Do you remember back in February when I had a “Make an
Elvis song a book” contest? Well out of 426 entries, the winner of the
contest was a lady by the name of Anne Pichette. The prize was simple. Whoever
had their name chosen would have their favorite song be the title for the Elvis
book #2 and Anne’s Elvis song was Love Me Tender.

The winner would also have the book dedicated to them and
have one of the characters named after them. And my lovely heroine does have
Anne’s name. Now, because Pichette had a French sound, I decided to use that fact
by having my heroine live in Paris.

But then I had a quandary. I wanted the book to run along
similar lines as the old Elvis movie by the same name. Therefore, I wanted to
set the story in Texas. I overcame the problem by having Anne come to a ranch
in Texas as an eighteen-year-old exchange student.

Of course, she has to find romance while there and so –
surprise!!  The ranch where she stayed has
a handsome son who loved the ladies almost as much as they loved him. I called
him Clint Walsh.

If you remember, Clint was the same name that Elvis used in
the movie. You know it’s kinda funny – by using that name, I kept seeing Elvis
in the hero. Sure made it fun writing the book. I had such a crush on the guy.
I’d swoon every time I heard him sing. And now… his music brings back great memories that mean so much. Youth, dancing, parties, necking….ahhh….and other stuff…..ahem!

Now that this book is finished, I guess
I’ll have to organise another contest and think about Book #3.
Coming soon….