|
THIS IS the lens from Cape Blanco Lighthouse. You can see it in the video trailer for POINT SURRENDER at Beacon Street Books. The photo, by photographer Roger Medlin (take a look at his incredible work! http://www.oregonicons.com/), epitomizes the mysterious aura surrounding POINT SURRENDER, as if the lighthouse could truly be a living part of its own tragic past. Watching. Waiting. Knowing. |
|
No, POINT SURRENDER lighthouse does not exist in a physical sense. It is a composite of places I've been, seen and imagined. Inspired by the beautiful Heceta Head and Cape Blanco lighthouses of the Oregon coast, Surrender needed to be in California and was "placed" somewhere between real lighthouses at Point Montara and Carmel, California, just south of San Francisco. |
|
Heceta Head Lighthouse, Yachats, Oregon, is a lovely historic relic and now its keeper’s house serves as a bed and breakfast. However, like most lighthouses today, it faces on-going challenges and maintenance issues. You can help preserve this incredible property by making a donation to the Oregon State Park Trust!
|
|
You’ve received this newsletter because you subscribed to it or you entered one of my contests and agreed to joining my mailing list. Or, because you are a friend who cares! Should you decide to unsubscribe, simply send an email to me asking to be unsubbed. But I do hope you’ll stay! ~Anne To Unsubscribe |
Does POINT SURRENDER Exist? |
Help Preserve Heceta Head! |
|
BEACONSTREETBOOKS .COM |
|
BEACON STREET BOOKS Presents |
|
JULY 2007 |
|
Volume 1, Issue 2 |
ABOUTPOINT
|
|
The Reviews Say it All!
"Wonderful cast of characters..." - Suspense Romance Writer Review
"I fairly heard the waves crashing against the rocks at the lighthouse."
|
|
"a wonderful read...ghosts...mystery... kept me hooked to the very last page.”
“A quiet coastal town with a stormy past tows the reader in from the very first page. Unresolved mysteries and a passionate romance keep the pages turning.” -Molly Evans, Author of The Surgeon’s Proposal (Harlequin) |
|
c Contest Update b June’s The Romance Studio’s BOOK-A-DAY GIVEAWAY netted a copy of A HERO’S PROMISE for Leslie Jane Fahrney! Thanks to all who entered, and the many of you who joined my newsletter list as a result. Next up: IN TOO DEEP will go to a lucky winner on July 30th. Be sure to enter! There is still time to enter my Reader Thank You Contest! Just go to my website, Beacon Street Books, look for the excerpt from POINT SURRENDER, and find out what four things Amy’s no-good ex will find when he returns home after Amy’s exodus. Then, email the answer to annecarter @ beaconstreetbooks.com (eliminate the spaces) and get in on the drawing for a miniature replica lighthouse! Hurry — this contest ends July 15th! New contests starting soon—stay tuned! |
|
Calendar of Events
July 20 — LONDON, ENGLAND! August TBD — Booksigning — Newhall, CA August 25 — Ventura (CA) Book Festival Sept 29 — Santa Barbara (CA) Book & Author Fest Sept 30 — West Hollywood (CA) Book Fair
|
|
From Anne |
|
Did You Know? The most expensive lighthouse built in America is St. George Reef, off Crescent City, California. It took ten years to construct (1882-1892) and cost $715,000.00. Built on an exposed rock, St. George is six miles off the Del Norte Coast—near the California/Oregon border. It was deactivated in 1975 and abandoned, but on-going restoration efforts commenced in 1988 and continue today. It is the only off-shore lighthouse in the world with public access, and one of five Pacific lighthouses to be immortalized on U.S. postage stamps this summer! St. George Reef Lighthouse provided the inspiration for my upcoming, paranormal lighthouse mystery, CAPE SEDUCTION! |
|
Point Montara, California |
|
Printers Row in Chicago was fab! The weather was superb, the people were friendly, the book fair was exciting. The Echelon booth hopped the whole time! Can’t wait to go back. Here I am selling my lastest book to my newest fan! |
