rendered characters create a rich story that
transports readers to an idyllic place.”
– Publishers Weekly
INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR JODI THOMAS
What is the hardest part of writing a book?
I think the hardest part of writing a book is trying to find the plot. Characters come to me easy. It’s like they sit down and talk. First one, then another, then another. It’s a lot of fun. It’s like all of a sudden the room gets crowded. Then thinking of the plot, what’s going to happen in the book is not as easy. Making it all come together in the right amount of words sometimes is a little hard. The thing I love about a book is about halfway through you’re stepping into the world. It’s easy to do.
What did you enjoy most about writing Mistletoe Miracles?
I think I loved the three brothers–the way they interacted with each other, the way they talked, how much fun they had and how they were always there for each other in the Ransom Canyon series. I think I’ve had very strong people to build stories around into a great setting, but this time I think it went deeper than usual. I love the three men in the book.
How do you decide if your main character will be male or female?
It’s very hard to decide.
What did you find most useful when learning to write for publication?
When I first started writing, I wanted to write historical romances and I won three RITAs over the years. Writing them was great fun. But when I began writing, there was nobody to look to, to ask the questions, so I went to a used bookstore. I asked for the top five writers in historicals and went home and dissected their books. How much history, how much sex, how much dialogue? I put it all down in numbers.
I think that helped me kind of learn to how to put it together. Also, one of the most important things in getting published is having people believe in you. And I was lucky there. I had a friend that we spent many hours reading at the library. Her name was Dee Pace and she always said my work was great and it always made me feel better and she also pushed me every week I had to have another chapter and that meant a lot to me.
A fifth-generation Texan, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Jodi Thomas chooses to set the majority of her novels in her home state, where her grandmother was born in a covered wagon. A former teacher, Thomas traces the beginning of her storytelling career to the days when her twin sisters were young and impressionable. 
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