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Carrie Stuart Parks | Never Give Up Your Dream
June 10, 2016
“. . . let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,” Hebrews
12:1 THE BONES WILL SPEAK was
the first novel I wrote, and I cried, laughed, hated, loved, and cried again in
the process. Bones was an eight year odyssey of learning to write under the
patient—oh so patient—tutelage of my mentor, Frank Peretti. Like most new
writers, I figured I had a good grasp of English, a story to tell, and a
computer to catch my spelling errors. Oh, my! I had so much to learn. Although I wrote Bones first, when I couldn’t sell it, I set it aside and wrote
A CRY FROM THE DUST. Cry
immediately caught the interest of publishers, went to auction, and sold to
Thomas Nelson as a three book deal. It became a Christy finalist last year and
won the prestigious Carol award for the best mystery/suspense/thriller of 2014.
What a thrill! I decided I just needed to tweak Bones and I’d have book two. Ha!
When I re-read it, I realized it was really awful. No tweaking, a major
overhaul. How gratifying, and humbling, when Bones also became a Christy finalist! The reoccurring character, Gwen Marcey, is near to my heart. Gwen is divorced, a
breast-cancer survivor, Great Pyrenees owner, and forensic artist. I wrote what
I knew. In Bones, I also combined two real cases I worked on as a forensic
artist: the Phineas Priesthood and the Robert Yates serial killings. The Phineas
Priesthood was a group of violent white supremacist. Between the 1970s to late
1990s, Aryan Nations, skinheads, and neo-Nazi groups made their home in the
panhandle of North Idaho and Eastern Washington. I worked with my dad at the
North Idaho Regional Crime Lab in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. At one point, my dad was
shot and wounded by them. Now that’s scary! Doing research, I ordered several
books on the movement from Amazon. I was a bit nonplussed when I realized the
source for the materials was a white supremacist book store. They personally
thanked me for my interest. . . . I hope you enjoy THE BONES
WILL SPEAK and I am so grateful to the judges of the Christy competition for
choosing this book in the suspense category. Terri Blackstock and Lisa Harris,
fellow nominees, are wonderful and accomplished writers and I’m humbled to be
considered with them. Giveaway
Carrie is giving away a copy of THE BONES WILL SPEAK and a
forensic author drawing kit to one lucky reader!
Carrie Stuart Parks is a Christy finalist as well as a Carol award-winning
author. An internationally known forensic artist, she travels with her husband,
Rick, across the US and Canada teaching courses in forensic art to law
enforcement professionals. The author/illustrator of numerous books on drawing
and painting, Carrie continues to create dramatic, award-winning watercolors
from her studio in the mountains of Idaho. Mentored by New York Times best-selling author, Frank Peretti, Carrie began
writing fiction while battling stage II breast cancer. Now in remission, she
continues to encourage other women struggling through the effects of cancer. Animals have always been a large part of her life. Her parents started Skeel
Kennel Great Pyrenees in 1960. Carrie inherited the kennel and continues with
her beloved dogs both showing and as an AKC judge.
A killer with a penchant for torture has taken notice of forensic expert
Gwen Marcey . . . and her daughter.
When Gwen Marcey’s dog comes home with a human skull and then leads her to a
cabin in the woods near her Montana home, she realizes there’s a serial killer
in her community. And when she finds a tortured young girl clinging to life on
the cabin floor, she knows this killer is a lunatic.
Yet what unsettles Gwen most is that the victim looks uncannily like her
daughter.
The search for the torturer leads back in time to a neo- Nazi bombing in
Washington state—a bombing with only one connection to Montana: Gwen. The group
has a race-not-grace model of salvation . . . and they’ve marked Gwen as a race
traitor. When it becomes clear that the killer has a score to settle, Gwen finds
herself in a battle against time. She will have to use all of her forensic
skills to find the killer before he can carry out his threat to destroy her—and
the only family she has left.
Comments
38 comments posted.
Re: Carrie Stuart Parks | Never Give Up Your Dream
"Bones will Speak" is a great title!
(Melody Kaufman 10:42am June 10, 2016)
I can't wait to read this book, as it is your first I am sure it will be very
special!
(Lily Shah 11:16am June 10, 2016)
i want to read this
(Ann Unger 1:30pm June 10, 2016)
Bones will speak sounds enthralling.
(Sharon Berger 2:49pm June 10, 2016)
This sounds like a chilling thriller to me . My favorite kind of book , one that keeps me up all night turning pages . Thanks for this chance to win your book , and congratulations on it . Hope you write many more !!!
(Joan Thrasher 5:27pm June 10, 2016)
Sounds chilling. Congrats on your book release.
(Melinda Marks 6:02pm June 10, 2016)
I wonder what these bones will say!
(Melody Kaufman 6:36pm June 10, 2016)
I definitely wouldn't want my dog coming home with a human skull as a present, but I bet it makes for a great story!
(Melody Kaufman 7:13pm June 10, 2016)
ooh I love serial killer books!
(Joanne Schultz 4:36pm June 11, 2016)
dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones.....
(Melody Kaufman 9:01pm June 11, 2016)
Now shake dem skeleton bones!
(Melody Kaufman 9:03pm June 11, 2016)
The toe bone's connected to the foot bone,
The foot bone's connected to the ankle bone,
The ankle bone's connected to the leg bone,
Now shake dem skeleton bones!
(Melody Kaufman 9:07pm June 11, 2016)
The leg bone's connected to the knee bone,
The knee bone's connected to the thigh bone,
The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone,
Now shake dem skeleton bones!
(Melody Kaufman 9:08pm June 11, 2016)
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones,
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones,
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones,
Now shake dem skeleton bones!
(Melody Kaufman 9:09pm June 11, 2016)
The hip bone's connected to the back bone
The back bone's connected to the neck bone,
The neck bone's connected to the head bone,
Now shake dem skeleton bones!
(Melody Kaufman 9:09pm June 11, 2016)
The finger bone's connected to the hand bone,
The hand bone's connected to the arm bone,
The arm bone's connected to the shoulder bone,
Now shake dem skeleton bones!
(Melody Kaufman 9:10pm June 11, 2016)
Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk around
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk around
Dem bones, dem bones, gonna walk around
Now shake dem skeleton bones!
(Melody Kaufman 9:10pm June 11, 2016)
Love the title! Cant wait to read...Thanks
(Julie Parrish 11:38am June 12, 2016)
Sounds good. Can't wait to read it.
(Valerie Miller 9:28pm June 12, 2016)
To me, books and bones are ever connected. 64 years of reading
mysteries have left their mark! This is how I feel about a
book--the hand bone connected to the book bones, the book
bones connected to the eye bones, the eye bones connected to
the brain bones, dembones, dem bones, dem bones.( yeah I know,
chalk it up to poetic license.) My bones have got a long
history, spent some time with A. Christie, so if you got a
spare mystery well, you can send it to me! Dem bones, dem
bones, dem dry bones, I have to admit they're my bones, dem
bones, dem bones, dem booooones lol
(Sue Hieber 9:45pm June 12, 2016)
This book sounds awesome!
(Caryl Kane 6:38pm June 13, 2016)
WOW! The books sound amazing! My next stop is Amazon to see if they are in kindle form!
(Sandy Fielder 7:05pm June 13, 2016)
Fabulous! Looking forward to reading!
(Jackie Stieghorst 12:33pm June 14, 2016)
Wow, your book THE BONES WILL SPEAK sounds like a fantastic
book to read. Please enter me in your great contest. I like
the book cover too. Thank You very much. Cecilia
(Cecilia Dunbar Hernandez 1:39am June 14, 2016)
I really want to read this book. It's been on my list since I first heard about it. I would be overjoyed to win this contest.
(Michelle Willms 2:42am June 14, 2016)
I would love to read this. It is now on my TBR long list
(Kay Burke 10:17am June 14, 2016)
I would love to read this book. Carrie Parks has an amazing talent that will keep you reading her books well past your bedtime. I a so excited about having an opportunity to read The Bones Will Speak!!
(Laura Sebastian 10:30am June 14, 2016)
At least the supremacist bookstore was polite in thanking you for your interest!
(Carol Gowett 2:50pm June 14, 2016)
Sounds like a very interesting book!
(Dianne McVetty 6:17pm June 14, 2016)
The excerpt makes me think of the show "Bones" Very interesting.
Thanks for this opportunity.
(Nancy Luebke 7:34pm June 14, 2016)
I like how she uses her personal experience in her books. I think it will make her books more real.
(Mary Songer 8:16pm June 14, 2016)
Dem bones gonna rise again.....
(Melody Kaufman 9:26pm June 14, 2016)
I love it when authors put dogs in their stories. Can you tell I like dogs?
(Jackie Wisherd 10:19pm June 14, 2016)
I'd love to read this one! I think forensic science is very interesting.
(Cynthia Powers 12:26pm June 15, 2016)
I believe them bones are me
Some say we're born into the grave
I feel so alone, gonna end up a
Big ole pile of them bones
(Melody Kaufman 2:16am June 15, 2016)
Rattle me bones...
(Melody Kaufman 9:07am June 15, 2016)
This is a thriller. It's amazing to me that you took your first book, one that had never been published, reworked it and had a winner.
(Anna Speed 12:43pm June 15, 2016)
I love a good mystery! Thanks for the chance to win one of your novels.
(Kathleen Gardiner 9:53pm June 15, 2016)
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