These Books are Made for Walking
My books recently tagged along on a hiking adventure. They were excited to go and leave home the first time without me. You see, the Grand Canyon is the backdrop for my time-traveling character. It’s all they could talk about for weeks on end. They were going to see the canyon up close and personal.
Actually they didn't really have to do the walking; they hitchhiked along in my niece’s backpack. She was kind enough to take them when she and her father hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. As a favor to me, she took pictures of them along the trail. I’d love to hike it myself, but I don’t think I’d ever make it back out alive or with two good knees. It’s all uphill, I’m told.
On the trip she had to carry a backpack filled with 25 to 35 pounds of supplies which turned out to be more like 50. Two more pounds would be added because of the books, but she took them willingly.
Being a talented, creative girl I had no doubt she had big plans for the books. I thought they’d provide entertainment for the travelers since there were others in the group. I was sure my niece would use all her creative ideas…as long as one of them wasn't to toss the books into the canyon. It turned out the couple that joined them on the trip were seasoned hikers and mountain bikers. They were very fit and forged ahead without the group at times. I’m sure they wanted to throw the books into the canyon themselves.
My niece chose a one-day down and two-day back up package. They camped overnight at the bottom of the canyon and then again halfway up Bright Angel Trail at Indian Gardens. It was a trip of a lifetime and one I’m she she’ll never forget.
I’m forever grateful to her for taking my books on that trip. The Grand Canyon is a magical place, one that inspired me to write the Waiting for Dusk series.
Title: Stealing Time
Series: Waiting For Dusk #3
Author: Nancy Pennick
Genre: Young Adult
Publisher: Ice & Fire
Formats
Available In: Kindle, Nook and Print
Release
Date: 24th February 2014
Blurb:
Drew from the
past…
Kate
from the present…
Two
worlds collided.
As senior year comes to a close, a promise
of new beginnings is on the horizon. Kate longs to head to Arizona and college
until her former friend, Tyson, does the unimaginable forcing her to stay in
Ohio. Her family has to pull together to keep their secrets safe. Anna wishes
to return to the canyon in 1927 once more and Kate’s determined to make that a
reality. Summer’s filled with wonderful memories and little warning of things
to come. Kate’s world grows darker and she must be the one to conquer the
demons and save the world that is most precious to her.
About Nancy Pennick:
After a great career in teaching, Nancy
found a second calling as a writer. Ohio is her home but she loves to travel
the U.S. Her debut young adult novel, Waiting for Dusk, was a surprise to
her as much as it was to her family. Watching a PBS series on National Parks,
her mind wandered to another place and that is where the characters of Katie
and Andrew were born. Call of the Canyon and Stealing
Time continue their story. The Swedish influences found in the books came
from her mother whose parents emigrated from Sweden.
Nancy currently resides in Mentor, Ohio
with her husband and their college-age son.
Thanks for hosting me, M. M. Shelley
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