105I – Writing Christmas in July: An Interview with Melody Carlson

WRITE NOW! Workshop Podcast: Write a Book, Change the World with Kitty Bucholtz · Oct 25, 2018 · 45m

Our guest today is Melody Carlson, the award-winning author of over two hundred books. Despite having so many, she does tend to be known for her many Christmas stories. Today we talk to her about her latest Christmas book, A Christmas by the Sea.

Due to the timing of publishing, Melody mostly has to write her Christmas books in July with the air conditioner on. It's fun to hear how some of the parts of her real life made it into this book. Melody even has some "sand dollar angels" that she'll be giving away as part of some upcoming Christmas contests. (Be sure to go sign up for her newsletter…