Interview With Jan Scarbrough

I’d like to welcome our guest today, Jan Scarbrough. It’s a pleasure having you come visit us at Much Cheaper Than Therapy, where chocolate is plentiful and advice is free. So grab some chocolate and a lounge chair. Your therapy session has begun.

I understand you have a new release out called The Reunion Game, a novella in the Ladies of Legend Anthology from Resplendence Publishing. Can you tell us a little bit about your fabulous new book?

The Ladies of Legend Anthology came about over several months during back and fourth e-mails with my “sisterwriters,” Maddie, Janet and Magdalena. We created a fictitious town in East Tennessee and began to populate it with characters. Then we decided we’d each write a story with the town as the setting. We wrote our novellas in May 2007. When we finished, we pitched the concept to Resplendence Publishing, and the rest, as they say, is history.

These are the novellas in the Ladies of Legend Anthology:

Claiming the Legend, by Janet Eaves... Lilly Peach, is running from something so frightening it finally takes a whole town to cover her back.

Midnight in Legend, TN, by Magdalena Scott... Lovely Midnight Shelby finds Legend on the Internet after becoming tired of being one of her now ex-husband's "beautiful things."

Bed, Breakfast and You, by Maddie James ... Suzie Schul finds home only when the "fling" she had many months earlier shows up with a plan on her B&B doorstep.

The Reunion Game, by Jan Scarbrough... Plain Jane Smith reunites with her long lost love by playing a game of "bait and switch" with her twin sister.

The Reunion Game is a very interesting title. How did you arrive at that name?

The title describes the plot of the book. I thought it sounded “catchy.”

Did you have to do a lot of research for the book?

Actually, I flipped through several Cosmo magazines to get ideas.

What character did you like writing about the most, and why?

Jane, the heroine, is a lot like me. I like the way she takes a chance to go for what she wants in life.

If your book was made into a movie, what actor would you like to fill your hero’s shoes?

Matthew McConaughey

Do you have any authors that inspired you?

Several members of my chapter, the Kentucky Romance Writers, inspire me because they have recreated their careers. They are J.R. Ward, Toni Blake and Renee Ryan. Persistence is the name of the game, and if you give you never reach your goal.

What do we have to look forward next?

I have another book coming out in March from Resplendence Press. It’s another contemporary set in Louisville, Kentucky, called A Man of Her Own. Resplendence is offering my medieval romance, My Lord Raven, in April.

Thanks, Jan!

To celebrate her book release, Jan Scarbrough is offering a free ebook of Ladies of Legend Anthology to one lucky commenter on today's blog. She will be around all day today. I'm sure some of you have questions or comments for her, so please ask away...

Bio: In ninth grade, I reported on freelance writing for a career project and dreamed of being a writer. After majoring in English at Western Kentucky University, I taught high school English for five years. In 1982 I began making my living as a writer - a technical writer. But I didn't have the nerve to make my real dream come true until a life-threatening illness in 1988.
I’m a member of Novelists, Inc., Romance Writers of America and the Kentucky Romance Writers, where I’ve served as president, secretary, newsletter editor. I’m currently the web mistress of the chapter’s award-winning web site.

I live in Louisville, Kentucky, along with two dogs and four cats. Dreams do come true! On January 2, 2000, I married Bill, my soul mate. When I’m not writing, I take riding lessons every week on my favorite horse, the American Saddlebred. I also volunteer at The Luci Center, a therapeutic riding center.

Check out author’s website at http://www.janscarbrough.com/

Buy http://www.resplendencepublishing.com/.

Blurb: Sarah Colby’s romantic heart believes there’s a man for her somewhere. She’s determined to find her “soul mate.” During a “girls’ night out” at a Louisville, Kentucky, bar, Sarah’s two former college roommates urge her to “kiss a lot of toads” if she wants to find Prince Charming. Hoping to make up for lost time, twenty-four-year-old Sarah practices on several guys. One of the unsuspecting “toads” is wealthy restaurateur and chef Lane Williams, a guy with a great aversion to settling down.