Not Bound By Time
Victoria
has received recognition from: Enduring Romance Top 10 Picks for 2008, William
Saroyan Writing Conference, Byline Magazine, Writer’s Journal Magazine, HI
Families Magazine and The Southern California Genealogical Society. Her first
novel, Alvarado Gold, was published in 2007. To complete the trilogy which
began with Alvarado Gold, Cairo was published in 2013, and The Tempering Agent
in 2014.
So,
without further ado, let’s find out more about her latest novel, Not Bound By
Time.
What do
you hope readers will take away from this book?
There’s something magical when love finds a
way. The reader will discover there is hope and a little fairy-tale enchantment
when the characters, even though they are in an unusual situation, manage to
travel through time to their true loves.
Who is one of your
favorite characters in the book and why?
Camille
Windham is my favorite. She’s the first traveler and I took a little bit of my
own ancestral background to create her.
Why did
you decide to do a time travel?
I read Love
of My Heart by Bess McBride and was haunted by the story and the concept.
The couple discovers they were in love before in another time. I decided it was
a genre I wanted to try. The Time
Traveler’s Wife was another favorite.
What else about your book might
grab the reader’s interest?
There
are three separate but connected stories in Not Bound By Time, and there’s a little bit for everyone from
Western to World War II to protecting the Scottish regalia in the 1500’s.
How much of the book
is realistic?
The
portrayal of the characters in their day to day lives and what would have
transpired in the time period they’re in is realistic, the traveling through
time…well maybe not.
How did you come up
with your title?
My
desire with the storyline is to explain that time can’t hold someone who has
found their soulmate and the characters find a way to be with that person even
if they’re in another place and time.
What is a
one-sentence synopsis of your books?
Time cannot
imprison love nor hold it in place.
When
did you know you wanted to write?I wrote some twenty plus years ago, but put it aside to raise my children. When I started doing genealogy, I felt I had a story to tell about my family and wrote a novel, Rachel, based on family history. I may rewrite the book at some point now that I’m more comfortable with my craft.
What books influenced you most in your life?
I
was read to as a small child and was captivated by Nancy Drew and The Hardy
Boys when I able to read on my own. I didn’t go back and read the classics
until I was an adult or reading them to my own children. I loved Laura Ingalls
Wilder’s books and J.R.R. Tolkein.
What writer would you
like to be your mentor?
I
had a wonderful mentor during my “growing up years” as a writer. Her name is Elnora
King and she wrote under the pseudonym of Dianne King. She taught me so much –
not just about writing but about life.
What are you reading
now?
I
read between three and five books a week and most of those go up for review on
Amazon or on my blog. So right at this moment, I’m reading a romance. Tomorrow
it might be a mystery/suspense. When I’m reading just for the fun of it, I like
Catherine Ryan Hyde. I took a couple of
classes from her and enjoy her books. I’m also into the whole Dan Brown thing
and anxiously waiting for Brad Meltzer’s next release.
How do you “feed”
your writing self?
Anything
that brings writers together is a benefit. I think we all feed off of each
other (in a good way). I facilitate a class once a week for writers where we
read our work and do a short lesson. We share our triumphs and sorrows in life
as well as in publishing. The triumphs usually with cake!
Many thanks to Victoria for joining us at
Embrace Adventure. You can learn more about Victoria or connect with her
through the following links. Also, please keep reading for an excerpt from her
novel and for Amazon links to her other work.
Website: http://vcaine.homestead.com
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/VictoriaPittsC
Email:
alvaradogold9@gmail.com
The year was 1942, and Randolph
Mitchell, along with several of his fellow soldiers, marched down a road
pockmarked by shelling in London. He shuddered as a light mist fell around him.
Late summer had gone.
A captain at twenty-two,
Randolph’s first glimpses of war lay around him. Bile rose in his throat at the
devastation. Is
this what years of military boarding school has brought me to? He
bent to retrieve a bit of paper. Printed roses danced on the edge, and with
nowhere to discard it, he pocketed the small scrap of the life people there
once lived.
When the men arrived in town
earlier, Randolph spotted the young woman gazing into a merchant’s window. She
carried herself with an air of importance. Ribbons and lace accented her
oddly-layered clothes of multicolored fabrics. Such elaborate attire was
ill-suited because people were starving and only making do. Randolph dismissed
her unusual manner of dress. Who could she
be? So out of place, yet so beautiful.
His troop moved up the street,
and as he surveyed the area, he forced himself to forget the woman, but when he
approached the shop, she turned, and their eyes met. Randolph Mitchell lost his
heart in that split second, but it would take his head a while to figure it
out. His eyes pursued her as she picked her way through the rubble of the
bombed-out buildings.
“Hello,” he ventured.
As a delicate pink color rose
from her neck, she turned her eyes toward the window. Randolph sauntered to
stand beside her and glanced at their reflection. He stood a good foot taller
than she. His wrinkled uniform caused a pang of self-consciousness, but his
desire to speak to her quelled his embarrassment. “I’m Randolph Mitchell, US
Army.” He smiled, studying her porcelain complexion and bright hazel eyes,
hoping for a welcome response.
“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t be
talking to you,” the woman said.
“It’s safe. We’ve been sent here
to protect you. Or err… your country.” Randolph took his cap off and grinned at
her. “I, ah, we might make sure you get home. Do you live close by?”
The young woman’s face blanched
as she shook her head. “I used to live here.” She sighed. Then she backed away,
turned around, and started running.
Randolph clenched his fists. He
had to find out.
“Wait! I didn’t mean any harm!”
He called after her. “Your name? At least tell me your name!”
“Camille Windham,” came from her
lips, and her name planted itself in Randolph’s heart.
She scampered down the walkway
away from Randolph, leaving only her name.
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I'm reading it now! Intriguing story.
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