Friday Round Up with Amey Zeigler

Before we let you head off, just a couple more questions...

Do you have any hobbies that you’d care to chat about? Skydiving? Baking? Traveling? Whatever interests you—we’d love to hear about it!

I have some other talents. I like to oil paint, sew costumes and I make quilt tops for charity with my daughter. I bake pastries and I like to try new things. My daughter and I just tried henna for the first time and we are going to make a regency bonnet. I like creating things. There is a great power in creation.


What drew you to write for Wylder? 


I love history. I love historical romance. I love the time when we had to write letters, when communication required much more effort. I love researching little tidbits of interesting minutia to share in my stories that bring the time alive for my readers. I also kinda wish I could wear a dress around all day 


Are you working on anything new? Do you have plans for a next story that you’d care to share?  


I have a whole slew of stories coming up. I have a Christmas  novella Swiss Mistletoe and Macarons. I have Baker's Dozen 2: Certainly Will Die-- a mystery set in Scotland, I have another self-published title coming out soon, too, called Casserole--a women's fiction with a strong romantic element about a semi-magical casserole dish that fixes a broken heart, a broken house and a broken neighborhood.


It's been great having you here on The Wylder West blog this week, Amey! Thank you for joining us! 


Learn more about Amey Zeigler--check out Amey's website for the inside scoop! 

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