Love Inspired: A Story for Every Reader

What We Are Writing?

By Margaret Daley

Author: Linda Goodnight

Title: Cowboys of Calypso County (working title)

Hero and Heroine: Nate Caldwell, a cowboy/rancher and Whitney Brooks, divorced mother of twins

Line: Love Inspired or indie

One paragraph from the page you are currently on:

“Ma’am, you all right?” A man went to his haunches next to her prone body. In her peripheral vision, Whitney spotted round-toed western boots and worn jeans. Lovely. A cowboy, probably a neighbor she’d have to face for the rest of her life, had witnessed her graceless humiliation.

Due Date: Self-imposed, Dec. 1

Word or page count goal today: 5 or more pages

Something cool learned from research:  A miniature Jersey cow stands only three feet tall but produces four gallons of milk a day!

Author: Jean C. Gordon

Title: Holiday Escape

Hero and Heroine: Bridget O'Brien and Luke Foster

Line: A Team Macachek Novella (Upstate NY Romance: Indie)

One paragraph from the page you are currently on:

“What? I’ve loved miniature golf since I was a kid. Luke may be able to scramble up some tickets. He had no problem finding us ones for the ruins yesterday and for me for snorkeling today.”

Due Date: October 7

Word or page count goal today: 900

Something cool learned from research: 

Cozumel is part of the second largest barrier reef system in the world, the Meso-American reef system, which spans almost 175 miles (280 km) of ocean between the Gulf of Mexico and Honduras.

Author: Louise M. Gouge

Title: Cowboy Lawman (working title)

Hero and Heroine: Justice Gareau and Evangeline Benoit

Line: Love Inspired Historical

One paragraph from the page you are currently on:

Sheriff Justice Gareau ducked around the corner of the Esperanza train depot, hoping he hadn’t been spotted by the woman who’d just stepped off of the train. He felt a downright foolish. Usually people hid from him, that was, if they’d done something wrong, and he sure hadn’t done anything wrong. No, it was that woman who’d done him wrong and ruined his life. 

Due Date: January 2107

Word or page count goal today: 2,000

Something cool learned from research: While my story takes place in Colorado, my characters come from Louisiana, where the laws are based somewhat on Napoleonic Code Law rather than the common law (English). I'm still checking out the details.