About the Book

Book: Tangled Lives

Author: Carol McClain

Genre: Women’s fiction

Release Date: July, 2023

Two sisters and one man. Both women love him, but only one is meant for him.

Crystal Snow struggles with the paralysis caused by her biological parents’ drug use. She convinced herself no one will ever love her. Roxie, devastated by chronic childhood rejections, knows anyone who loves her must be intrinsically flawed. Both want only what is right for their sister who is also their best friend.

Dreams upend careers. Destroy friendships. End love.

When searched out by their biological grandmother, the past tangles with the present. Issues the girls wished to forget resurrect and threaten their dreams.

Who gets the man and career of her dreams?

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About the Author

Carol McClain is the award-winning author of five novels dealing with real people facing real problems. A fifth book will be out next summer.

She is a consummate encourager, and no matter what your faith might look like, you will find compassion, humor and wisdom in her complexly layered, but ultimately readable work.

Aside from writing, she’s a skilled stained-glass artist, a budding glass fuser. She lives in East Tennessee with her husband who finally gave into her dreams. They own five goats—three of them does who she milks from which she makes yogurt and cheese and butter. She’s raising bunches of chickens.

More from Carol

Have you ever:

1. Had a crush on your sister’s boyfriend?
2. Loved your sister beyond measure?
3. Hated your sister beyond measure?
4. Been confused about your career?
5. Waylaid by your past?

If your life’s been tangled, you’re not alone. You laugh at, root for, and not be able to put Tangled Lives down.

Interview with Carol

When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

I always loved storytelling. I dreamed a lot as a child and attempted to write down one of my daydream stories when I was in third grade. All my friends, intrigue by my ambition, wrote their own.

The teacher, seizing a teachable moment, had everyone read their stories aloud. The class clamored for the chance, and they shouldn’t have. Their stories were lame. (from the viewpoint of an eight-year-old).

The nun wanted me to read. I wouldn’t. “It isn’t finished,” I said. My little brain probably thought it wasn’t edited either—however an eight-year-old would perceive editing. I put the book away.

Flash forward to high school. I wrote poetry and short stories but could never figure out how to write a full-length book. Uh-duh. They were like over a hundred pages. Only geniuses could write one.

Later in life, I challenged myself to write a full-length novel, and here I am.

The short answer is: When I was eight-years-old.

Where do you get your information or ideas for your books?

This was my childhood dilemma. How does one get an idea to write a full-length book?

I find them in real life. I see a problem that can’t be solved. A “what if” that would make life unbearable.

In Borrowed Lives, I found my inspiration from people I met while working with Celebrate Recovery, a Christian addiction recovery program like AA. The second book, Prodigal Lives, continued with the issue of addiction. Treasure Lives took off on a tangent as my two protagonists charted a course their parents didn’t want. This course in life was wholesome and messy and fulfilling and frightening.

Do you have any suggestions to help someone become a better writer? If so, what are they?

Do not publish a book that was not deeply edited or read by beta readers/critique partners. I thought I wrote brilliantly—and still do. Hah! My critique partners show me otherwise.

Most importantly, you need to show us the action. For example, when humans are sad, they exhibit it different ways—not always in crying. There’s anger or a feeling of worthlessness and hopelessness and loss. Twins will exhibit sorrow differently. Show us their feelings. Don’t tell us.

As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?

I tell everyone I had no imagination. My parents sent me to school. At home, I played school. When I graduated college, there was only one thing I could do:

Go to school.

I wanted to teach and did for over thirty years. Today I help student teachers. I teach Bible studies. I edit.

Aside from my Christian faith and my family, education drives me.

 What project are you working on now and how do we find your books?

My next book, a stand-alone called The Honeymoon Is Over is with Elk Lake publishing. Honeymoon will be out next summer.

I will start a new series in about two weeks.

The best place to find my books are Amazon. Those not published by Elk Lake will be found on Barnes and Noble or Apple books.

The best place to discover them is on my webpage carolmcclain.com/books. Here you’ll find some representative reviews and buy links for both print and ebooks.

Also, on my webpage, you can sign up for my newsletter and/or blog and receive all the latest updates.

Blog Stops

Babbling Becky L’s Book Impressions, January 12

Gina Holder, Author and Blogger, January 13 (Author Interview)

Texas Book-aholic, January 14

Artistic Nobody, January 15 (Author Interview)

Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, January 15

Locks, Hooks and Books, January 16

Guild Master, January 17 (Author Interview)

Happily Managing a Household of Boys, January 18

Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, January 19

For the Love of Literature, January 20 (Author Interview)

Cover Lover Book Review, January 21

For Him and My Family, January 22

Beauty in the Binding, January 23 (Author Interview)

Pause for Tales, January 23

JESUS in the EVERYDAY, January 24

Where Crisis & Christ Collide, January 25 (Author Interview)

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Carol is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card and an eBook copy of the book!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

https://promosimple.com/ps/2958e/tangled-lives-celebration-tour-giveaway