A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir
Nonfiction / Memoir
Date Published: 09-21-2023
Publisher: Horner Publishing Company
Brimming with heartfelt anecdotes, nostalgic escapades, and timeless humor, Hair on Fire is a Christmas memoir like no other. It will warm your heart, make you laugh uproariously, and transport you back to the most magical time of the year. So grab a hot cocoa and snuggle under a cozy blanket while Horner-Miller beguiles with her tales!
Interview with Larada Horner-Miller
What is your schedule like when you’re writing a book?
I have set time in the morning where I do a Quiet Time doing Julia Cameron’s Morning Pages, a meditation time and then spiritual readings, so my writing is in the afternoon and evening.
Did you ever consider writing under a pseudonym?
No, I have never considered a pen name because I connect so much with my writing, I want people to know I wrote the book(s).
Have you ever gotten reader’s block?
I’m not sure what reader’s block is.
Does your family support your career as a writer?
My family totally supports my writing career. So much so, I was recording my audiobook of Hair on Fire the week of Thanksgiving. My husband offered to buy Thanksgiving dinner so I wouldn’t have to stress about doing both of them.
How many hours a day do you write?
I write 4-6 hours a day.
If you could invite any three people for dinner, whom would you invite?
I would invite Charles Dickens, Tony Hillerman & Jodi Piccoult.
Would you share something about yourself that your readers don’t know (yet)?
For my second wedding, my husband and I did a sweat and spent our wedding night in a Lakota sweat lodge.
Do you try more to be original or to deliver to readers what they want?
I write what my heart leads me to, so I don’t follow the latest trends and try to match what’s selling. So much of my writing stems from my life growing up in a small ranching community in southeastern Colorado.
How do you celebrate when you finish your book?
My husband and I usually celebrate with a bottle of Sparkling Cider, and I post a picture of us on Facebook!
If you could be mentored by a famous author, who would it be?
I would love to be mentored by Tony Hillerman because of his love for mysteries set in the Southwest!
About the Author
Larada Horner-Miller is an award-winning poet, essayist, blogger and accomplished multi-genre author who holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a Master of Education Degree in Integrating Technology into the Classroom. She is the accomplished author of seven award-winning historical fiction, memoir, and poetry works plus three self-published cookbooks.
Her new release, Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir is available in paperback and e-book format.
Her sixth book, Coronavirus Reflections: Bitter or Better?, is available in paperback and four e-book formats. It won the 2023 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards for the Self Help/Guides category and the 2022 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award for the Mind, Body and Spirit category. Larada offers the reader the opportunity to look back at 2020 and the global pandemic through her prose and poetry through reading, then reflecting and responding. She addresses all the emotions she felt during this overwhelming time and leads the reader through to a self-access: bitter or better?
Her fifth book is the authorized memoir and biography of world-renown square dance caller Marshall “Flip” Flippo. Just Another Square Dance Caller: Biography of Marshall Flippo is available now in hardback, paperback and four e-book formats. Recently Just Another Square Dance Caller won two awards: Book Excellence Awards Finalist and Silver award for eLit. Book Awards.
Larada and her husband, Lin, enjoy being nestled in the mountains above Albuquerque, New Mexico, near the village of Tijeras. She enjoys square dancing, traveling, knitting, and reading.
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