I know where I’m going, but not how I’m going to get there. I leave most of the details up to my characters.
- Have you started your next project? If so, can you share a little bit about your book?
I have a women’s fiction, which is ready for submission. Here is a short blurb: An aging rock star searching for an heir. Three women hiding from the past. A young girl searching for her identity. And the biographer with the power to write their futures. Will his quest be destructive or lead them back to The Notes Between Them? This book is written from multiple points of view and nearly killed me! I’m anxious to get this story into the world.
BLURB:
In The Time Traveling Matchmaker, love takes on a new meaning when soul mates are brought together through time and space.
Like every goal-oriented twenty-something, Jessica Singleton, an aspiring filmmaker, is obsessed with finding her future as quickly as possible. What she doesn’t know is that the future is obsessed with finding her, too. Renn Porter, an agent with Time Traveling Matchmaker’s Inc, blasts back in time – and into her life- in order to transport Jessica to the soul mate who has paid for this service…in the future. But things turn dangerous when it’s revealed that Renn has been sent after his own soul mate.
Caught between two times, Jessica and Renn must struggle to stay alive. Falling in love is the biggest risk either of them has ever taken – because, as they are destined to learn, the very existence of Time Traveling Matchmakers, Inc. rests in Jessica’s hands.
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EXCERPT:
Renn was coming toward me now and our eyes met. Fireworks went off inside my chest. He wasn’t avoiding me this time. This time I would learn the truth.
I raised my hand in a small wave.
“Watch out!” A bicyclist shouted as he sped down the sidewalk, completely out of control.
He clipped Renn’s shoulder, pushing him up against me. Renn’s coat got caught on the buckle of my purse. I heard a rip. No, more than that – I felt a rip down the center of my body, jagged like a piece of broken glass. Beneath my feet, the sidewalk tilted, and I lost my balance.
A strong a wind kept me from falling. Once steady, I turned to find Renn.
This all happened in a less than a second. And in that second Renn was gone. Vanished. Just like that. All that was left was his lemony scent. And the memory of his hand on my arm.
I didn’t see him in either direction. My head throbbed as if something heavy kept knocking into it.
A minute later a mother with her little girl walked past me. I knew before she stopped, that the little girl was going to bend down to tie her shoe. Time was going to repeat itself. Again.
She giggled, just like before. “Thanks, Mommy,” she said. “Tomorrow I can do it myself.”
I held on to the desire I had seen in Renn’s eyes, wondering about my tomorrow.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Janie Emaus believes when the world is falling apart, we’re just one laugh away from putting it
together again. The Time Traveling Matchmaker is her debut adult novel. She is also the author of the blended holiday picture books, Latkes for Santa Claus, and the forthcoming Matzo Balls & Easter Eggs. Her essays, stories and articles have been published in numerous magazines, anthologies, and websites. In 2016 she won an honorary mention in the Erma Bombeck Writing competition. To learn more about Janie visit her at www.janieemaus.com.
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Janie Emaus will be awarding a $50 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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