This past November, Then ComesWinter, a collection of winter themed short stories, embarked on a trip
to visit the hometowns of the talented authors who contributed to its making.
Along the way through three countries, the travelling copy of Then Comes Winter
has been collecting autographs and souvenirs and visiting special places in
each region. It is only appropriate that Then Comes Winter, a collection of holiday themed short stories, is embarking on a trip to visit each of its hometowns, those of the talented authors who contributed to its making.
Here is a new lovely collection to celebrate the festive season with great reads and the right mood. I posted about a writing contest back in June and maybe among the winners there may be one who entered it through FLY HIGH! and is now among the debuting authors published in "Then Comes Winter"! I'm really glad for all of them on their achievement. Congratulations and to greater success! The blog tour to promote this new Meryton Press anthology starts right out from our blog, here and today. To open it, a lovely guest post by the editor of the collection, Christina Boyd. Enjoy and don't miss the chance to win your copy (to enter the giveaway use the rafflecopter form below this post - the contest is open internationally)
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Thank you so much for kicking off the Then Comes Winter blog tour at your
gorgeous site, FLY HIGH! I have been a facebook fan since the autumn of 2011 so
I am especially thrilled to be here.
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| Christina Boyd |
It all started as an idea for one
anthology and then someone at Merton Press suggested a summer theme anthology and
then someone else suggested maybe a holiday collection. Or vice versa. I do not
recall which was first. Eventually, I signed on to edit the summer anthology as
1) the editing would begin late winter and release early summer since 2) editing
and promotion for a holiday anthology would be in full-swing during autumn and that
is my busiest time of the year with my pottery business for holiday purchase
orders, and 3) anyone that knows me, knows that winter is my third, if not
fourth favorite season. So, yes the sensible choice for me would be to edit the
summer anthology. Long story made short (no pun intended), after months of
wrangling an amazing group of authors from many different time zones, June 1, 2015,
Sun-kissed: Effusions of Summer was
born. Sometime in those heady, early days of publication, the publisher at
Meryton Press announced the editor who had originally been slated to edit the
holiday anthology had a conflicting commitment, and asked if any of the Meryton
Press’s editors were interested. I was still on a publishing high, much like
after child birth when you hold your baby for the first time and you have forgotten
all about the agony and are all about the hope. Of course, I raised my hand. After
all, “What good is the warmth of summer,
without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” John Steinbeck
