For C.D. Hersh and Can’t Stop the Music (The Soul Mate Tree Book 2)
What is the sweetest thing someone has done for you?
We’ll let Catherine (the C in C.D. Hersh) answer this one, and she chooses her husband and co-author, Donald (The D in C.D. Hersh), as the someone. The sweetest thing Donald has done for her is gifting flowers. It’s not just the flowers, but the way he’s done it. He’s come home with an arm full of forsythia that he picked off the side of the road. Forsythia is one of Catherine’s favorite spring blooms. He made his construction buddies stop the truck while he picked flowers by the roadside. He took a lot of ribbing for that. Gotta love a man who’s willing to stand up to hoots of burly construction workers while he picks posies for the wife. Another time he had a dozen roses delivered to their restaurant table one at a time by the servers. While at a writing conference he had a giant bouquet of flowers delivered to Catherine on Sweetest Day. Flowers aren’t just for special occasion either. They show up at the house just because. That’s probably why the heroes gifting flowers to the heroines in our stories shows up so much. It’s a natural part of our life.
How would you spend ten thousand bucks?
We’d take loooong vacations to our favorite spots: Disney World and Colonial Williamsburg.
Where do you get your best ideas?
For us, ideas can come from anywhere. We do a lot of brainstorming while we’re traveling on the road. Our paranormal shape shifter Turning Stone Chronicle Series started with a road sign. We eavesdrop on conversations in restaurants. It’s amazing how a single scrap of conversation, that you know nothing about, can spark a story idea. We also like taking a plot idea, like the one the editors of Soul Mate Publishing sent out for The Soul Mate Tree Collective, and saying, “What if? How can we make this work?” When we were trying to figure out a plot and setting for our book in the Collective, Can’t Stop the Music, we saw a car commercial that had a grandmother telling her granddaughter she met grandpa under this tree. Or was it that tree? The whole family ended up hugging the tree. As they left, a Woodstock sign appeared in the road. It was from that commercial that we decided to set our book, and the magical Soul Mate tree at Woodstock. No idea is too small to explore as far as we are concerned.
What comes first, the plot or characters?
Neither. Usually the title comes first for us. Then the plot. The characters don’t get fleshed out until we know where the story is going.
What does your main character do that makes him/her special?
The hero and heroine in our rock ‘n rock genre book, Can’t Stop the Music are talented musicians who are passionate about music. Can’t Stop the Music is a story filled with music references. After all, it’s set in Woodstock 1969. The heroine, who wants to be a music teacher, loves all kinds of music. The hero is into Rock and Roll at Woodstock and later carries that love into his job, with nearly disastrous results.
Thanks for hosting us today! It’s been fun.
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SOUL MATE TREE SERIES
GENRE: Fantasy
BLURB:
An ancient legend spanning eras, continents, and worlds.
To some, it’s nothing more than a dream.
To others, a pretty fairy tale handed down through the generations.
For those in critical need of their own happy ending, a gift.
THE LEGEND OF THE SOUL MATE TREE
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Jammed highways, food shortages, and rainstorms can’t stop the music when hippies Rose and Dakota hear the melody of love at the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival. Or can it? When a jealous wannabe girlfriend and misunderstandings drive them apart, the couple loses track of one another in the massive crowd. Will they find each other again, or live lives of missed opportunities?
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When they reached the makeshift bridge over the road, someone yelled, “Hey beautiful! You with the red hair.”
She looked around to see if there was anyone else with red hair. Then she glanced up and spotted two guys, one blond and the other dark-haired, leaning over the side of the bridge.
“Yeah, you,” the blond called out as he caught her gaze.
Willow halted beside her. “He’s cute. How about him?”
Rose looked away, her gaze landing on the other guy.
He jabbed his companion in the ribs. “Quit trying to pick up every girl you see.” Then he leaned farther over the rail. “Don’t pay any attention to him. He’s high.”
“So she’s not beautiful?” Willow yelled to the hippie.
She poked her friend. “Stop it, Willow, you’re making a scene.” In spite of her protest, her gaze remained on the dark-haired guy.
He rested his elbows on the rail and stared back at her. The intensity of his expression shot heat into her belly.
“I didn’t say that, just that she shouldn’t pay attention to him.” He flapped a hand at his blond buddy, then tapped his own chest with his thumb several times as if to say, ‘Choose me!’
Does he want me to pay attention to him? Her heart thumped in rhythm to his jabbing thumb.
“Take that one,” Willow whispered. “He’s the real cutie.”
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C.D. Hersh–Two hearts creating everlasting love stories.
Putting words and stories on paper is second nature to co-authors C.D. Hersh. They’ve written separately since they were teenagers and discovered their unique, collaborative abilities in the mid-90s. As high school sweethearts and husband and wife, Catherine and Donald believe in true love and happily ever after.
The first four books of their paranormal romance series entitled The Turning Stone Chronicles are available on Amazon. They have a short Christmas story, Kissing Santa, in a Christmas anthology titled Sizzle in the Snow: Soul Mate Christmas Collection, with seven authors. Their standalone novella, Can’t Stop The Music, is in the Soul Mate Tree collection with twelve other authors from various genres.
They are looking forward to many years of co-authoring and book sales, and a lifetime of happily-ever-after endings on the page and in real life.
You can connect with and follow C.D. Hersh at their website, Facebook, Amazon Author Page, Twitter, & Goodreads. [/su_note]
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What one thing would you give up to become a better writer?
Teresa – we’d give up chocolate 🙂
Fabulous cover
Nancy – Thanks.
Question for the author … What are your favorite literary journals?
Teresa – we don’t really read literary journals.
What usually sparks an idea for a book?
Sarah L – book ideas come from anything or anyone. This book came from a car commercial. Our series, The Turning Stone Chronicles, from a road sign on a trip.
Question for the Author … How do you select the names of your characters?
Teresa – selection of character names comes from several methods. We watch movie credits for interesting names, sometimes we choose based on the way they sound, or based on era of story. For Can’t Stop the Music we chose a flower name for our heroine as that was popular then.
How long does it take to write a book?
Sarah L – that answer varies depending on the length of the book but for us six months to over a year.
Sarah L – the weather makes no difference. We have however written all night to meet a deadline.
Do you write more in bad weather or sunshine?
Where do you like to live?
Sarah L – we like the Midwest. The changing seasons and mostly minor storms. Plus being central to the country we can drive to any part easily. What’s your favorite location?
What author do you most like to read?
Sarah L – Donald has no favorite romance author however, he rereads Sir Arthur Conan Doyle every couple of years. Catherine likes several but usually the one she is reading at the moment.
What authors do you most admire?
Sarah L – the authors we admire are the ones who continue to write their stories even though they don’t get published. We meet them at conferences and they continue to write and submit. Now that takes commitment.
Intriguing cover
Nancy – the cover, we think, invokes the wild, free spirit of the times and music. Thanks for stopping by.
How many books do you read in a year?
Sarah L – Catherine reads about six books a year while Donald reads about nine a week. Good talking with you.
Do you listen to music when you write?
Sarah L – don’t normally listen to music when writing. However, for this book listened to a lot of the sixties music.
Do you have any pets?
Sarah L – no pets. Donald was bitten severely twice by dogs so not interested in pets. Just our books.
I can not wait to start this series.
Jodi – hope you enjoy it. 🙂
Do you write every day?
Sarah L – we don’t write every day. When writing a book we write all day but other days we talk ideas or plot. Thanks for the question.
The series sounds incredible.
Jodi – we think that it’s very good. Thanks for commenting.
When did you start writing?
Sarah L – we both started writing early in life. But five years ago we started writing as a team. Thanks for stopping by.
This sounds like a great series! I love the vivid covers too!
Angela – we’re glad you like the covers. Thanks for commenting.
Looks like an interesting book.
Thanks for the contest.
Sarah L – Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for the introduction to this author.
Steph – always fun to find new readers.
sounds like a fun one
Daniel – we had fun writing it.
How long ago did you come up with the idea for your book?
Bernie – it would be about three years ago now. Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for hosting the Soul Mate Tree Collective. Each book is a beautiful story of love helped along a bit by the tree. If you like books where opposites attract my book Never Give up on Love is number 7 in the series
Maggie – this tour is going to be fun.
Bernie – yes, we both have. Sometimes accidentally and on purpose. Thanks for stopping by.
Lovely duo and lovely stories, both fictional and real!
HL – aww thank you. We like your stories too. Thanks for coming by.
Have you ever read a book more than once?
Thanks for hosting! I love the flower stories!! As author of ONCE UPON A LADY in the series, it is wonderful to learn more tidbits about my fellow authors 🙂
Addie Jo – with Catherine being a gardner there are many flower stories in our history. We look forward to learning more about you later in the tour. Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you for the host. I really enjoyed this book and working with C.D.Hersh on this project.
Steve – thank you. We always enjoy working with you.
What a creative mind it took to create these books!! Wow!!
Amy – Thank you.
Sounds so good!
Leonie – thank you and thanks for stopping by.
Entertaining interview!!
Trix – Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping by.
What a fascinating series! Great excerpt. Thanks for sharing.
BookLady – we found the concept unique also. Glad you enjoyed the excerpt. Thanks for stopping by.
So many good stories in this series, we hope everyone will check them out! I’m Cheryl, the other half of CiCi Cordelia and author of Realm of the Dragon. We hope you continue to follow our fun tour and meet all the talented authors!
Cheryl – Thanks for putting the set and tour together. We’re enjoying the tour.
Sloane – Thanks. We really appreciate you coming by.
I like the covers, so colorful. Sounds like a great series.
Susan – we like the covers as well. Thanks for stopping by.
I liked reading about where your ideas come from.
Jana – Thanks. Every authors idea generates from various places.
Enjoyed the interview very much! Good luck!
Tema – the interview was fun. Thanks for commenting.
LOVE your writing style and of course your books.:)
Thank you for hosting. I loved writing my story, “The Trail to Love,” for this collective. The idea of a tree connecting soul mates was unique. Whenever I tell people about it, they want to purchase all the books.
Tina – Thanks for stopping by. Like you we hope lots of people read and enjoy the books.
Catherine and Donald, you two are the sweetest! Lovers writing love stories warms my heart.
Gina – aww Thanks.
Our mto is:
Two Hearts Creating Everlasting Love Stories
Angel – Thanks for hosting us and sharing about Can’t Stop the Music and the Soul Mate Tree Box Set.
Victoria – Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for hosting The Soul Mate Tree Tour, Angela! Very much appreciated and I hope your subscribers enjoy hearing about the books. C.D. Hersh’s contribution to the series was just the most fun to read and really took me back. I’m Char Chaffin, one-half of series contributing author CiCi Cordelia and one of the masterminds behind the series. 🙂
Enjoy the read!
Char – Thanks for the kind words. While writing the book we traveled back as well.
Great post, I really enjoyed reading it!
Sounds like a good read.
Rita – readers liked it. It has a lot of four and five star reviews. Thanks for commenting.
Beautiful covers!!! Sounds like a great series!!! Shared on my socials!??
Kathy – so glad you love the cover. Thanks for all the shares and promo.
The series sounds amazing, and I’m looking forward to read it.
Anita – there are twelve great stories in the set. Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks so much for both the book description and giveaway as well. I enjoy hearing about another good book.
James – thanks for coming by. This year is Woodstock 50th anniversary and would be a good time to read Can’t Stop the Music which starts at Woodstock69. You can relive the groovy times or discover them through our book.
Thanks for hosting!