Eve Gaddy talks about the writer relationship with imaginary characters and how she listens to what they tell her.

As most of you know, writers are weird.:) I don’t mean that in a bad way. After all, I’m a writer. But even I must admit that not only talking to imaginary people but also having imaginary people talk to me is a bit…well, weird. Unless you’re a writer.

What does this have to do with The Christmas Cowboy, my November 7 release, you ask? Liam McFarland, the hero of this book, almost took over his brother Logan’s book. I had to slap him down several times, promising him that yes, he would get his own book with his own heroine but no, Logan’s book (The Wrong Brother) wasn’t his! You couldn’t really blame the guy since Logan’s heroine originally came to Marietta to get to know Liam. And Liam does play an important part in Logan’s book.

Liam listened to me and backed off. Begrudgingly, I might add. But Logan told him in no uncertain terms that his brother needed to butt out of The Wrong Brother. Which he didn’t exactly do but he tried. Anyway, after writing Logan’s book I got to finally write Liam’s. 

I’m always asking my husband and daughter, both in the medical profession, questions. Val Fletcher, the heroine of this book, is pregnant throughout. (Don’t worry. It’s not a spoiler. You find this out really quickly at the beginning.) My daughter was a OB/GYN Physician’s Assistant. I asked her all sorts of questions. I like to be as accurate as I can be. Sometimes she’ll ask me a question and I’ll say, “I don’t know. She (or he) hasn’t told me yet. It took her a while to understand my characters do talk to me. I can’t explain it. They just do. It’s when they stop talking that I have a problem.

I love this guy. Liam is sweet, he’s protective, he’ll do anything for the people he loves. He loves his family. He loves his horses and his dogs and pretty soon he falls in love with his heroine, Val, although he doesn’t think she’s in love with him. He doesn’t know, although she told me several times, that Val is in love with him and has been forever.

Their journey from a marriage of convenience to a full-fledged love was a joy to write. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

About the Author.

Eve Gaddy is the award winning, national bestselling author of forty novels. Her books have sold over a million copies and been published in many countries and several languages. She writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, romantic mystery, and a bit of paranormal romance as well.

Eve’s books have won and been nominated for awards from Romantic Times, Golden Quill, Bookseller’s Best, Holt Medallion, Daphne Du Maurier and many more. Eve was awarded the 2008 Romantic Times Career Achievement award for Series Storyteller of the year, and was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Innovative Series romance. She loves her family, books, electronics, the mountains, and East Texas in the spring and fall. She also loves a happy ending. That’s why she writes romance.