I've dreamed of one of my books becoming a movie, but I never really thought it
would happen. Now RUNAWAY
ROMANCE is available (in ebook and print) and coming to UP TV on January 7.
Looking back, my journey still amazes me.
Rewind to early 2011. I had a finished manuscript, an old west romance titled
Outlaw Angel, that my agent was shopping. I'd written and published
three books with Summerside Press, all part of their Love Finds You series. My
agent had presented that book as another Love Finds You, but it was
turned down as the location of Sundance, Wyoming, had already been assigned to
another well-known author.
My editor with Summerside contacted me in January or February of that year,
saying they were in desperate need of a book set in Sundance for their Love
Finds You line, and asked if I had sold mine yet. I said no—my agent was
shopping it as a three-book series. Long story short, their author was unable to
fulfill the contract. They offered me the contract, but at a lower rate than we
wanted to accept. Finally, I reluctantly decided to move forward and give up my
dream of it becoming a series.
The book was published in the late summer of 2011, a very fast turnaround. Then,
in the summer of 2015, I received an email from a producer, followed by a phone
call. Imagine my surprise when she asked if I'd be willing to write a book for
them. She hoped I might be able to work with them. As anyone would be, I was
curious why she'd chosen me. She explained that she'd read Love Finds You
in Sundance two or three years earlier, and loved it. However, UP
TV didn't want to make historical or old west movies, so she needed something
fresh and contemporary.
During that time period, I'd gotten my rights returned to all of my LFY books
and Love Finds You in Sundance became Outlaw Angel again, and
all four are still in print.
Here's the amazing part. I came very close to turning down that contract offer
with Summerside. Shortly after they released it, they sold the line to
Guideposts, and they didn't continue the line much longer. Understandably, sales
waned on their final releases, and I was disappointed with my sales from that
final book. For a long time, I wished I hadn't taken that contract. However, had
that happened, I doubt RUNAWAY ROMANCE would ever
have been written. It was Sundance that grabbed my producer's attention
and caused her to contact me. After reading it, she asked if I could write a
brand-new contemporary romance, as she no longer would be producing any Love
Finds You books and needed to start with something completely new. And the
rest, as they say, is history.
It's going to be a three-part movie, each one
with most of the same actors and actresses. I'll be on set, and maybe even have
a cameo appearance in the second one in the spring. I'll get to meet Trevor
Donovan, Danielle Ryan, (shown in the picture) along with Galadriel Stineman,
and more. Tatum O'Neal appeared in the first movie, which was very exciting for
me, as I remember her over the years while growing up.
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Ann Stanway had it all—a starring role in a reality show,
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L.A. seems like her only option, and she lands in Kentucky at a quiet Amish
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who she is--or at least who he thinks she is.
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before and can't tolerate deception. But his interest in Annie is growing, and
the attraction seems to be mutual—until something happens that makes Hunter
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Many years ago my family and I were sightseeing in Washington D.C. What a surprise it was for us to see a group of 4H Club members from my rural Louisiana Parish! That's when it was brought home to me that the world is not such a large place after all.
(Anna Speed 5:47am November 30, 2017)
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