BY CELIA YEARY
My new re-released series The
Camerons of Texas have beautiful new covers and are now on Amazon.
The first is TEXAS BLUE, the
story of Marilee Weston who marries Jeffrey “Buck” Cameron. She is the mother
of Josephine (Josie) Weston who was fathered out-of-wedlock by Judge Douglas
Paxton. Buck is the middle adult child of the original Camerons. Buck and
Marilee move away from Nacogdoches to a ranch southeast of Austin. A daughter
is born there, named True Lee Cameron.
TEXAS PROMISE is Book II—The Camerons of Texas. This book tells the story of Marilee and Buck’s older daughter, Josephine, who marries Dalton King
in Austin, Texas. They locate two-year-old Laura Lynn Paxton, half-niece to
Josephine, and adopt her. A son, Alexander “Alex” King is born in Austin.
TEXAS TRUE is Book III—The
Camerons of Texas—The younger daughter, True, marries
Samuel Deleon in Austin. They are awarded custody of Sam’s niece, Lacy Deleon,
and nephew, Antonio Deleon. They move to the Deleon Ranch in South Texas. A son
is born, named Jackson Rene Deleon.
TEXAS DREAMER is Book
IV—the Camerons of Texas. This one is about Lee King, one of Buck Cameron’s
nephews. While in Houston, Lee meets
Emilie McDougal, who is as much a dreamer as he. They form a bond, more like a
business deal, until they learn they want more from the other.
From these four
stories, I have the beginning of a Cameron Genealogy Chart. Although I haven’t
written stories about the children born to or adopted these couples, I do have
a chart created which shows how each is related.
At the moment, I could
write ten more novels, each about a descendent of the Camerons.
Whew. Trust me, it’s
only in theory.
In addition, I’ve toyed
with another line from Sam Deleon, a character who didn’t fit in at first, but
became one of the movers and shakers of early Texas oil. The series might be
The Deleons of Texas.
Is this a common
practice among writers of series? I wonder. If so, I’d like to hear about it.
Thanks for stopping by the PRP blog today. All my books can be found on Amazon under Celia Yeary.
Celia Yeary…
Romance, and a little bit of Texas
I have several spreadsheets of genealogies for the characters in the SOTW trilogy. Hunter and JL have theirs as well. Because these stories span vast amounts of time and involve families, I kinda gotta. Best of luck on your series release! I think these will do really well.
ReplyDeleteI just knew others would have thought of this, too. It's almost a necessity to keep all the names and characters straight. Sounds like you have many more than I do. Good luck!
DeleteVery good advise. When doing a series this is important, as well as a detail chart - height, weight, hair, eyes, flaws, even give birthday. The "bible" to a series comes in very handy, especially when you are 10 years down the road!!
ReplyDeleteYes, exactly..a Bible of sorts. The worst part is yes, the hair and eye color. Believe me, I've made errors!
DeleteSomething I should do. Right now it's all in my head. Doris
ReplyDeleteDoris..If you're like me, if it's "in my head," I'm sure to get it confused.
DeleteI keep family trees and copious notes about my series. Congrats on the re-releases!! So exciting.
ReplyDeleteI thought you would be one who definitely would keep notes and family trees. Since I'm familiar with your books, I was certain.
DeleteWow, gorgeous new covers. Celia! Good advice, too. I need to construct a family tree for my Texas Devlins if I hope to write about the offspring of the original three sibs.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love the new covers! Livia outdid herself on these. Each one is perfect. And yes, start now with that family tree.
DeleteI love the Cameron series and I hope you seriously consider writing more about there descendants. You're wise to get that genealogy chart started. You'll find yourself referring to it often. I would have been lost without that family tree for the Wildings.
ReplyDeleteI want to say congratulations getting this series back out. The covers are marvelous--I especially like the one for Texas Dreamer. I look at it and I think about your daddy. I don't know if he worked on an oil rig like that, but it's how I imagine him. Readers are going to love these stories. They're Celia Yeary Classics.
Ahhh, thanks so much, Sarah. Yes, when I wrote this blog, I thought about your Wilding family tree. I knew you did this, too, and wondered if others did as well. Oh, thanks so much on the compliment about the covers Livia does such a good job. I loved all of them. I especially love Texas Dreamer because the original cover featured the hero....which I thought was a good idea but it was not! When Livia came up with this cover, I almost cried. This is Emilie..Lee King's love. I absolutely love the cover with that old oil well. Thanks for you comment...as ever, it was right on.
DeleteYes, I have used genealogy charts more than once. I look forward to finishing this series. Best wishes.
ReplyDeleteI create genealogical-of-sorts spreadsheets for my complicated storylines. With my less involved stories, I keep running notes of who, what, when, and where. It is so easy to get confused or forget a particular attribute of a character. I had an editor years ago who told me I switched eye colors on the hero. I told her to pick a color and let me know which one to go with. *grin*
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