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Coffee with Lisa Prysock and TWO Giveaways!!

April 8, 2019 in coffee with paula marie

I am thrilled to have Lisa Prysock with us today! Thank you so much for joining us!

PM: You have written stories in so many different genres, I hate to ask, but do you have a favorite, or at least one genre you lean more favorably to?

LM: First, thank you so much, Paula, for hosting me for Coffee Questions.

Favorite genre to write in? I lean toward historical romance, bouncing from the Victorian Gilded Age, to Regency, to the Scarlett O’Hara Era, to Mail Order Bride and the Pioneer Era. However, once I finally tried to write contemporary, I fell in love with it also, and then there’s the whole world of Royal Romance and the stuff fairy tales are made of. I can’t seem to pick just one. I am completely smitten with them all. If I can dream it, I can write it.

PM: When do you find the time to write? Where is your favorite place to write?

LM: Since my children graduated from homeschool (I homeschooled the youngest two for six years), I write as a full time career.

My favorite place to write in the winter is the dining room table near the fireplace, bookcases, our piano, and a hutch with a few of my favorite dishes. However, I usually write in my writing office. It doubles as a craft/sewing room. Hubby installed a ginormous L-shaped desk for me and it faces a wooded area across the street. The view is serene and inspires my writing.

PM: From your bio, I see you have lived in several different area’s of the US and Kentucky is your home, what do you love most about living in Kentucky?

LM: I love the lay of the land and the rich history here. I am also in love with the people here. Many of them have a kind of southern charm and friendliness, along with a love for God and country.

PM: If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?

LM: Can I be a princess and help make the world a better place? My kingdom will be a place of love and kindness where evil isn’t allowed to exist.

PM: If we were to open you your refrigerator right now, what would we find in it?

LM: Yogurt, Golden Delicious apples, leftover spaghetti, green beans, coffee creamer, water, spinach dip, and salad. Did I mention coffee creamer? Heh, heh. Lots of coffee creamer.

PM: What are you reading for fun right now?

LM: I’m honored to be in a multi-author series “Whispers in Wyoming” with Kari Trumbo, and am reading her book, Sensitive and Secure. It’s about a stalker, LOL.

PM: Do you write stories more from your own experiences, or do you spend a lot time doing research on the type of characters your creating?

LM: Definitely some of both. I research a ton of stuff, but I also draw upon my own experiences.

PM: Who was your greatest influence when you decided to become an author?

LM: Lucy Maude Montgomery, Jane Austen, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Mitchell, and Jesus have been my main influences.

I fell in love with books at a young age. My mother and grandparents loved books and had extensive collections. My mom would read lots of stories to my sisters and me when we were children. Then I discovered the world of modern day Christian Historical Romance and many writers continued to influence me like Tracy Peterson and Janette Oke. I’d have to say growing up watching television producers like Michael Landon drew me to writing as well. A dream for me is to have Michael Landon, Jr. bring my books to life on screen. (I hope he’s reading this.)

PM: Tell us what you enjoy doing the most when you are not writing or reading?

LM: I like swimming, taking a walk, going to visit and tour historical houses, cross stitching, crochet, drawing, gardening, dancing around the house while I’m cooking or cleaning to Christian contemporary artists, going out to dinner with my family, and watching a really great Hallmark or family oriented movie, but my guilty pleasure is watching a really awesome PBS series with my husband like “Downton Abbey,” “Pride & Prejudice,” “Poldark,” or anything I can find that’s completely old-fashioned.

PM: How can readers keep up with you and your new releases?

LM: Check out my author website at www.LisaPrysock.com and sign up for my newsletter while you’re there. (There’s a little box that pops up with an invitation.)

PM: Finally, coffee or tea? Cream, sugar?

LM: Coffee, with cream, no sugar. Tea in the afternoons, with sugar, and sometimes honey.

Lisa is being SUPER generous and offering not one, but TWO ebook giveaways! Please comment on this post and tell us what YOU would name Harry & Megan’s Royal baby if they asked you! Suggest both a boy and girl name and you will be entered to win either Becoming Princess Olivia OR Victoria by Lisa Prysock! Contest will run for one week from today and winners will be notified via email!

About Lisa M. Prysock

Lisa M. Prysock is the author of “To Find a Duchess,” “The Shoemaker,” “Marry Me Katie,” “Dreams of Sweetwater River,” “Geneva,” “Protecting Miss Jenna,” and many other novels. When she was thirteen, she knew she wanted to be a mother and a writer. Lisa says she went on a detour a number of times, but the Lord generously allowed both of her dreams to come true. Today, she writes both Christian Historical Romance and Christian Contemporary Romance books–“Romance with a Dash of Food, Fashion, Faith, & Fun.”

Each of her books have a theme such as suffering, the depths of God’s love for us, mercy, overcoming, discovering purpose, and more. Many of her books have fun, interesting characters and they often shine a spotlight on influential evangelicals in history such as Booth, Chapman, Moody, Charles Wesley, Spurgeon, Fanny Crosby, and more. She is also the author of a devotional.

“I don’t know how it happens but most of my books end up in beautiful England or Kentucky, and of course, Wyoming.”

Kentucky inspires her writing and is home. She is happily married to her husband of more than 20 years and homeschooled two of their five children, all grown. Lisa grew up in the Ohio Valley and also spent her early childhood years in Wisconsin and Minnesota on a farm. “Yes, there were chickens, a cow named Daisy, horses, a huge vegetable garden, fishing, a tree house, and snowmobiles!”

Lisa remembers writing her very first book in kindergarten in Wisconsin, with help from the teacher. “It was a book about ‘Curious George.’ I couldn’t spell yet, but the teacher wrote words beneath my illustrations for what I wanted to say on each page and stapled the pages together for me.” She has been writing ever since. She won a prize for a short chapter story in 8th grade and remembers buying a manual typewriter with some of her first earnings.

Some of her interests include walking, swimming, working out, cross stitch, sewing, crochet, sketching and painting, dollhouses, gardening, shopping and fashion, cooking and baking, hanging out with her family, watching movies, and reading/writing great books. She likes chocolate, dancing, learning to play the piano and violin (“a painful process,” she admits), coffee, tea, flip flops, hats, butterflies, hydrangeas, roses, petunias, dill pickle flavored chips, and driving around in her red Jeep with the sunroof open, blasting the volume and singing to the Lord. Some of her favorite music artists include Jordan Feliz, Tedashii, Hollyn, Lecrae, Toby Mac, Michael W. Smith, and For King & Country.

A few of her favorite books include the “Little House on the Prairie” series, the “Anne of Green Gables” collection, the Jane Austen collection, C.S. Lewis books, “Heidi,” “Christy,” “Jane Eyre,” and “Little Women.”

She enjoys writing family oriented, romantic, sweet, clean, wholesome literature and likes to make readers smile and laugh. Sharing her faith in Christ and uplifting and encouraging others through her writing in an interesting way is her number one aspiration. She believes people need and want to know how wonderful the Lord is and attributes her dream of writing coming true entirely to Him. Her writing theme verse is Acts 16:31, Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved–you and your household. Her slogan is “The Old-Fashioned Everything Girl.”

Lisa gives a generous portion of the proceeds of her books each month to missionaries and evangelists to further the gospel, striving to follow the model of Lydia in the New Testament, who supported and gave to Paul and Barnabas with her substance. For more information about this author and to find out when her next book will launch, enter book giveaways, and find more reader resources, she can be found at: www.LisaPrysock.com

 

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  3. If I could name Harry and Megan’s baby, I would name the girl Diana after his mother. I’d name a boy Jerome, just cause I like it!

  6. I would pick Henry for s boy and Diana for a girl. Great giveaway! Thank you!

  7. Hm, royal babies need something sweet yet beautiful. I would name them: Boy – Tristian and Girl – Melody
    I started reading early also. Have not stopped. Wow so many wonderful genres you write. This is wonderful. I would be a princess also, and help people see that kindness and compassion are wanted, needed and rewarmed.

    • Lori, your comment has left a huge smile with me this morning! Beautiful names, too. 😊

  8. Aww, that is so sweet, Lori, I love those names! And who doesn’t wish they were a princess at least once in a while?? Thank you so much for sharing with us today!

  11. For a girl, I think Harry and Meghan should pick, Diana. Personally, it’s not one of my favorite names, but I think one of their children should be called that, just because of the amazing person, their mother was.
    For a boy………Timothy.