A Letter From Pamela BrowningDear Readers,
I love to hear from you! You can contact me through this website, and I'm always delighted to respond. So please write and let me know what's going on in your lives. One of the questions that I'm often asked is, "Where do you get your ideas?" Some of them are my own inspiration, some I brainstorm on my own or with others, but many ideas come from people who are totally unaware that they've sparked the seed of a story. For instance, let me tell you about that time in the Piggly Wiggly, a grocery store in the small town where I used to live. "I hope I get to see him," a woman ahead of me said as she leafed through a tabloid newspaper bearing the smiling image of a major movie box-office star. "Imagine him coming here to film a movie at our race track!" Her friend kept tossing items from the cart onto the counter. "They're going to need lots of extras for the crowd scenes. I saw an ad in the paper for tryouts. You should go and sign up." Those women went on their way, happily planning to become movie extras, but they'd left me with questions: What if Mr. Hunky Movie Star visits this small South Carolina town and falls in love? And what if the object of his affection says, "No way, I'm not interested in you and all your Hollywood glamour." Hey, stranger things have happened! But the time wasn't right for that book when I first thought of it. In those days, small towns weren't considered particularly exciting settings for romance novels, and movie stars were taboo heroes (don't ask me why! I have no idea). More than twenty years later, those things had changed, and so I wrote the book. It's Down Home Carolina Christmas,a Harlequin American Romance. I enjoyed working with the characters so much that I followed it with a sequel, Down Home Dixie, about the sister of the heroine in Down Home Book 1. Now for the reasons I like to hear from readers: I want to know what's important to you, about your family life, about your favorite books, and most of all, why you chose to read one of mine (or not!). Your feedback helps me to keep those good books coming as I have for more than twenty years. I never forget that I owe my success to you, the readers. And I am very grateful for your continued support. Love and best wishes, Pamela Browning
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