Author Rita Gerlach - Surrender the Wind ~ FREE Book!
Posted by Tina Dee Books | Labels: Author and Musician Guests, Regency Romance | Posted On at 12:02 AM
Today, we're visiting with Rita Gerlach, she's a wonderful lady I know from a European historical writers group I lurk around, LOL. I'd love for you to meet Rita and she's here to chat with us about her recent release Surrender the Wind.Surrender the Wind takes place post Revolutionary War in the Georgian period. How did you go about researching for this book?
For a historical, it took quite a bit. I cannot give you an amount of time, but I can tell you that I had to research facts concerning the American Revolution, military protocols, landownership, clothing, uniforms, weaponry, marriage customs, peerage, etc. I also studied locations such as Devonshire , England and the village of Clovelly , Yorktown , Virginia , and Annapolis , Maryland
I didn’t take any trips to England Annapolis , western Maryland and Virginia , and the area along the Potomac River that I wrote about in the novel. I live in central Maryland and visited all of these places.
Surrender the Wind has intrigue, romance, murder plots, triumph and great loss, betrayal.--you covered it all in one great story. What did you really enjoy in particular when writing this story?
Surrender the Wind has intrigue, romance, murder plots, triumph and great loss, betrayal.--you covered it all in one great story. What did you really enjoy in particular when writing this story?
What I enjoyed most was seeing the story unfold, mysteries revealed, hearts won, and justice served as I was writing the book. I also enjoyed moments when a new character would pop up in the story and I had the chance to delve into this person. And then there were those ‘eureka’ moments, when an idea for moving the story along would pop into my head. One of the joys of writing a novel is creating a story that did not exist before.
Tell us about Seth's relationship with his grandfather. And, what are Seth's intentions in traveling as so far from theAmerica he fought for in the war to his grandfather's estate, Ten Width, in England
Tell us about Seth's relationship with his grandfather. And, what are Seth's intentions in traveling as so far from the
How would the heroine, Juleah, describe Seth Braxton?
When she first meets Seth, he is nothing like she had imagined he’d be. She would describe him as being strong spiritually and mentally. That he is courageous and willing to help others at a moment’s notice. She would say he is the handsomest man she had ever laid eyes on.
What quality does Seth most admire about Juleah?
What quality does Seth most admire about Juleah?
There are so many good qualities about Juleah. But to narrow them down, Seth would say he admires most her loyalty to her family and friends.
What sort of stories are you working on now?
What sort of stories are you working on now?
I am writing a 3-book series set in England and Colonial Maryland along the Potomac River beginning in 1775. You can expect much of it will be from the female characters’ points of view. Adultery, betrayal, and blackmail will challenge the main characters. But keep in mind light dispels darkness. You can expect love will triumph over all these, in three stirring tales of fidelity and forgiveness.
Do you have a question you'd like to pose to our readers?
I’d like to know what character, or what fictional couple, from fiction readers would like to have over to their house for dinner.
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I'll answer that one, LOL! I'd like to have Mr. Darcy over for lunch, but I think I would stare at him (very rude) and he'd be rather annoyed and refuse to come back. We'd have something they'd have served during Regency times, (I'd want the whole experience.)
I know there's another, so I'll answer again later.
I would like to have the Cooper Family in Savannah by Eugenia Price, to get their take on slavery during the Civil War, and their take on the war itself.
desertrose5173 at gmail dot com
Carmen,
That would be an interesting lunch. I'd love to be there too.
i would welcome 'eve' from "eve: a novel of the first woman" to my table...great question...
karenk
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Great answer, Karen. Another interesting lunch that would make.
Keep checking back, I'll ask Rita to drop by with a few of those she'd love to lunch with.
Definitely Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. :)
writer_weaver at yahoo dot com
I have read Surrender the Wind and it is wonderful,delightful and the characters are charming. A great read. A must keep novel. I am waiting for her next book. She is a great author.
tarenn98[at]yahoo[dot]com
Great book, please enter me
mamat2730(at)charter(dot)net
Hi Everyone,
First I'd like to thank Tina for having me on her blog. There are so many fictional couples that I'd love to have for dinner that I couldn't narrow the answer to my own question down to just one pair.
Sunday - Ross and Demelza Poldark
Monday - Jane Erye and Mr. Rochester
Tuesday - Elizabeth and Darcy
Wednesday - Orry Main and Madeline (North & South)
Thursday - Elinor Dashwood & Edward Farris
Friday - Marianne Dashwood & Colonel Brandon
Saturday - Jane & Mr. Bingley
Sunday - Although there are no couples, I'd enjoy having the ladies from Cranford over for tea and biscuts.
I guess I'd go with Claire and Jamie Frasier from the Outlander series. Though I'd probably be a wee bit juvenile around the man.
I would love to be in the drawing for Rita's book. I've long wanted to read this one!
thanks Tina and Rita!
oops. me again.
debraemarvin (at) yahoo
Thanks. I signed up for email notification so I don't have to remember to go looking.
Oh, too hard to chose just one. But whomever I pick, I'd rather visit their house and have lunch there. I'm a historical romance writer, so I want to visit the 19th century.
Your book sounds great, Rita!
I've read Surrender the Wind and it's fabulous! Now, brace yourself, becuase I know everyone's going to think me crazy, but I'd have Peter Blood from Raphael Sabatini's Captain Blood over for an intimate dinner (If I wasn't married, that is!)
Oh yes, Vickie! I'd rather visit the 19th Century and dine at their home (except I know I would make many social blunders, MANY! LOL)
I would love to read this book. Great trailer. :o)
As for a couple, I'm so boring ~ I'd have to pick Lizzie & Darcy as well.
I have to say I wouldn't mind a second choice of Claire & Jamie Frasier (One of the books I'm reading right now is Voyager). What is it about either refined regency gentlemen or warrior Scots?
leesmithwriting{at}yahoo.com
Lee, I agree w/your question, but they do capture our hearts,don't they? LOL.
I hope you stop by and enjoy Rita's site.
Yes, please stop by and visit my website at
http://ritagerlach.com/
I have a page 'Novels In Progress' that gives a sneak peek at the series I am currently writing.
Also on the 'Surrender the Wind' page, scroll down to the bottom and click on the link to read the first chapter.
Feel free to sign my guestbook.
I'm on Facebook so 'friend' me!
Fondly,
Rita
IT would have to be the Westcott sisters and all three of their very handsome husbands (ML Tyndall's Charles Towne Belles Series) If I had to choose just one of those couples it would be Grace Westcott and Rafe Dubois (ya gotta love him)=)
Debbie Lynne
Sounds like a fun read.
Put my name in the pot.
I'd like to go over to Mr. Darcy's
house for dinner, and I would take
Tina Dee with me. Now that would be fun.
A J Hawke
Thank you, AJ--someone will have to nudge me when after I've stared rudely at the poor man! LOL!
I'd like to go to the O'Connor's house for dinner(Daughters of Boston series).
Thank you for entering me in the giveaway!
Blessings,
Michelle
scraphappy71 at sbcglobal dot net
I would really like to win this book, please enter me- it looks great :)
caseymh18(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love to win this book! Let's see, I'd love to have Rhett Butler and Scarlet O'Hara from "Gone With the Wind" over for dinner. I'd try to get them back together :-)
june_spirit2628 at hotmail dot com
I would love to win this book! My goodness, picking just one couple....I'd definitely pick Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy. They are classic!
If they were unavailable, I would pick Michael and Angel from Redeeming Love. Two wonderful, complex characters! Thanks again, and thanks to Carmen for letting people know about the opportunity!
potosrose(@)gmail(.)com
Renee, I hadn't even remembered Michael and Angel. That would be an interesting visit!
Belle from "The Husband Tree" would be an interesting dinner guest!
pepsi324[at]yahoo[dot]com
Seth and Juleah Braxton from Surrender the Wind would be a delight to have at my dinnertable. They would be my first choice over the list I posted above.
I don't want to enter for the book just wanted to say I have read it and it is great
mamat2730(at)charter(dot)net
Edna! Thank you so much for stopping by to tell us, very sweet of you (and the others who've done the same) to endorse Rita's book! Thank you all so much for making Rita's visit so nice!
Thank you, Edna, and to everyone that has shown support by endorsing my writing!
Rita
Love to read this book! I'd love to have Dorothea from Middlemarch by George Eliot. I admire/relate to her character.
Beth
bethnaf at hotmail dot com
There are so many ppl i would want to have over...but where to start...male or female? I have to say Mr.Darcy would be nice, and just about any cowboy (they would be handsome, and God Fearin' of course & single :)
There are so many more...but hey I'll start w/Mr. Darcy!
please enter me!
Rae
raebyuel(@)gmail(.)com
Greetings,
This is a super book. Would love to be entered in the giveaway. I think having Elizabeth and Darcy for dinner would be super.
Have a wonderful day.
Blessings, Wanda Chamberlain
wandaelaine AT gmail DOT com
Ok, I'm totally going to steal one from the other Michelle but when I read her answer, I said... OH, ME TOO! Definitely have dinner @ the O'Connors from the Daughters of Boston series!!
Blessings
Michelle V
m.vasquez[at]grandecom[dot]net
Alfred Hitchcok or Rod Serling. Both very talented at less is more. :O)
I would like to say I'd have Mr. Darcy over for tea but that probably wouldn't be the best idea. Nobody likes a girl drooling all over them :-P
xoxo~ Renee
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