Where do you get your ideas for your stories?
I live in a log cabin on twenty acres with a creek. We grew up with horses and always used to play cowboys and Indians. I guess that inspired the western side of me. My friends all had horses, and we rode everywhere pretending we were in the old west. We’d split ourselves up into two groups. The posse and the outlaws. The other thing that inspires me is visiting historic places.
- Do you have a view in your writing space? What does your space look like?
I use voice recognition softway a lot and so write outside. Often times I sit on a bench down by the creek or walk the property. Lately, however, I’ve been having to write indoors due to the fact we have a cougar in the area and he’s gotten pretty close to the house.
- Has your muse always known what genres you would write and be published in?
Yes, kinda sort of. I’ve always loved historicals and knew I wanted to write them. I’ve started with westerns but plan to venture into the regency era late this year or first part of 2016.
- What project(s) are you working on now?
I just finished up Amon (Prairie Grooms, Book Seven) and am now going to start another Dalton Brides Book! Oh boy!
Do you write under a pen name? Why or why not?
Yes, I have two, in fact. I write under Geralyn Beauchamp (Scifi/time travel) and then of course, Kit Morgan. I’ll share with you a little secret … Kit Morgan is actually a character from my time travel series Time Masters. SHE is writing all those westerns! And of course, if some of my Time Master characters happen to show up in my westerns, could it be because she’s using their adventures to fuel her own muse? Or is she recording their adventures and simply using them as her books? That Kitty Morgan! You just never know what she’ll do next!
- What is your typical day like?
I get up early, about 6am, have my coffee in bed (ahhhhh) then get up and do a workout, have some breakfast and start my day. I try to get my writing done before noon or one in the afternoon so I have time to do the business end of things, or lately, babysit my nephew. Then editing or more writing in the evening after dinner, unless I treat myself and watch a dvd!
- How did you get started writing?
I’ve always wanted to write, but marriage, kids, family, was always at the forefront. But then another author (Julia Quinn, I was a book reviewer at the time) challenged me to start writing. Write a book so I could at least say that I did. That book was Time Masters, Book One; The Call under my pen name of Geralyn Beauchamp, and the rest is history. I wrote that book back in 1994, finished it, then stuck it in a trunk. I set out what she said to do. In 2007 I pulled it out and it was published by a small press. When the economy tanked in 2008/09, they closed their doors as so many other small presses did. In 2012 I decided to turn it into an e-book. In 2013, I decided to try my hand at westerns, and let Kitty Morgan loose! The rest is history.
Tell us about your current series.
My latest release is book twelve of The Holiday Mail Order Bride Series: A Mid-Summer’s Mail-order Bride. I love creating towns and their quirky, odd residents. Nowhere Washington is no exception. Readers are first introduced to this town in The Christmas Mail-Order Bride, where you get to read about the antics of Leona Riley, who orders up a mail-order bride for her son Clayton and fails to tell him! You can start this particular series with the The Christmas Mail-Order Bride, or start in the middle of the series with Love in Independence and go from there. The heroine in A Mid-Summer’s Mail-order Bride is from Independence. The books can be found on amazon:
A Mid-Summer’s Mail-order Bride: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XFJG7MI?*Version*=1&*entries*=0
The Christmas Mail Order Bride: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FVGRX9O
Love in Independence: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L83QEHG
Since we’re in July, here’s a little about Love in Independence which takes place over the Fourth of July.
Book Blurb for Love in Independence: They say love covers a multitude of sins, and for matchmakers Mercy, Martha, and Maude, it’s a good thing! Fearing the town’s new pastor is lonely, they decide to take matters into their own hands, and order him a mail order bride! Imagine his surprise when he finds out? Only he doesn’t! Mercy, Martha, and Maude see to that!
Winnie Longfellow has spent years caring for her sick mother, and now that she’s passed, has nowhere to go but her Aunt Eugina’s. But her aunt has other things on her mind, other problems to deal with, and so Winnie accepts a proposal from a pastor out west looking for a mail order bride. Little did she know, he was looking for so much more, anything more! He had no idea he’d sent for one! Now Winnie finds herself at the mercy of three madcap matrons, determined that love will find a way. Despite multiple misunderstandings, a horrid bully/gossip, and a woman she’s sure her intended will marry instead of her, Winnie discovers some things about herself, and finds that love really does find its way …
Author Bio:
Kit Morgan, aka Geralyn Beauchamp, has been writing for fun all of her life. When writing as Geralyn Beauchamp, her books are epic, adventurous, romantic fantasy at its best. When writing as Kit Morgan they are whimsical, fun, inspirational sweet stories that depict a strong sense of family and community. ‘His Prairie Princess’ is the first of the Prairie Brides books and the first in the series of a long line of stories about Clear Creek, Oregon. One of the wackiest little towns in the old west! Get to know the townsfolk in Clear Creek and come sit a spell!