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Friend and fellow author, Nicole O’Dell had me as a guest on her radio show for teens. My first EVER radio interview!!! We talked about teen mentoring. My niece Emilie was also a guest and teen counselor Nicole Unice. Here’s what we had to to say…
Teen Talk Radio with Nicole O’Dell
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A fellow writer, Nicole O’Dell, has posted a really interesting review of Sabotage. Please take a moment and visit her fabulous website and blog. And if you have tween girls be sure to check out her Scenarios for girls. Great books. I’m reading them with my daughter right now!!!
From Nicole:
“I’m so happy to welcome my good friend, Kit Wilkinson, back to my blog for a visit! If you missed my last interview of Kit and the review of her first book, Protector’s Honor, you can check it out HERE. Today we’re here to celebrate with Kit over the recent release of Sabotage, a Love Inspired Suspense from Steeple Hill.
Before we get to the book, I thought I’d help you get to know Kit just a little bit more. I did a “quickfire” interview–I shot a few words or phrases at her, and she replied with the first thing that came to mind.
Spicy
Tuna roll
Double-sided tape
Really sticky
Kilt
Braveheart
Lightyear
Buzz
Horseshoe
Hoof-pick
Sweet
Tea, pickles, pea
To-do list
A euphemism for “things I don’t want to-do list”
8th grade
Bad hair
Vacation
YES, thank you
Treadmill
Run and read
Nap
Something my son doesn’t do
Yippeeeee
One of those words I would never say but text and email frequently
Page-turner
What I’d like to be writing 
(note to Kit: Sabotage IS a page-turner!)
Hero
Mr. Darcy
1980
George Orwell
Bible
God’s word
Now, let’s talk Sabotage!
Olympic hopeful Emilie Gill is beautiful, rich, successful—and in danger. Someone’s targeting her stable, her friends, her life…and there’s nowhere for her to turn. The police? They’ve charged her with murder. Her father? Out of town—again. Her best friend? He’s the man she’s accused of killing. There’s no one to count on—until Derrick Randall rides into her life. The stable manager’s support encourages Emilie to open her carefully guarded heart. But just as she’s learning to trust, it all comes apart. Her faith—and newfound love—are all she’ll have when the sabotage turns deadly once more….
Sabotage centers around a topic I don’t know very much about: Horses. But I really appreciate that the story is written with such depth that I learned about the topic without feeling like I was being taught. By the second half of the book, I felt like a horse expert.
Emilie Gill struck me as a study in opposites. She was warm and cold; strong and weak; needy and independent…she felt like a combination of the me I show the world and the me I keep hidden–you too, I’d imagine.
The love story was surprising. Usually, I expect the woman to be the spiritual one trying to win the man over to Christ. Not so in Emilie’s case. She’s the one who needs to find truth and Derrick, the handsome groom, is eager to lead her there. The suspense thread is scary and maddening. I can’t stand not knowing things. LOL I really, really wanted to find out what happened–that’s why I called it a page-turner and it also proves how invested I was in the characters.
I highly recommend this book. Check it out and come on back to tell me what you think. I promise you won’t be disappointed! Also, be sure to join me on Teen Talk Radio, on June 24th at 10pm EST when Kit and her niece, Emilie, are my guests.”
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Welcome my dear friend and author, Nicole O’Dell. Nicole has been gracious enough to provide us with a fun interview below and be sure to check out her series for Teens and Tweens with Barbour Publishing, called Scenario’s For Girls. Fun books that deal with real choices and the reader gets to participate! Here’s here latest two titles.
(See below for contacting Nicole and learning more)
If you’re not familiar with SCENARIOS check out this video.SCENARIOSwatch?v=970PnG2bgDM
1. How many hours a day/number of pages do you write? Describe a good/bad work day.
Hmm. It would be easier for me to talk about the week because every single day is different. When I’m in the middle of a project, a 10,000-15,000 word week is average. I recently had a 10,000 word day–that was fun!
A good day for me involves spending the morning with my kids and hanging with the babies until Wil can take over. I’ll go off and work for a few hours and re-
enter when the babies wake up from their nap and the older kiddos get home from school. Then I work more after bedtime.
A bad work day is when everything goes wrong–a baby is sick, the washing machine breaks,
etc–and I don’t ever get to break away to write. I have to force myself to be flexible on those days. Grin and bear it.
2. What are some of the goals you (would like to) accomplish through your writing?
At this moment, I just pray that I can continue what I’m doing and get better at it. As time goes on, I hope to have a thriving ministry to teens, making a difference in many lives. It can be through writing or other means as God leads.
3. What do you feel is the best and worst part of writing/publishing?
The best part is being able to express myself through the medium I most prefer. I love books! The worst part would have to be the waiting. It’s so difficult to finish a book and know you won’t be able to share it with others for at least a year.
4. What practical advice do you have for unpublished writers?
Keep at it. Go to conferences. Network. I know everyone says those things, but it’s so true. Learn. Learn. Learn.
5. What do you find inspiring?
The people I meet along this amazing journey. I’ve made some wonderful writer friends who just may understand me better than anyone (Kit: wink, wink). It’s such a relief to share the solitary life of being a writer with others who walk the same path.
6. What’s your favorite comfort food?
Is coffee a food? No? Okay, then I’d have to say gummy bears. I really, really want a white one of these: http://www.vat19.com/dvds/worlds-largest-gummy-bear.cfm?adid=gbase I have a whole process for eating gummy bears. I eat the green and orange ones first to get them out of the way. The red and white ones get special attention. First, I bite off their little arms and legs. Next, I bite them in half lengthwise. I eat the bumpy front part and then suck on the flat rectangle back for a while. Is that weird?
7. What do you do for fun?
Um…I think I just described it! J/K. Fun…hmm…I love to bike. That would have to be my favorite leisure activity. My family members are all big board game players, and we love to get together for game nights.
*website: www.nicoleodell.com
*blog: www.nicoleodell.blogspot.com
*twitter and facebook links: www.twitter.com/Nicole_Odell and www.facebook.com/nicoleodell
Thanks for visiting, Nicole!
*Here’s a link to a recent podcast: http://gabcast.com/casts/1631/episodes/1264012962.mp3
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