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Beyond Her Calling, Blog Tour: Day 6

by Kellyn Roth |
October 25, 2018

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.

Hang tight, because I have a lot to cover!

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 // Lisa @ Inkwell

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!)

Enter Now!

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? ?

What do you think of my thoughts?

6 Responses

  1. 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

    1. 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!

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