#TNTConfidential 12 Days of Christmas #GIVEAWAY Day 11: JC Wallace & Waiting for Snow #ChristmasStories

He's a little late, but he's finally here! JC Wallace brings us some snow, treats and 3 different reads for this Holiday season! 

Hi, everyone! Welcome to the TNT Confidential 12 Days of Christmas!!

Thanks for having me again this year! I will give you some info about me and the holidays!

In addition, I’ve included a link to my holiday story, Waiting for Snow (free on Amazon) and my latest free short, Pink Lace and A Stolen Proposal. Enjoy!

What is your favorite thing about the holidays?

Family. I love to spend time with my family, taking the time to relax, bake, and participate in holiday traditions. Over the years I have passed these traditions onto my children. My daughter says some of her best memories were of Christmas morning in our house.

What inspired you to write your story?

I wanted to write a story that shows that not everyone has it easy over the holidays. Many people are alone or find it hard to find the joy of the season. But despite that there is the ability to move forward and stop living in the past, to find hope and to eventually accept love. That is what Dain has to overcome to find his happiness.

Share a holiday recipe.
I love to make Peanut Butter Blossoms with my kids. They are fun and taste so good!

Ingredients

48 HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates

1/2 cup shortening

3/4 cup REESE'S Creamy Peanut Butter

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1/3 cup packed light brown sugar

1 egg

2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

Additional granulated sugar(optional)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from chocolates.

2. Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended. Add 1/3 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.

3. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheet.

4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press a chocolate into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Makes about 48 cookies.

Waiting for Snow

Dain is at the end of his proverbial rope. He lost his job, his boyfriend, and his church after one horrifying accident a few months ago. Now it's Christmas Eve, and he's reminded of each of those loses in a heart-breaking confrontation with his abusive father. As Dain is driving aimlessly, he meets Jake, the local sheriff. Despite the circumstances of their meeting, Jake is very interested in Dain, but can Dain let go of the past and learn to believe in love again?

Bonus Stories!

First Read Pink Lace and Stolen Hearts free on Amazon

And then read my Christmas Sequel to the story Pink Lace and a Stolen Proposal

About JC Wallace

JC Wallace started writing from a young age, but took a break for marriage, kids, and college (in that order). He recently rediscovered his passion and ventured out into the brave new world of publishing with his short, Waiting for Snow, and his first novel, Curiosity Killed Shaney. At night and on the weekends, JC writes about all things men, believing there is nothing hotter than two men finding and loving one another, whether for a night or forever. An avid reader of M/M romance, JC loves a good twist of a plot, HEA, HFN, or tragic ending. He also writes what his bestie calls HUNK (Happy Until the Next Kidnapping).

In his daytime hours, JC works with individuals with autism and behavior problems. He is owned by a beautiful partner, three kids, two grandchildren, two dogs and one cat. He lives in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains in Northern NY.

Website: www.jcwallacebooks.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/jcwallacebooks.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jcwallacebooks

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7237038.J_C_Wallace

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/jcwallace 

 


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#TNTConfidential 12 Days of Christmas - GIVEAWAY- Day 5- JC Wallace & Christmas Delights

Time is flying and it's already Day 5 of #TNTConfidential 12 Days of Christmas! Thank you everyone who's coming by, commenting and joining the fun! There's still more to come, like today's "Santa", author JC Wallace who's dropping in with some merry Christmas Delights! 

What is your favorite thing about the Holidays?

I love spending time with my family. I also love the activities of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve, my daughter and I bake cookies and make candy to give to our neighbors. Then my daughter sings in the children's choir at church. Christmas day is spent with my children, my grandchild, and other family, eating and just enjoying being together.

What inspired you to write your book?

Waiting for Snow is a short story in Christmas Delights—a Christmas anthology. I wrote this story after seeing a request from RJ Scott for submissions for a free anthology, which would include new and established authors. I had an idea for a Christmas story that I’d tucked away. The word limit was 10,000 though I could have written 60,000!I made the limit and was accepted into the anthology and, ta-da this is my first published story!

Share a Holiday anecdote with the readers 

As kids, my sister and brother and I were sneaky. We were always looking for our hidden gifts. As we outgrew Santa, our mom would wrap our gifts and place them under the tree early. Of course, once there, we were all over them. So, one year, I really wanted a tape player. Now this was around 1980 so this (see pic) is what was all the rage. I mean you could record your voice!!!

Of course, I pawed through the gifts and figured out which one was my tape recorder. Now every Christmas Eve we were allowed to open one gift. Me, being the smart ass that I was, picked the tape recorder and opened itall cool and thinking my mom didn’t know I’d peeked. Well she knew because when I asked her where the tapes and the batteries were, she grinned (quite maliciously I might add) and told me that she’d wrapped them separately. So, yes, I had to wait until Christmas morning to play with my tape player. By the way, I used to tape record my brother snoring and my sister talking to her dolls. Yeah, I could be quite malicious too.

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Waiting for Snow

Dain is at the end of his proverbial rope. He lost his job, his boyfriend, and his church after one horrifying accident. On Christmas Eve, he is reminded of those loses in a heart breaking confrontation with his father. As Dain is driving, unsure where to go, he meets Jake, the local sheriff.  Jake is very interested in Dain but can Dain learn to believe in love again?

Christmas Delights is a FREE Anthology from Love Lane Books with uplifting and romantic stories set in the Christmas season.

Available at: 

http://christmasantho.weebly.com/ || ARE ||  Love Lane Books

About JC

JC Wallace has been writing all of his life, however it was just this year that he ventured out to be published. His first novel, Curiosity Killed Shaney, will be published with R&P Publishing in the spring of 2014. In his day job, JC is a behavior analyst. At night and on the weekends, he writes about all things men. He believes there is nothing hotter than two men finding and loving one another, whether for a night or forever. An avid reader of M/M romance, JC loves a good twist of a plot, HEA, HFN, or even a tragic ending.

JC is owned by three kids, one grandchild (with another on the way), two dogs, and two cats. He lives in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains in Northern NY.

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