Meet author Davalynn Spencer

Davalynn Spencer is the award-winning author of two beloved Western Romance series, The Cañon City Chronicles and Front Range Brides, both set along the Front Range of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. She is an internationally acclaimed novelist, a Will Rogers Gold Medallion winner, and Publisher’s Weekly and ECPA bestseller. An award-winning rodeo journalist and former crime-beat reporter, she teaches writing workshops and speaks at special events. She has two 90-day Christian devotionals for women, writes her own bi-weekly inspirational blog, teaches writing workshops, plays on her church worship team, and loves hearing from readers.

Tell us about your newest book.

Deception goes against everything Millie Hope Thorne believes—until she grants the last request of her dying niece. Taking her niece’s place as the mail-order teacher for a Colorado rancher’s grandchildren, Millie promises herself that she will reveal the truth. However, love knits her to the children as well as their widowed grandfather, Jed Winters, and delays her confession. When Jed learns that she is not the M.H. Thorne he hired, it may be too late to save her heart, his dignity, and the children’s one Christmas wish.

What inspired you to write your story?

A Thorn in Winter’s Grasp had been rolling around in my heart for a while, intriguing me with the idea of good intentions posed against deliberate deception. What could go wrong? And if love is the driving force, would forgiveness be enough?

What genre do you focus on.

Inspirational Western Romance – three categories I can’t get enough of all rolled into one.

Why do you write?

For me, writing is up there with eating, staying hydrated, walking every day, breathing, and singing. I have to do it.

Who is your main character, and how did you choose that name?

Millie Hope Thorne is the name of this book’s heroine, and I wrestled with her name for quite some time. Authors are cautioned to never have one character’s name begin with the same letter as another’s. It avoids confusion. However, Millie and her niece Myra had to have the same initials and names if the story was going to work.

What is your work schedule like when you’re writing a book?

My schedule has changed in the last three years, and I spend mornings reading the Bible, enjoying breakfast with my husband, and doing a few household chores. Afternoons are for writing. Somehow, the stress has decreased.

What is the hardest part of being an author?

A difficult part of writing a book is rewriting the book or section or scene for myriad reasons. James Mitchner is quoted as saying he wasn’t a very good writer, but he was an excellent rewriter.

What’s the best part of your author’s life?

I am incredibly blessed when a reader tells me they “lived” the story because the characters and setting were so real to them. That means I’ve done my job. And I’m deeply encouraged when they pick up on the spiritual messages in my books – the way God is simply part of the character’s day-to-day lives.

What’s one thing your readers should know about you?

I love my chickens, and I have socks with chickens on them. And towels as well. And a spoon holder. And a windchime my husband gave me for my birthday.

How have you changed or grown as a writer?

I have improved. The Proverbs 31 woman in the Bible says she knows that her merchandise is good. It’s not boastful or arrogant to know that you’re doing a better job today than you did yesterday. I want to keep improving and learning to use fewer and better words to say something well.

What is your favorite pastime?

Walking in the early mornings and reading in the evenings.

Do you have other books? We’d love to know.

I have twenty-two books, and all are listed on my Amazon Author page and at my website: www.davalynnspencer.com.

What are you working on now? At the moment, I’m writing Letters to My Children. Not a book, merely letters to my son and daughter that I send via Messenger every so often. They are true accounts of my life before they were born or during their childhood, and I write them with a fictional flair. I’m also working on another novel that has been rolling around in my heart.

Website: https://www.davalynnspencer.com

Link to book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1JL1DJH

 

 

 

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