Category: romance

Television Romance

Posted on by Katie Ganshert

There are a million and one TV romances out there. But here are a few that have caught my attention through the years….

Come on, fess up. Who used to watch Saved by the Bell? In my preteen days, Zack and Kelly were the bee’s knees.

In college, all the girls on my dorm floor would get together and watch Dawson’s Creek. I was totally Team Pacey…

Also Team Ben. But I really liked Noel too!

I dare you to watch these two and not smile…

Rory Gilmore and Logan Huntzberger. Sigh. Why did Gilmore Girls have to end!?

Ultimately, my allegiance lies with Stelena.

My new favorite! Just started watching Friday Night Lights and I’m in love with the relationship between Coach and his wife. In. Love!

Let’s Talk: What are some of your all-time favorite TV couples? 

For a chance to win my debut novel, Wildflowers from Winter, hop on over to Casey  Herringshaw’s blog, where I divulge my favorite part about being a debut novelist.

If you’d like to purchase my book, you can do so on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or these other retail outlets. 

If you’ve read the book or are currently reading it, Christian Fiction Book Club is discussing it online for the entire month! 

For all you local folks, my book launch party is tomorrow at Books-A-Million in Davenport from 1-3 pm. I’d love to see you there! 

Love and Marriage

Posted on by Katie Ganshert

Love and marriage. They go together like a horse and carriage…

That song is totally going to be stuck in my head now. 

Oi.

But seriously…

Marriage and love.

Love and marriage.

It’s not a simple thing, is it?

You live with a person long enough and it becomes incredibly easy to take that person for granted.

I promise you, I’m guilty.

Here I am, a romance author, and yet sometimes I feel like I could use a lesson in romance. How’s that for ironic?

I just finished reading Far from Here by Nicole Baart and wow. There are so many things I loved about this novel. The prose. The characters. The story. 

And the poignant, honest moments when the main character, Dani, faced the truth about her marriage. 

Here’s a paragraph that really grabbed me. It comes right after Dani’s husband, Etsell, tells her that she is his home.

I was twenty-one years old. Too young to realize what he was saying to me. Too naive to know that gravity fades. That is dissipates with distance, sometimes becoming a link so weak and tenuous it’s a wonder we continue to orbit each other at all. Etsell and I treated love like a state of being, a law of physics that would exist simply because it always had. I didn’t learn until much later that love is actually a choice. The sort of choice that we have to make every minute of every day, even when we don’t feel like it. Even when all we want is to be anywhere but where we find ourselves.

Because when home is a person, it will always be a moving target.

When I finished reading that part, I had to put the book down and let the words soak. Let them settle.

And when they had, I was convicted.

Not because I don’t choose to love my husband. But because there are days when I don’t show that choice to him.  There are days I’m so wrapped up in my own thing that I neglect him altogether.

Thankfully, he’s a gracious man. A wonderful, amazing man. 

He understands.

But that doesn’t mean I can’t work on getting better.

In different news, I have lots and lots of ARCs to giveaway, thanks to my awesome publisher! So I’d like to do a giveaway today! One random commenter will receive a copy of my debut novel. So comment away! 

Let’s Talk: How do you keep the love alive in a marriage?

Nicole is one of my favorite authors, so I was very excited when she agreed to endorse my debut novel, Wildflowers from Winter. To read her endorsement, click on the link and scroll down. 

 

 

Special Features

Posted on by Katie Ganshert

I’m totally that person who loves the special features on a DVD. If I like a movie, I will rewatch the entire thing just to hear the commentary.

Which is why I want to offer my readers these fun extras. If they fall in love with Wildflowers from Winter, I want to give them some surprises on my website.

Right now, I’m working on a page for my hero and heroine, titled A Romance Blossoms. 

Only I can’t figure out what I should put on it. I have an inkling. But nothing is solid yet.

Which is why I need your help! 

Imagine you are reading a book or watching a movie. It’s romantic. And you completely fall in love with the hero and heroine. The story ends, only you’re sad. You want more. You want the experience to continue.

Let’s Talk: What special features would you love to see?

I’ll be with junior high students 24/7 this weekend and won’t get home until Sunday afternoon. I’m sure I’ll be too tired to write next week’s blog posts. Instead of taking the week off altogether, I thought it’d be fun to ask some questions. I hope you’ll jump in the conversation!

*photo by Dimitri N