Welcome to Real Life Day, which is also day 5 (whoosh!) of the Beyond Her Calling blog tour!
I’m going to be talking about the people, places, animals, and other miscellaneous things that inspired me while outlining and writing, helped me finish the book, helped me edit it, etc.
Unofficial Blurb
A clean and pure Christian historical romance with:
-friendship to romance (which is actually based on love)
-mental disabilities rep
-Scotland
-awkwardness
-kittens
-cows (and being afraid of cows)
-BORDER COLLIES
-small adorable children
-more Scotland
-awesome families
-siblings and best friends and both at once
Read More About the Book
Only available in Kindle still, but paperback shall follow!
Today’s Posts
Book Spotlight // Gabriellyn Gidman @ PageTurners
Coming soon!
Author Interview // Sara Willoughby @ Th!nk Magazine
I got featured in Th!nk Magazine! 😄 So exciting!
Review // Michaela Bush @ Tangled Up In Writing
Favorite quote:
[N]ot many books are willing to “go there” in a healthy, respectful manner. This book touched on anything from the minor to jarringly dark when it comes to mental health, and it did so with grace and balance.
Good to hear after working so hard on that aspect for so long!
Guest Post by Character (Violet) // Peggy M. McAloon @ Peggy’s Hope 4U
This guest post by Violet is so awesome! It talks about hope on earth – as well as hope in Heaven! 😊
The Schedule
Saturday, October 20th
Intro Post // Kellyn Roth @ Reveries
Author Interview // Molly @ A Sparkle of Light
Review & Character Interview (Jordy) // Amie @ Crazy A
Character Interview (Ivy) // Jo @ The Lens and the Hard Drive
Book Spotlight // Annie @ Letters from Annie Douglass Lima
Sunday, October 21st
Theme Day // Kellyn Roth @ Reveries
Guest Post by Character (Ivy) & Review // Grace M. Morris
Book Spotlight // Erika Messer @ Maiden of the Pages
Author Interview // Angela R. Watts @ The Peculiar Messenger
Monday, October 22nd
Ivy Day // Kellyn Roth @ Reveries
Character Interview (Ivy) // Loretta Marchize @ Just Writing
Review // Andrea Cox @ Writing to Inspire
Character Interview (Jordy) // Liz @ Home with the Hummingbirds
Author & Character Interview (Violet) // Julia @ Julia’s Creative Corner
Tuesday, October 23rd
Jordy Day // Kellyn Roth @ Reveries
Author Interview // Faith Blum @ Bookish Orchestrations
Review & Guest Post // Cara @ Jessie Bingham
Guest Post // Lindsi @ One Beginner To Another
Character Spotlight (Ena) // Shannon McDermott @ Shannon’s Blog
Wednesday, October 24th
Violet Day // Kellyn Roth @ Reveries
Guest Post // Germaine Han @ The Writing Mafia
Review // Jana T. @ Reviews from the Stacks
Thursday, October 25th
Real Life Day // Kellyn Roth @ Reveries
Book Spotlight // Gabriellyn Gidman @ PageTurners
Author Interview // Sara Willoughby @ Th!nk Magazine
Review // Michaela Bush @ Tangled Up In Writing
Guest Post by Character (Violet) // Peggy M. McAloon @ Peggy’s Hope 4U
Friday, October 26th
Future Day // Kellyn Roth @ Reveries
A Review // Abigail McKenna @ Novels, Dragons, and Wardrobe Doors
Another Review // Gracelyn Buckner @ Literatura
A Third Review // Katherine Brown Books
A Fourth Review // Bella Putt
Saturday, October 27th
Wrapup Post // Kellyn Roth @ Reveries
Character Interview & Spotlight (Jordy) // Kaylee @ Kaylee’s Kind of Writes
Book Spotlight // Abigail Harder @ Books, Life, and Christ
Be sure to check out the Facebook party every day this week for updates.
The Giveaway
Enter the giveaway to win a paperback copy of Beyond Her Calling! (USA & International!)
Real Life Day
So, as I said before, I’m going to be talking about all the people who were helpful!
Research I Did
Things I researched include:
- Scottish accents
- Different Scottish terms
- Dairy cattle in Scotland
- Sheep in Scotland
- Names for the era and for Scotland in particular
- Trains, coaches, and other modes of transportation
- A bit of things-people-would-wear-etc.
Things I Fudged
For the entirety of the first and second drafts, I had no idea what a Scottish accent really was. It was only in the third draft that I got those sorted – and I was still making changes as I proofread!
I wasn’t 100% sure about the timeline for training to become a doctor in this era, so I blurred those lines a bit.
I also wasn’t super specific about the location of Keefmore. 😉
Jordy Is Real!
That’s what Jordy really looks like. 😂
Okay, really, though. I based Jordy off my best friend, Bailey. And … according to her, at least, I got it creepily right. So much so that she demands I remove the “this is a work of fiction” disclaimer at the beginning.
Bailey is an ESFP. She hates spiders and loves good food. She has pretty much identical feelings on romance. Jordy drives her absolutely crazy.
So yes, that was a fun little something I wanted to bring up. 🤣
Remember …
The Reluctant Disciple and Blood Moon Redemption are going on tour!
TTFN!
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~Kellyn Roth~
p.s.
How does real life seep into your novels? Do you base your characters off friends and family? And does it drive them crazy sometimes? 😝
6 Responses
*claps* You base charries off real people too? 😀 I feel much better now XD
I hate to see this blog tour end! It’s been so fun! I just wish interviewed both Jordy and Ivy now :P- they’re so sweet together!
YES! I most definitely do. 🙂 It’s just awesome!
Yes, they are quite sweet! <3 There's still one more day to go before the wrapup post! 🙂
I think it’s great that you based Jordy off Bailey. XD (Everyone needs to be driven crazy sometimes, right?) I probably have based every character I’ve written on a real person. However, 99% of the time I don’t know that person in real life. (Sometimes they’re dead, and sometimes they’re “famous”–it depends on the book XD)
CutePolarBear
Haha, yeah, with your books, that makes sense! 😛 And getting the personalities of real people right would be harddd … especially since you don’t need them!
That’s funny! XD I write my characters off people I know too! 😛
Cool! It’s so much fun…