Violet Dawn ... Continued

Stop. Let's not leave this topic of Violet Dawn just yet. There's more to the story.

Readers of Violet Dawn have a unique experience in store if they wish to participate in something special Ms. Collins has created for them. It is a sort of living, ongoing view into the lives of the characters she has created.

In the book the character of Bailey Truitt, owner of the Java Joint, has started a blog called Scenes and Beans to stimulate interest in her business and the town of Kanner Lake. In reality Brandilyn Collins has begun that blog for fans of Kanner Lake so that we can get to know the townspeople better.

Wait, you say, these are fictional characters. How can they write anything? Well, Brandilyn has worked all that out. She enlisted the aid of friends to begin the blog posts. These writer friends have auditioned and won the privilege of portraying one of the characters and writing a blog post as that character.

As a reader I often wonder at some of the back story of characters that could not be written into the book itself. The Scenes and Beans Blog allows us to get to know the characters more intimately. Take a look for yourself at http://www.kannerlake.blogspot.com. The authors of these character blog posts are doing a wonderful job.

Then after you've read Violet Dawn, read the Scenes and Beans Blog posts, and wish you could be a part of this wonderful idea visit the Kanner Lake website at http://www.kannerlake.com/scenesandbeans.html to learn how to audition for a chance to write one of the blog posts yourself. That's right you might get to be one of the guest bloggers.

What a great idea! Not only do the readers have something to look forward to with the coming of the next Kanner Lake installment, Coral Moon, but we can keep up-to-date with the lives of characters such as Leslie Brymes, Sarah Wray, Jake Tremaine, Wilbur Hucks, and others by reading the Scenes and Beans posts.

What will Brandilyn Collins come up with next? Hold everything. Is that Java Joint cup for sale for real?

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