Guest Post & Giveaway: Taking Fire by Lindsay McKenna
Taking
Fire Shadow
Warriors #7
By:
Lindsay McKenna
Releasing
February 24th,
2015
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Books
Blurb
She
dances on the edge of life…and death
Not
all are meant to walk in the light. Marine Corps Sergeant Khat
Shinwari lives among the shadows of the rocky Afghani hills, a Shadow
Warrior by name and by nature. She works alone, undercover and
undetected—until a small team of US Navy SEALs are set upon by the
Taliban…and Khat is forced to disobey orders to save their lives.
To
go rogue.
Now,
hidden deep in the hills with injured SEAL Michael Tarik in her care,
Khat learns that he's more than just a soldier. In him, she sees
something of herself and of what she could be. Now duty faces off
against the raw, overwhelming attraction she has for Mike. And she
must decide between the safety of the shadows…and risking
everything by stepping into the light.
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Romancing the Readers would like to welcome Lindsay McKenna! Thank you so much for stopping by and visiting with us!
POST 7: Tumbleweed
Writer
POST 7 by Lindsay McKenna
for ON FIRE
I’m what I call a
“tumbleweed writer.” In the first eighteen years of my
life, my parents moved us twenty-two times and in six different
Western states. That’s being a “tumbleweed” where I come
from (a Western saying). We moved, roughly, every nine months.
My father was in WW2, a sailor in the US Navy. He was blown off
a gun turret on the USS Fletcher in the Pacific, and suffered
horrendous injuries and PTSD. PTSD was not called that at the
time. Back then, it was “battle fatigue.”
My father was also part
Eastern Cherokee and he had the wanderlust in his genes. We
seemed to move at least once or twice a year whether we needed to or
not. I was born in San Diego, California (a great Navy city),
but also saw states such as Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana and
Idaho along the way. For a writer, this is a great boon because
I got to see a lot of different people of different mindsets and
beliefs. You had the Navajo in Arizona and New Mexico, Mormons
in Idaho, ranchers in Montana, timber folks in Oregon and so on.
I went through schools like people go through a revolving door.
I learned a lot of different lingo, slang and heard a lot of
different vocalizations, depending what state we lived in. All
of this, of course, helps me craft my characters, so it was a good
thing.
For example, I have
friends who are from Iraq and Arabia. They’ve taught me a lot
and yes, they have their unique flavor in speech, their slang, and
their belief systems. I also have another friend who was born
in India, lived most of her life in Pakistan, before coming
stateside. With my own friends and their backgrounds, I create
believable characters that would come from that part of the world.
Writing TAKING FIRE and ON
FIRE (ebook epilogue, March 2014), you will meet Mike Tarik, whose
father is from Saudi Arabia and his mother from America. He
grew up in two cultures, absorbing both of them in the most positive
sense. As a SEAL, he is often undercover as a Middle Eastern
operative because he looks like he’s from one of those countries.
Plus, he speaks flawless Arabic, Pashto and English.
Because of Mike’s
background, he has a greater understanding of the dynamics of Middle
Eastern people, but he runs head on into a blockade with the heroine,
who throws him into a tailspin. US Marine Corps Sergeant
Khatereh Shinwari, whose father is Afghan and her mother is
American, operates in the dangerous Hindu Kush Mountains of
Afghanistan. She is deep black ops, speaks Pashto, French and
English. And in Mike, she sees herself because they both share
Middle Eastern blood. And much more. I hope you enjoy the
cultural information that will be woven into this intriguing and
intense romantic suspense military novel!
Author
Info
Lindsay
McKenna is proud to have served her country in the U.S. Navy as an
aerographer’s mate third class—also known as a weather
forecaster. She is one of the original founders of the military
romance subgenre and loves to combine heart-pounding action with
soulful and poignant romance. Her latest book is the romantic
suspense Taking Fire.
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Thank you for hosting today! Cool post! Lindsay has such interesting things to talk about!
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DeleteThanks for a great post! My husband was an airforce brat and we stayed put throughout our kids school careers because of that.
ReplyDeleteMoving around all the time is very hard on kids!
DeleteLindsay - since you were an aerographer’s mate, have you checked out the crazy weather lately in any detail?
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