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Guest and giveaway - SHOCK WAVE by Dana Mentink

Today my guest is Love Inspired Suspense author Dana Mentink!

About Dana

Dana Mentink lives in California, where the weather is golden and the cheese is divine. Her family includes two girls (affectionately nicknamed Yogi and Boo Boo.) Papa Bear works for the fire department and he met Dana doing a dinner theater production of The Velveteen Rabbit. Ironically, their parts were husband and wife.

Dana is a 2009 American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year finalist for romantic suspense and an award winner in the Pacific Northwest Writers Literary Contest. Her novel Betrayal in the Badlands won a 2010 RT Book Reviews Reviewer's Choice Award. She has enjoyed writing a mystery series for Barbour Books and more than ten novels to date for Love Inspired Suspense.

She spent her college years competing in speech and debate tournaments all around the country. Besides writing, she busies herself teaching elementary school and reviewing books for her blog. Mostly, she loves to be home with her family, a dog with social anxiety problems, a chubby box turtle and a quirky parakeet.

Dana loves to hear from her readers via her website or her Facebook reader page.

And now, here's Dana!

1) How did you get the idea for the story premise of SHOCK WAVE?

Living in California, it’s not hard to imagine “the Big One.” We’re constantly reminded by little shakers that our state is riddled with fault lines. I have vivid memories of the Loma Prieta quake which happened during the third game of the world series between the Oakland A’s and the San Francisco Giants. My mother and I ran out in the front yard and the street was rolling and undulating like ocean waves. I’ll never forget it. One of the worst moments of that whole disaster was the collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct which sent an upper deck of the freeway collapsing onto the lower. The incident killed 42 people and many were trapped for a long time until the rescuers could free them. For a long time, I broke out into a cold sweat whenever I had to stop under an overpass while driving. Writing a story about a mega earthquake has been tossing around in my mind since ’89, you might say.

2) What's your heroine's favorite sports team and why?

Sage is a big Dodgers fan since she grew up in Southern, California. This is ironic, of course, as the Mentinks are Giants fans all the way (even when they have a difficult season.)

3) What was your favorite scene to write in SHOCK WAVE and why?

I’m partial to the scene that takes place deep under the ruined opera house. It’s partially flooded, filled with relics from the performances that have taken place there since the 1920’s. Did you hear a moan? Feel a chilling breeze on the back of your neck? See a skeletal hand rising from the rubble? No, I’m sure it was your imagination. Thanks very much for having me, Camy! :)

Camy: Thanks for being here, Dana!

Dana's also giving away a copy of her latest release!

Shock Wave
by Dana Mentink

TRAPPED…WITH A KILLER? 
When an earthquake rips through San Francisco, the last person journalist Sage Harrington expects to run into is ex-soldier Trey Black. After what they survived in Afghanistan, she doesn't know if she can face him again. But now they're trapped in the bowels of a ramshackle opera house on a mission to find Sage's missing cousin. And they may not be the only ones. Someone is desperate to keep them from discovering the truth. With time running out and devastation and danger all around, Sage and Trey must put their trust in each other to make it out alive. 
Stormswept: Finding true love in the midst of nature's fury

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Dana Mentink said…
Thanks very much for allowing me to be a guest, Camy! :)
Mon Jul 29, 06:17:00 AM 2013
Camy Tang said…
Thanks so much for being here, Dana! This was fun!
Mon Jul 29, 04:36:00 PM 2013
Anonymous said…
Should I do my entry again, Camy? I don't see it.
Wed Jul 31, 09:20:00 PM 2013
Camy Tang said…
In order to protect people's identities, I changed the entry format to GoogleGroups, so you won't see it if you entered. If you're ever in doubt, feel free to enter again--I don't mind. :) I checked and you're entered!
Thu Aug 01, 05:21:00 PM 2013
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