Sleigh Bells on Bread Loaf Mountain is a sweet holiday romance, with messages on body positivity, believing in yourself, and finding the magic of the season. It has a woman of color at its lead, a diverse group of characters, a handsome mountain ranger love interest, and a golden retriever companion. This is a standalone novella perfect for a holiday season read—plus, there are yummy recipes in the back!
Do you have a favorite character?
My favorite character is Spencer Chen, Roxanne’s work colleague and best friend. Fabulous, funny, and just the right amount of sassy, Spencer is actually modeled after one of my former students, Stephen. Stephen holds a very special place in my heart, and it only makes sense Spencer would too.
Are you currently under a traditional publishing contract for future books or do you have manuscripts that you will self-publish? Are you doing both?
I’m a traditionally published author. I’ve never self-published before, but would never say never! There are a couple of old manuscripts hanging out on my hard drive that aren’t currently homed, and they’ve got to find their way to readers eventually, so it’s possible I may consider self-publishing in the future.
What is your writing process? Do you listen to music or do you like silence?
Honestly, this completely depends on what I am writing. I write sweet romances for the screen as well as horror novels, and do a good bit of work in non-fiction as well. Each comes with its own process and habits, though I consistently tend to do my best writing at night, when there are less distractions (and I’m not tempted to go outside). I have a ton of writing playlists on Spotify, including some unofficial book soundtracks and a lot of instrumental mood music.
Do you outline your story or just go where your muse takes you?
Both! Writing romances for the screen follows a fairly consistent formula, so my outlines tend to be looser. Horror, on the other hand, typically requires a lot more moving parts, so I do my best to develop a pretty robust outline—and then pants my way through the draft anyway!
Besides Amazon, are there any other sites where your books are for sale?
All of my books are available online and in bookstores. Amazon is a great option for book buying, of course, but I strongly encourage readers to shop local and support their independent bookstores. If there’s a title they don’t have on the shelf, they can always order it for you. Plus, hand sellers are the best and have terrific book recommendations.
Do you find it difficult to juggle your time between marketing your current book and writing your next book?
I am extremely grateful to have a rockstar publicity team that handles so much on my behalf, but spending time personally connecting with readers is very important to me, so I do my best to make time for as much marketing work as possible. Since I write at night, I typically take care of marketing activities during the day, and that provides a good balance.
Besides writing, do you have any other passions?
I love to run, so when I’m not writing you’ll typically find me running—usually at home on my treadmill because it’s always raining here in Alaska. I’m also an advocate for animal rights so support organizations that work to spread awareness there through volunteering. Traveling is one of my top passions, so I try to do that as much as I can too—actually, I’m just about to hit the road on book tour, so I’m super excited about that!
Some fun facts about you, which do you prefer – dogs or cats? Chocolate or vanilla? Coffee or Tea? Talk or Text? Day or Night?
Dogs, vanilla, tea, text, night! I also love cats, chocolate, coffee, talking, and daytime.
What’s next for you?
I’m one of those writers who always has to have their pens going in multiple directions at once. Right now, I’m wrapping up some new horror manuscripts while outlining the next book in my optioned-for-film Bar Harbor Holiday Series, to follow The Magic Ingredient. I’m also working on a couple of really fun collaborative projects—a horror novel with my good friend and director Pearry Teo, a spooky, middle grade novel with fantasy writer Sam Hooker, and a sweet holiday romance with Tiffany Smith, one of the stars of my previous book-to-film romance, Aloha With Love.
Sleigh Bells on Bread Loaf Mountain
Lindy Miller
Published by: Rosewind Books
Publication date: December 7th 2021
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Holiday, Romance
Screenplay by the writer of Rescuing Madison and A Lesson in Romance (Hallmark), and the forthcoming Aloha with Love.
Christmas isn’t fashion editor Roxanne Hudson’s style, but when she finds herself snowed in with a handsome stranger, she might just discover the magic of the season after all.
Roxanne Hudson does not like the holidays. They come with too many family obligations that take her away from work as a rising fashion editor in New York City. But this Christmas might be Grandma Myrtle’s last, and Roxanne’s parents want her to spend the holiday at the family cabin in the Green Mountains. With her boyfriend out of the country for a photo shoot, Roxanne decides to brave the long commute—and the wilderness—to spend Christmas in Vermont.
After an uncomfortable call from her boyfriend starts the trip off badly, Roxanne is blindsided by a blizzard on the snowy mountain road, where the last thing she hears before losing consciousness is sleigh bells. When she’s rescued by Mark Foster, a handsome park ranger who’s the exact opposite of everything she always thought she wanted, Roxanne seeks her grandmother’s wisdom and discovers an uncanny connection that could be a sign of what her life is really meant to be.
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Author Bio:
Lindy Miller is an entrepreneur, award-winning professor, and publishing professional. In 2011, Miller was part of the executive leadership team that founded Radiant Advisors, a data and business intelligence research and advisory firm, where Miller developed and launched the company’s editorial and research divisions, and later its data visualization practice, for clients that included 21st Century Fox Films, Fox Networks, Warner Bros., and Disney. She is the author of numerous papers and two textbooks under the name of Lindy Ryan, The Visual Imperative: Creating a Culture of Visual Discovery (Elsevier) and Visual Data Storytelling with Tableau (Pearson) Miller holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration: Entrepreneurship and Strategy, and a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership and a Doctorate in Education, Organizational Leadership.
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