The Storyteller | Mary Vee

Today I welcome  author, Anita Higman a sweet and friendly lady,  with a desire to help others  Enter to win Anita's  2013 release, Winter in Full Bloom Scroll to the end of the post to see how to enter. I met Anita after agreeing to read her book then give an honest review.  Click here to read my review   I was very impressed with this great read. I contacted her right away and asked if she would be willing to join us here on Let's Talk.  I asked Anita to tell us how God led her on her writing journey. Here is what she said: God Nudged Me Upward My writer’s journey has been a little like climbing a tall pine tree, hoisting myself up branch by branch. Sometimes my legs would shake and my spirit would grow faint with all the climbing and striving to learn the craft and to finally find a way to that pretty tree house called publication. Many times through the years I wanted to just stop the ascent, get off th...

I turned the last page of Winter in Full Bloom and simply had to tell you about this book. I don't post a review of every book I read. I wouldn't waste you time making you wade through a rant about something I didn't like or a monologue attempting to convince not only you but myself why a book needed to be read. Nope. I will only post book reviews on this site of those that tickled my fancy in some way.  This book made the cut. From the exceptional lovely cover (see photo) to the name of her characters, Lily Winter--isn't that a picturesque name and so matching of the cover, to the guided tour to the best of Australia, this book doesn't miss any opportunity to provide what any reader wants in a cozy read. One of the greatest components of this story is Higman's writing craft. I especially enjoyed her fresh descriptive phrases that leap off the page like: "The rain clouds let go in a big way as if the angels were pelting us with millions...