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NEWS: “A Sound Among The Trees” Gets Rave Reviews!

October 20, 2011

A Sound Among the Trees is getting rave reviews from professional sources and book bloggers alike!  Check out what others have said and then pick up a copy for yourself!

Publisher’s Weekly – starred review: “Meissner delivers a delightful page-turner that will surely enthrall readers from beginning to end. The antebellum details, lively characters, and overlapping dramas particularly will excite history buffs and romance fans.”

Book Bloggers & Readers Just Like You:

Suzanne: Meissner has solidified her place as a top author with this one, it’s sure to win awards. – ClickingHerHeels.blogspot.com

Erin: Susan Meissner has quickly become on of my favorite Christian fiction writers because her books are easy to read and very engaging—and they aren’t cheesy. –  Thinking Out Loud

Robin: This book captured my heart! [ … ]

NEWS: Susan Meissner On Being A Military Wife Now And In The Civil War

October 20, 2011

Susan Meissner, award-winning author of The Shape of Mercy and, most recently, A Sound Among the Trees, was interviewed on 10/19/2011 by radio host Susie Larson on “Live the Promise.”  Listen HERE as Susan discusses her book as well as her experiences as a military spouse and a pastor’s wife.  Susan’s husband is currently deployed as a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, and in A Sound Among the Trees she used the story of one character to explore what it might have been like to be a soldier’s wife during the Civil War.

NEWS: Fierce Beauty Feautured on FaithfulReader.com

October 17, 2011

FaithfulReader.com has this to say about Fierce Beauty by Kim Meeder: “Meeder is a remarkable person with a life that every reader will find inspiration and instruction in from beginning to end. Fierce Beauty is a true page-turner.” Go here to read the full review and here to watch Kim talk about the power of a smile, from Chapter 14.

NEWS: Tips for Writers from Susan Meissner on Novel Rocket

October 12, 2011

Get writing tips from “great word artist” Susan Meissner, author of the contemporary/historical novel A Sound Among the Trees, by following the link at the bottom of this post.

Ane Mulligan, editor of Novel Rocket, a website that helps up and coming authors promote their books and hone their craft, says: “Masterfully drawn by great word artist Susan Meissner, A Sound Among the Trees is an intriguing and complex story, delving into relationships and traditions… Novel Journey and I give A Sound Among the Trees a high recommendation.”  Read the rest of Ane’s review here.

Read Susan’s article on Novel Rocket and learn how to “Make Your Setting A Character”

NEWS: Susan Meissner Guest Blog Featured on eHarmony.com

October 4, 2011

Susan Meissner, author of the novel A Sound Among the Trees (released October 4, 2011), wrote a guest blog post for the eHarmony relationship blog, entitled “Not All Baggage Is Bad.”  

In the book, Marielle Bishop, who has watched all her friends marry and begin families, has at last found love online. She leaves the Arizona desert to marry a Virginia widower, joining him and his two children —and his first wife’s grandmother— in an ancestral family home where it seems like ghosts are everywhere, real and imagined.  As Marielle struggles to fit into her new role as wife and stepmother, unsettled by the strange sense of sorrow she feels inside Holly Oak’s walls, she must uncover the truth about Susannah, and reconcile her belief that it is [ … ]