Frequently Asked Questions:
The most asked question is: When is your next book coming out?
I just finished Falling for Paris the third book in the Crooked Creek Romance series. This book won the Pacific Northwest Writers Association contest in the romance category last year and I want to dangle it in front of a few publishers in hopes someone wants to pick it up. Sadly that process takes time, so I don’t have a definite release date for that one yet. I have a literary agent considering my new YA romantasy series Royalty’s Curse. I’m crossing my fingers and wishing on first stars that she agrees to represent me.
Where can I buy The Keeper’s Saga books?
They are currently available only on Audible, unless you contact me via email (kellynelsonauthor@gmail.com) I have copies of the original versions for sale. Next year I will be updating and re-releasing the Kindle and paperback versions of The Keeper’s Saga on Amazon.
Is any of it true?
Threads of my life run rampant through the pages of The Keeper’s Saga:
I board horses like Chase’s mom. I have kids attending Hillsboro High School.
The horseback ride Chase takes Kim and then Ellie on follows the same trail I gallop my horses along.
Garrick’s blue Camaro in 1968 is the same car my dad bought in 1968 and the one I learned to drive when I turned 16.
The scene in The Keeper’s Calling where the waitress dumps a plate of hot food in Kim’s lap was based on one of the first dates I went on with my husband. It was a dinner date with his family and the first time I’d met them. Keep in mind, I really thought he was a neat guy and I wanted him to like me. The hot plate slipped out of the waitress’ hand and landed upside down in my lap on top of my white sweater and my only pair of Guess jeans. My future mother-in-law followed me into the bathroom to help me clean up and when I started laughing at my crazy predicament, she said, “This isn’t funny. These are expensive clothes.” Unlike Kim, I was gracious and kind, going so far as to give the waitress a hug as we left that night and tell her, “It’s okay. Don’t worry about it.” That plate in my lap ended up being a blessing in disguise because my husband’s mom and dad were so impressed with how I handled the situation, they took an instant liking to me.
In Book 3 I had Garrick give Chase a new blue Camaro. After I wrote the book, I realized I had never really looked at the new Camaro, other than in the Transformers movie, so I went to the Chevy lot and wandered around. Of course the salesmen were on me like bees on honey. Before I knew it, I was taking a test drive. After the test drive, they were trying to sell me the car. I said I couldn’t buy it, but if I ever did, I’d want a manual transmission, not an automatic, which was what we had just driven. The salesman crinkled up the paper he had started writing on and stood up. “That’s a whole different driving experience altogether. We need to go drive a stick shift then.” He grabbed another set of keys and away we went for test drive number two. Wow! I was blown away. I LOVED the car. After that I couldn’t stop dreaming about Camaros. About six months later my husband bought me the blue Camaro with the white rally stripes—my dream car! It has been and will be my birthday-Christmas-anniversary-Valentines present for many years. But, I now had the knowledge to add more detail to my book and bring Chase’s car-driving experience to life.
