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Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:58:19 -1000

Babette, I’m so glad to hear that reading Gabriel’s book has been a good way to relax for you. It sounds like you’ve been really busy!

As for your question about my writing speed, it might be more appropriate to ask how SLOWLY I write. LOL! It takes me about 9-10 months to write a book, not counting the revisions/editing process. So I’m a bit of…

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It has been a crazy couple of weeks around here, and thank goodness for this book club and my need to keep Gabriel out of trouble! I have dropped a few […]

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Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:04:15 -1000

Isabelle, I’m thrilled to hear how much you enjoyed Royal Caleva: Gabriel. Woohoo! I hope you’ll like Luis just as much, if not more. 😉 You’re very welcome for the novella. I hope you pick up all the freebies that I offer you for signing up. Just keep opening my emails and you’ll see them there for downloading. I can’t wait to chat with you…

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I finished the book yesterday!! I absolutely love it! How fun and interesting it was to follow each character. I am definitely getting the next book in […]

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Sun, 16 Mar 2025 17:23:39 -1000

@Isabelle You should definitely try the piano! That was probably my favorite instrument of all. Now I just listen to music and that brings me great joy. I also love to dance while I’m listening. You should see me bopping around my kitchen! LOL!

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Hey, how are y’all doing? I’m on chapter four!

Nancy created a rich backstory for Gabriel that really aroused my curiosity. I decided that I wanted to go […]

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Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:46:11 -1000

@Isabelle Woohoo! Good to hear that Nick nails the French name! Yes, Nick narrates Luis’s book as well. I hope he will also do Raul’s which is the third in the series that I’m working on now. I have to see if he’s available to record it.

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Hi everyone! I am half way through the story. It has been a fantastic ride! I feel lucky that Babette had posted this book club because I didn’t know […]

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Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:44:31 -1000

@babettedejongh Totally agree! Chocolate makes my world go round. LOL!

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Welp, the last several days have been so busy that I didn’t have time to read. When I’m reading a really good book and that happens, I keep thinking […]

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Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:49:05 -1000

Gosh, thank you so much for the wonderful compliment! That line was quite deliberate although I’m not sure I broke it down quite that way in my mind. I just knew it worked on both levels. Honestly, it came from my own life; those times when you hug one of your parents and for a moment you can pretend you’re a kid again and they will protect…

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Welp, the last several days have been so busy that I didn’t have time to read. When I’m reading a really good book and that happens, I keep thinking […]

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Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:08:28 -1000

Isabelle, I am thrilled to hear how much you are enjoying Gabriel’s story! Yay! Great question about the audio: This was the first time I have ever gotten to choose my narrator. The audio publisher gave me a choice of three. I chose Nick Mills because his sample showed that he could correctly handle the foreign words and phrases in Spanish…

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Hi everyone! I am half way through the story. It has been a fantastic ride! I feel lucky that Babette had posted this book club because I didn’t know […]

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Sat, 08 Mar 2025 15:08:34 -1000

@babettedejongh Wow! That book sounds like a great resource indeed. I need to go track it down. Thanks for the recommendation.

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Hey, how are y’all doing? I’m on chapter four!

Nancy created a rich backstory for Gabriel that really aroused my curiosity. I decided that I wanted to go […]

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Sat, 08 Mar 2025 15:06:42 -1000

@babettedejongh It takes me way too long to write my first draft, probably about nine months. I am a very slow writer because I tend to sweat over every sentence. However, it means that my first draft is very clean and fairly polished. It makes editing a lot easier. Also, I have a terrific critique group so the chapters that they have gone…

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Hey, how are y’all doing? I’m on chapter four!

Nancy created a rich backstory for Gabriel that really aroused my curiosity. I decided that I wanted to go […]

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Fri, 07 Mar 2025 23:30:12 -1000

@babettedejongh I am just delighted to hear that you are so engrossed in Gabriel’s story. That makes my heart happy!

Actually, once I got started with Quinn, she developed pretty quickly. Yes, I knew most of the problems with her parents, although the details evolved a bit through the book. However, I’m writing Raul’s story now and he has given…

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Hey, how are y’all doing? I’m on chapter four!

Nancy created a rich backstory for Gabriel that really aroused my curiosity. I decided that I wanted to go […]

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Fri, 07 Mar 2025 23:16:25 -1000

@Isabelle You are so kind. I used to be an amateur musician: piano, flute, singing, saxophone, and very rudimentary guitar. Now I am more an appreciator of music since I don’t play anymore. But I love it and it always moves me deeply. How about you? Are you musical?

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Hey, how are y’all doing? I’m on chapter four!

Nancy created a rich backstory for Gabriel that really aroused my curiosity. I decided that I wanted to go […]

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Fri, 07 Mar 2025 23:15:03 -1000

@babettedejongh I hope you like Luis’s book just as much as Gabriel’s. I’m working on Raul’s story right now so there will be another one this fall.

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Hey, how are y’all doing? I’m on chapter four!

Nancy created a rich backstory for Gabriel that really aroused my curiosity. I decided that I wanted to go […]

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Fri, 07 Mar 2025 23:14:24 -1000

@Isabelle Woohoo! I love hearing this! Thank you for the lovely compliment!

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Hey, how are y’all doing? I’m on chapter four!

Nancy created a rich backstory for Gabriel that really aroused my curiosity. I decided that I wanted to go […]

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Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:19:02 -1000

Babette, can you hear me laughing hysterically? I don’t plot out ANYTHING before I start; I am a total seat-of-the-pants writer. I am very character-driven, so I start with that: the two main characters. I will let them percolate in my brain for a while before I sit down and start at Chapter 1, page 1 and just go from there. So almost all of…

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Hey, how are y’all doing? I’m on chapter four!

Nancy created a rich backstory for Gabriel that really aroused my curiosity. I decided that I wanted to go […]

nancy replied to the discussion Royal Caleva: Gabriel in the forum Babette’s Book Club

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 01:56:35 -1000

Reply to Royal Caleva: Gabriel

I’m so excited to be your author guest! If anyone has questions, please don’t hesitate to ask me!