Our Visit with Ausjenny!

Debby Giusti (L) greets Jenny Blake (R), an LI reader
and dear friend from Australia.

Last Thursday I talked about setting in a suspense story, which goes hand-in-hand with location. Often the spots we choose in our stories are real places we like to visit.

On Monday, a number of Atlanta Love Inspired authors gathered at the airport Ruby Tuesday's Restaurant to meet a dear friend who stops by the Craftie Ladies' site almost daily. Jenny Blake, from Australia, was passing through Atlanta on her whirlwind USA vacation. Missy Tippens, Patty Smith Hall, Patti Jo Moore and I were able to spend three delightful hours visiting with Ausjenny!

From the pictures, you can tell we had fun. The conversation often centered on LI books and favorite authors so if your ears were burning, you know why! Jenny is a huge reader and LI supporter and a wonderful person with a heart of gold.

(L to R) Debby Giusti, Jenny Blake, Missy Tippens,
Patty Smith Hall and Patti Jo Moore.

The location was perfect for our get-together, although I did make a wrong turn taking her back to the airport after lunch. We joked if it were a suspense story there probably would be an explosion and a run for our lives. Luckily, we turned around and followed a nice cabby to the terminal and got Jenny to her next connection on time.

Safe travel, Jenny! Thanks for being with us Monday. Hope to see you on your next trip to Atlanta.

(L to R) Debby Giusti, Jenny Blake and Patti Jo Moore.
Welcome to Atlanta, Ausjenny!

What's your favorite location for a story, and do you like to read about real places or do you prefer fictional destinations!

Wishing you abundant blessings,
Debby Giusti
www.DebbyGiusti.com
www.seekerville.blogspot.com

Meet Jenny, from Australia!

Yes, the title of this blog is "Meet Jenny, from Australia." BUT, the photo is "Jenny in Hawaii". AND the blog is coming to you from aCraftie Ladie in America. Isn't the Internet wonderful? Anyhook, we craftie ladies love our readers. So today, we're honoring one.

Go ahead, sit back and enjoy.

Welcome, Jenny! Tell us a little about yourself.
Firstly thanks for having me this is a first for me and it is exciting and scary. I am an Aussie who lives in a small country town. When I say small its about 5,000 people. I am a cricket fanatic (A sport Aussies love as does Cheryl Wyatt). I am single and currently studying the diploma of business administration and am finding it quite challenging. I was a carer for my elderly mother for so many years and when she went into care full time I started studying and have been finding out what freedom really is after so many years as a carer. I am an avid reader and have a tbr list of probably over 500 but I am not game to count but more than one bookcase full of unread books. I enjoy traveling also and hope to do so more once I get employment.

What are you three favorite books (I know, hard to narrow it down). Tell us, what spiraled them to the top of your list? What did the author do that won you over?
This is an extremely hard question. Can I include a series if I can Jeanette Oke's Canadian West series is what got me back into reading back in the late eighties I hadn't read that much for several years and the first book then the rest of the series had me hooked and I haven't looked back since. What did she do to win me over she made me fall in love with Canada and mounties, I wanted to meet a mountie like the one in the series. Second I would have to say the House of Winslow series by Gilbert Morris, What can I say I love his writings, I love how he weaves history in the story and tells the story of what happened in history along with his story. I really cant narrow his books down to just one book. 3rd this is hard but I am going to say Carla Capshaws The Gladiator the book gave me a new appreciation of the early day Christians and their dedication to Christ. They knew at any stage they could be killed for there faith. It helps knowing Carla is such a lovely lady.

What are you reading today?
I am reading Small Town Moms by Janet Tronstad and Deb Clopton.

Do you write, also? If so, tell us what you’re working on?
No not a writer I don't have the talent to write but I do love to read and support authors.

Besides the Craftie Ladies, tell us two or three other Blogs you like to visit and why.
I visit Seekerville most days http://seekerville.blogspot.com, Kaye Dacus http://kayedacus.com/ and International Christian fiction Writers http://internationalchristianfictionwriters.blogspot.com/ to name a few. My bookmarks have many blogs booked marked.

Anything else you'd like to add?
I have a blog where I post reviews and have a Getting to know you feature each Thursday which I introduce authors to readers. I am always looking for more authors to feature and this year I am trying to introduce some Australian authors to my readers.

Also thank you for having me on your blog. I do love Love inspired books all three genres.

Jenny,
Thanks so much for being our Monday’s Main Character. Here's a link to Jenny's blog.

http://ausjenny.blogspot.com/#uds-search-results