{"id":1528,"date":"2020-09-25T08:11:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T06:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2020-09-25T08:11:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T06:11:36","slug":"a-glass-of-water-with-susan-sands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/?p=1528","title":{"rendered":"A glass of water with Susan Sands"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1528\" class=\"elementor elementor-1528\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ef441bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ef441bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39b25e42\" data-id=\"39b25e42\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-123b350a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"123b350a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"320\" class=\"wp-image-1534\" src=\"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Susan-Sands-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Susan-Sands-2.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Susan-Sands-2-201x300.jpeg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;m chatting with the lovely author Susan Sands over a glass of water! Her new Christmas romance (Tule Publishing), <em>Noel Alabama<\/em> is out!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>A. Quickies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Tea or wine? (what brand\/type\/cultivar)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Neither, sadly. I have migraines and wine is a killer. Tea has never been my \u201ccup of tea\u201d unless I have a cold.\u00a0\u00a0I drink a lot of water and lemonade and such. No fun at all, I\u2019m afraid.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read or jog?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Read and tennis<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cats or dogs?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Dogs, unless I get rid of my allergic husband of thirty-plus years :-\/<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Heels or flats?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Flats all the way<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Boxers or briefs?\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Boxer-briefs<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Milk, dark or white chocolate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Dark chocolate, please<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sweet or savoury<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Savoury then sweet<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sea or mountains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Sea<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>B. Five likes and five dislikes\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Likes<\/strong>: 1) Kindness 2) Music of almost every genre 3) Good food 4) Dogs\/animals\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>5) Books<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dislikes<\/strong>: 1) Nastiness 2) Politics 3) Loud noise 4) Bad smells 5) Rude people<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>C. Three things on your bucket list<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>1) Travel abroad\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>2) Publishing goals<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>3) Grandchildren<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>D. What triggered this specific story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1530\" src=\"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NoelAlabama-MEDIUM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NoelAlabama-MEDIUM.jpeg 213w, https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/NoelAlabama-MEDIUM-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Bailey and Seth\u2019s story is a combination of her coming home but on her own terms. I grew up in a small town that I never really seemed part of, though I loved all the people and the place. Bailey\u2019s square-peg-in-a-round-hole feeling only worked itself out when she took matters in her own hands. It\u2019s hard to feel different in your hometown. I relate.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blurb:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Bailey Boone wasn\u2019t like the other girls in Ministry, Alabama. Her creative soul drove her from home\u2014and Seth McKay\u2014at eighteen. Now she\u2019s home with a film crew to save her current Christmas project\u2014and maybe get that promotion. But will Seth, her ghost of Christmas past, give her a reason to stay?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Social media links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/susannsandsauthor\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SusanNoelSands\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/profile\/susan-sands\">Bookbub<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/susansandsauthor\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/14020766.Susan_Sands?\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tulepublishing.com\/books\/noel-alabama\/#order\">In Tule Publishing&#8217;s Shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-tule-publishing-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Thanks for having tea with me, Susan &#8211; wishing you many grandbabies!<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Today I&#8217;m chatting with the lovely author Susan Sands over a glass of water! Her new Christmas romance (Tule Publishing), Noel Alabama is out! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Questions: A. Quickies Tea or wine? 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