Thursday, November 21, 2019

Nancy Naigle and her Hallmark Movie


 It's Timeless Thursday! And today, I'm excited to have the USA Today bestseller author Nancy Naigle here! 

You may remember my interview with her here a week or so ago. (http://bit.ly/2pJ30HS)  This time, she's going to tell us all about her novel-made-into-a-movie-made-into-a HALLMARK Christmas movie!

So, let's get started! Talk to us, Nancy!



Hey, y’all. Nancy Naigle from North Carolina here, and what I love most about Timeless Thursday is that it made me pause and make the time to think about my past. Sometimes this life we live is in fast forward and we forget to pause to appreciate all those old memories we have stockpiled away.

I’ve created an online jigsaw puzzle of the movie poster for my book-to-movie HOPE AT CHRISTMAS. Click on the link below to try your hand at the puzzle. Post your time below the completed puzzle! I’ll admit this little 80-piece puzzle took me a lot longer than I expected, but it was a nice relaxing way to start the day.

http://bit.ly/35pmeBH


My Timeless Thursday moment is HOPE AT CHRISTMAS. The novel released in 2017, but a year ago this week the movie based on that novel premiered on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries as part of their Miracles of Christmas holiday programming. It was so exciting to see Scottie Thompson and Ryan Paevey (Yes! From General Hospital, and Mr. Darcy, no less!) bring Sydney, Kevin and the quaint town of Hopewell, NC to life. The Book Bea was as quaint and special as I’d dreamed. If you’re already a reader of my novels then you probably noticed a lot of my books in the background in the store. Bea actually comes right out recommends Christmas Joy to a customer. I had no idea they were going to do that.

I spent a week on set in Vancouver watching them shoot this movie. They even had a director’s chair with my name on it. That was mind-boggling. For me? Really? I was so impressed by the huge team that worked on this movie. They worked long hours through a rainy week, but there was never a short temper or grimace to be seen. It truly felt like living in a Hallmark movie for the week.  

The movie was great, but of course it’s hard to fit a 90,000-word novel into a 20,000-word screenplay for television, so the book and the movie are different. If you loved the Hallmark movie, then I think you’re going to really love the book where more characters are introduced, there’s a whole new character arc for Kevin who is a single dad in the book, and the ending is different. So, enjoy both! Hope at Christmas is available in print, digital and audio formats at all your local eTailers and can still be found in some stores beside my latest release, Christmas Angels.

Catch HOPE AT CHRISTMAS on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
:
          THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21 5:00 AM
·         MONDAY NOVEMBER 25 3:00 PM
·         TUESDAY DECEMBER 3 11:00 AM
·         FRIDAY DECEMBER 6 7:00 PM
·         THURSDAY DECEMBER 12 9:00 AM
·         MONDAY DECEMBER 23 5:00 AM

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Hugs and Happy Thursday,
Nancy



1 comment:

  1. Hope at Christmas is airing right now! LOL It couldn't be better timing. Thanks for joining us today. I'd love to answer any questions you might have. Hugs and happy Thursday!

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