[author title=”Beth K. Vogt” image=”https://www.almostanauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Beth-s-Portraits-Portraits-0153.jpeg”] Beth K. Vogt believes God’s best often waits behind the doors marked “Never.” A 2015 RITA® Finalist and a 2015 and 2014 Carol Award finalist, Beth is a contemporary romance novelist with Howard Books. Her 2014 novel, Somebody Like You, was one of Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Books of 2014. In 2015 she introduced her destination wedding series with both an e-novella, Can’t Buy Me Love (May) and a novel, Crazy Little Thing Called Love (June). Connect with Beth at bethvogt.com.[/author]
What is the title of your book?
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
What if what you thought was your biggest mistake was actually the right choice?
Wedding bells and storm clouds collide in the first novel in Beth K. Vogt’s destination wedding series that examines the power of love, and the mishaps and missteps that happen on a couple’s journey down the aisle to “I do.”
Why do you write what you do?
I write novels because life is messy. And I write stories that wade into that mess. Stories about how we make a mess of our lives . . . or someone else messes up our lives . . . and yet, there is still hope. There is redemption. There is the reality of “But God . . . ” in the midst of the mess.
Life is messy.
Romance is messy.
That’s reality.
And as I like to say, there’s more to the Happily Ever After than the Fairy Tales tell us.
What are you currently working on?
I’m working on the second novel in my destination wedding series: Almost Like Being in Love. And then I’ll start on the e-novella, which has a working title of You Can’t Hurry Love. Both release in 2016.
How does your work differ from other work in its genre?
I’m constantly asking myself, “What makes a novel a ‘Beth K. Vogt book’?” And while I write contemporary romances that require a happily ever happy ending, I delve into deeper issues along the way to The End. I examine topics like estrangement, widowhood, divorce … real life experiences that my readers face — that maybe even I’ve faced.
How does your writing process work?
I’m a plotter, meaning I like to develop my characters and my story before I sit down and start writing my first draft. I spend several weeks getting to know my main characters — why do they make the choices they do — as well as developing the overall plot and subplot of the story. Once I start writing, I fast draft — no editing, just diving into the story and discovering more about it as I go along. This takes about a month or so. Once I’m done, it’s time to go back through and rewrite. And during this time, I’m talking things out with my mentors, getting guidance from them so I stay on track.
Social Media and Blog:
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