-Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)

While a large, floppy straw hat is her favorite, Ane has worn many different ones: hairdresser, legislative affairs director (that's a fancy name for a lobbyist), drama director, playwright, humor columnist, and novelist. Her lifetime experience provides a plethora of fodder for her Southern-fried fiction (try saying that three times fast). She firmly believes coffee and chocolate are two of the four major food groups. President of the award-winning literary site, Novel Rocket, Ane resides in Suwanee, GA, with her artist husband, her chef son, and two dogs of Biblical proportion.

Welcome, Ane. What fun or unique things can you tell us about yourself?

I'm very involved in community theatre, and have just helped launch a new one in our town. Our first performance was in a parking garage, due to rain. LOL

I own two English mastiffs of Biblical proportion. The puppy (mastiffs still classified as puppies until they're 2 years old) is pushing 180 and 2" taller than our elder mastiff, who is 220 pounds. The vet says puppy Oliver Twist should reach 235.

When I was a lobbyist for Christian Coalition, I was on Ralph Reed and Pat Robertson's Dream Team. We had the privilege of working on the Contract with America with Newt Gingrich when he was Speaker of the House.

You mean besides drink coffee and eat chocolate? I sit on several boards in our small town of Sugar Hill: Players Guild @ Sugar Hill is the new community theatre I started with the help of the mayor and the City; I sit on the Sugar Hill Business Alliance; we're starting a new Arts Commission and I've been asked to serve on the board; and finally I sit on the board for our local ACFW chapter. Whew, just typing it all wears me out. I'd rather be busy, though. I get lazy when I'm idle.

Please tell us about Chapel Springs Revival.

Chapel Springs Revival is a romp through miscommunication in marriage. It's also the story of friendships in a small town. I discovered so many quirky characters living in Chapel Springs. The short back cover blurb is:

With a friend like Claire, you need a gurney, a mop, and a guardian angel.

Everybody in the small town of Chapel Springs, Georgia, knows best friends Claire and Patsy. It's impossible not to, what with Claire's zany antics and Patsy's self-appointed mission to keep her friend out of trouble. And trouble abounds. Chapel Springs has grown dilapidated and the tourist trade has slackened. With their livelihoods threatened, they join forces to revitalize the town. No one could have guessed the real issue needing restoration is their marriages.

With their personal lives in as much disarray as the town, Claire and Patsy embark on a mission of mishaps and miscommunication, determined to restore warmth to Chapel Springs--and their lives. That is if they can convince their husbands and the town council, led by two curmudgeons who would prefer to see Chapel Springs left in the fifties and closed to traffic.

The main character, Claire, is such fun to write. The woman has no filter between her brain and her tongue, and she moves too fast and gets into one mess after another. But her heart is big and she's a loyal friend.

What takeaway value do you hope your readers receive after reading this book?

All marriages go through ups and downs, but looking to God is the best fix when they're down. He's faithful and a trustworthy keeper of our hopes and dreams.

Please tell our readers where they can get your book.

For both print and e-books, Amazon, Barnes & Noble Nook, and through LPC.

Please tell our readers where they can find you online.

You can find me on my Southern-fried Fiction website, Google+, Facebook, Goodreads, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Any parting comment?

Go after what you want with all your heart and trust God with the results. No matter what you do in life, you're never too old to start a new career, and never ever give up.

Ane, thank you for visiting with my readers and me. On October 25 I will draw a winner from among current subscribers to receive a copy of Chapel Springs Revival, which you so graciously offered.