Author Spotlight: Dana Mentink

Hi friends! Today, our author spotlight is on Dana Mentink! Everyone, say hello to Dana! Without further ado, let's get to know Dana, and her dog Junie, and her book Cold Case Pursuit.

 

Author Bio:
Dana Mentink is a two time American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award winner. She is a national and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of over forty titles in the suspense and lighthearted romance genres. Her suspense novel, Betrayal in the Badlands, earned a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award and she has also been honored with a Holt Medallion. She is pleased to write for Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense, Harvest House and will release a mystery series with Poisoned Pen Press in May.


Here's Dana and Junie with a few writing/life tips!

Greetings from Mentink Manor! Hello there! I am author Dana Mentink and I’ve written forty or so books. The most current is Cold Case Pursuit which features a dashing police canine. We’ve got a real canine here too, but, er...well, maybe not quite so dashing. Junie, let us just say, is eleven pounds of trouble in a fur coat, but she’s taught me a lot. I thought I’d share her top tips for writing and life!

Writing Rule #1: Take a movement break!
The first thing Junie taught me was that the view is always the same inside. No matter about the virus, the choking smoke here in California or sizzling heat, she is on fire to go out into the world and sniff and wag at anything and everything. "Let's go OOOUUUUUTTTTTT," you can practically hear her say. "We're too young to sit in a chair all day." You would be amazed at how many times I’ve gotten stuck in my writing only to have the answer present itself to me during a nice little outside stroll. Good advice, Junie. Let's take a break here in Chapter Three and go out for a walk. Now where is my mask?

Writing Rule #2: Let it rest!
If a thing is worth something, you can come back to it later. That bone she hid under the sofa? It's gonna be even more amazing when she rediscovers it later this evening. Writing is like that, too. When you finish a draft, it's better if you let it sit and revisit it later with a fresh eye. Then you can dig deep, reexamine your work and make changes you never would have thought to make while the ink was still fresh. Since we are sheltering in place here, I’ve got more time to indulge in such luxuries from the safety of my own back yard!

Writing Rule #3: Dogs are imperfect, just like people.
Junie is a comfort dog...but she’s entirely devoted to her own comfort. If I was being abducted, I am not totally convinced she would come to my rescue. As a matter of fact, she might just go hide under the bed until the coast was clear! She has a cowardly streak, truth be told. You know what? So do people. They’ve got all kinds of fears and failures too, so we writers have to make sure our characters are full of those pesky flaws. That’s what makes fiction compelling!

So I will sign off now since it’s time to take Her Highness for her evening stroll. I hope that you all are having a safe October and finding lots of wonderful fiction to delight you!


Cold Case Pursuit Blurb

A cold case solved by the K-9 unit…
but the past is not so easily escaped.

Decades after her parents’ murders, Penelope McGregor’s grateful the killer’s finally been identified—until he comes after her. Now Detective Tyler Walker and his K-9 partner, Dusty, must protect Penelope and catch the culprit…while making sure his little girl stays out of the crosshairs. But can the single father outplay a killer whose endgame will leave no one safe?

 

 

Purchase Links and to Connect with Dana:
Website: www.danamentink.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dana.mentink
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanaMentink
You Tube Channel: https://youtu.be/GW6d8JKY_-I
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Dana-Mentink/e/B001JRXHXK/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1540739147&sr=8-2-ent
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dana_mentink/


Friends, I sure hope you enjoyed getting to know Dana Mentink and her dog Junie and Cold Case Pursuit.



Thank you so much for joining us, Dana!


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