August 4, 2021 • 10 mins
Clare Cinnamon joins Kate to discuss Delaina – Book 3 in the Lainey Cash trilogy. Kate and Clare talk candidly about the story and the creative process. In Book 3, Mallard, Mississippi's young and wealthy landowner Delaina (Lainey) Cash leaves her rural hometown due to drama centered around her, the magnitude of an unbelievable family […] The post Delaina by Clare Cinnamon appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
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Speaker 1 (00:15):
Claire Cinnamon joins us. Now she's in our virtual green room,
and she's got a book called Delana. It's actually a trilogy,
so it's book three of the trilogy that she's written.
And these are the kind of books that just pull
you right in, and especially this main character is so fascinating. Claia,
thanks so much for joining us.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
So let's talk about Deleana. Let's talk about Lane. That's
the nickname. What do you want people to know about her? So?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Delena is just every woman in one way or another
throughout the trilogy. She's twenty years old when it starts,
and she has inherited a large farm, so she has
the challenges of that. She's trying to get her education.
She falls for the rival neighbor farmer who's older than
her across the street. So she has a lot of
(01:08):
different things going on at one time at that coming
of age, you know, twenty years old. And then as
the trilogy goes home, she evolves and through making her
decisions and through her losses and grief and a lot
of suspense and some people doing her wrongs, so she
has choices to make and has to grow up and
(01:29):
I've just had a lot of people tell me, well,
I can really relate to the Lena's progress and changing
as she becomes a woman.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
And you and I talked about this off the air.
She really is a revolutionary girl turned woman, right because
of the fact of what she does as a female farmer.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yes, so I lived in South Georgia, where farming is
everywhere it surrounds me. Had not given much thought to
the fact that there still are not a lot, hardly
any email farmers. When I wrote about Laney as a
girl farmer, because she inherits the lam from her father
and there's no one else, it didn't occur to me
(02:10):
that it was revolutionary. It seemed different, but not necessarily revolutionary.
But that's what's come from the readership. They love reading
about her on the farm, and she truly is the
manager and the owner of over ten thousand acres of
land in Mississippi. Wow.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
So in writing this, you know, they say, you know
what you write and you've got such an imagination. And
I think this is why you have really really pulled
the readers into your character and into your books. Was
it fun for you to read about things that you've
seen and know and put them in this tale about Laney.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
So I wrote Laney Cash when I was twenty six
in the year two thousand and I am a compulsive
and frenzy writer. Whatever I wake up and write, it's
been that license. I was four years old. Nothing splotted
out or planned. So I just woke up one morning
at six am and started Laney Cash. And eight days
later the first book was finished, like twenty hour days.
(03:10):
That's how I do it. But yes, I wrote what
I knew. I wanted to finish a novel. At that
point I had started plenty but not finished. So what
do I know? I know southern girls and farming and
small towns and all of the tragedy and corruption and
joy and outdoors. All of it is in there. And
(03:30):
so I just wrote what I knew that first go around.
Now I've written and finished a lot of novels since then,
and I've been a lot of places around the world.
But I look back at Laney and say, yeah, this
is so authentic.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
I love it. So what do people not know about farming?
What do you think the misconception is about farming that
people don't realize?
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Well? In book two of the trilogy, Jed who by
the way, the female readers are absolutely in love with
and Laney is too. At times she is at times
she's been killing. But anyway, they get into a conversation
about the myths of farming. And I did that on
purpose because my husband won National Farmer in twenty fifteen,
(04:15):
and so we've been around the country with farmers from
all kinds of regions and different crops, and there are
a lot of myths. And it doesn't matter what you
plant or where you livet the myths of the same.
Either that farmers are really poor or farmers are really rich,
that one gets around a lot, you know, and that
either farming is really easy and you don't have to
(04:35):
be smart, you know, that one is also really big.
And I'm in constant admiration of farmers nowadays, and whether
they're female or male, they are scientists, teachers, experimentalists, business people.
They have about fifteen different roles they have to play,
you know. And farmser corporations nowadays. Laney and Jed's farms
(04:59):
are totally corporate size. You have to have several thousand acres,
you know, to make it nowadays. Really honestly, just the
fact of how much the equipment costs, and so then
it turns into more of a corporate feel where you
have a lot of people working for you and a
lot of different ways that you generate income. So Blainey
(05:20):
and Jed those are masters of spending all those plates
at one time, like any good farmer.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Yeah. Wow, So you know again, this is a trilogy
and that's it. That's what's so great that it really
pulls people in and you you finish one book and
then you're on the edge of your seat and you're
ready to read the next one, and I'm wondering, are
you going to do more on this?
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Well, maybe now is the time to reveal there is
a sequel to book three, and that will be coming
out next year. I have not released that information anywhere,
and I've been waiting for the right time. And you're
the first person who's asked say yes, there will be
more about the Cashes and the McCrae that's the two
families coming out because the response is been tremendous from
(06:09):
people everywhere, and I'm overwhelmed and honored and glad to
write more about them.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Wow, the Cash is in. Mccraze goes on again, how
exciting congratulations on that, and people will be thrilled to
hear that for sure, And I can only imagine what
that adventure's going to be like. And so we've been
talking with Claire Cinnamon about the trilogy, about the new one,
you know, talking about Laney, and you know what's happening
(06:38):
here in this one, and I don't you don't want
to give it all away, but give us just a
little taste of what book three is about.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Yeah, So book one, you're just introduced to her and
she and here at that farm as she seeks Jen
McCray across the street because she is overwhelmed until she
gets a handle on it. Book two is more about
their love story and her coming into her own and
then also there's a lot of coruption. You know, people
fight over land a lot, that's common, So you see
a lot of corruption there in books to while they're
(07:07):
trying to pursue their love affair with each other. So
book three, she's twenty two, I think, and she is
wanting to finish her education and she just goes off
on a whim and decides she needs to go away
for a while. So you see more about her new
beginnings in a new place, finishing her education, and honestly
(07:28):
deciding whether there's a place for Jed in her life
or not. And it's not a fairy tale. It has
very romantic and lovely moments between them, but she's a
modern woman and she actually weighs, you know, whether what
comes next her career or him or both, like a
lot of people have to do nowadays.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Well that's true, Claire Centeman. It's such a delight to
speak with you. And now I'm thinking about how you
come up with these stories and how this character has
just evolved. Is it fun for you? Has this been
a fun ride?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yes, it is totally fun for me. And to see
these books published nineteen years after I wrote Lady Cash,
which was on purpose. I wasn't really speaking publishing in
the beginning. I just I wrote all the time until
my husband said one day, when you write eight to
twenty hours a day, I don't think that's a hobby.
(08:22):
So from there, you know, I said, yet time my
kids are grown, let's see what we can do with this.
It's been nothing but fun. I can't say that when
these characters come to me and I get in a frenzy,
I don't I won't pretend that every moment of that
is fun. But in the end, when I close a
finished book and that I'm on my fift one that's
been published now and have lots more to go, it's
(08:45):
the most rewarding thing ever.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Yes, wow, good for you. So what the reaction we know,
the reaction the readers have had. Obviously your husband what
a gift does He tells you, this is more than
a hobby. What about other people in your world? What
you know? What do they say about your writing and
these novels? Oh?
Speaker 2 (09:05):
So, something that's exciting to me. The female readership is
growing massively, and hear great things and about the other
books too that are out that are separate of the trilogy.
But something that is exciting for me. I never it
never occurred that men would love the books. And now
I don't know why that didn't occur to me, because
there's as much suspense as there is romance. But to
(09:28):
hear from men a lot in private messages, especially that
they have, you know, they finished book two of the trilogy.
When can they get more, and that they can't put
it down. That's been exciting for me.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Yes, and you're right, people don't I think people don't
realize that there are men that like romance too, but
also the rime part.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, And you know a lot of times
they spend private messages, and in a private message, they
don't mind admitting that the romance is pretty good too. So,
you know, but my husband, as he's addicted to all
the books, and he is, he's like, yes, I like
the romance, but the suspense part there's some DV I
(10:13):
majored in psychology, Kate, and so I really like to
dip into human emotion, and so there are some devious
characters popping up here and there in every book.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Well, it's very fun and it's fun to talk to you.
Claire Cinnamon. Congratulations and again this book that we're talking
about is Selena. You can get all of the books,
of course, if you go to Amazon. Thanks for coming on,
Thank you, Kate.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
I enjoyed it.
Claire Cinnamon joins us. Now she's in our virtual green room,
and she's got a book called Delana. It's actually a trilogy,
so it's book three of the trilogy that she's written.
And these are the kind of books that just pull
you right in, and especially this main character is so fascinating. Claia,
thanks so much for joining us.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
So let's talk about Deleana. Let's talk about Lane. That's
the nickname. What do you want people to know about her? So?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Delena is just every woman in one way or another
throughout the trilogy. She's twenty years old when it starts,
and she has inherited a large farm, so she has
the challenges of that. She's trying to get her education.
She falls for the rival neighbor farmer who's older than
her across the street. So she has a lot of
(01:08):
different things going on at one time at that coming
of age, you know, twenty years old. And then as
the trilogy goes home, she evolves and through making her
decisions and through her losses and grief and a lot
of suspense and some people doing her wrongs, so she
has choices to make and has to grow up and
(01:29):
I've just had a lot of people tell me, well,
I can really relate to the Lena's progress and changing
as she becomes a woman.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
And you and I talked about this off the air.
She really is a revolutionary girl turned woman, right because
of the fact of what she does as a female farmer.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yes, so I lived in South Georgia, where farming is
everywhere it surrounds me. Had not given much thought to
the fact that there still are not a lot, hardly
any email farmers. When I wrote about Laney as a
girl farmer, because she inherits the lam from her father
and there's no one else, it didn't occur to me
(02:10):
that it was revolutionary. It seemed different, but not necessarily revolutionary.
But that's what's come from the readership. They love reading
about her on the farm, and she truly is the
manager and the owner of over ten thousand acres of
land in Mississippi. Wow.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
So in writing this, you know, they say, you know
what you write and you've got such an imagination. And
I think this is why you have really really pulled
the readers into your character and into your books. Was
it fun for you to read about things that you've
seen and know and put them in this tale about Laney.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
So I wrote Laney Cash when I was twenty six
in the year two thousand and I am a compulsive
and frenzy writer. Whatever I wake up and write, it's
been that license. I was four years old. Nothing splotted
out or planned. So I just woke up one morning
at six am and started Laney Cash. And eight days
later the first book was finished, like twenty hour days.
(03:10):
That's how I do it. But yes, I wrote what
I knew. I wanted to finish a novel. At that
point I had started plenty but not finished. So what
do I know? I know southern girls and farming and
small towns and all of the tragedy and corruption and
joy and outdoors. All of it is in there. And
(03:30):
so I just wrote what I knew that first go around.
Now I've written and finished a lot of novels since then,
and I've been a lot of places around the world.
But I look back at Laney and say, yeah, this
is so authentic.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
I love it. So what do people not know about farming?
What do you think the misconception is about farming that
people don't realize?
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Well? In book two of the trilogy, Jed who by
the way, the female readers are absolutely in love with
and Laney is too. At times she is at times
she's been killing. But anyway, they get into a conversation
about the myths of farming. And I did that on
purpose because my husband won National Farmer in twenty fifteen,
(04:15):
and so we've been around the country with farmers from
all kinds of regions and different crops, and there are
a lot of myths. And it doesn't matter what you
plant or where you livet the myths of the same.
Either that farmers are really poor or farmers are really rich,
that one gets around a lot, you know, and that
either farming is really easy and you don't have to
(04:35):
be smart, you know, that one is also really big.
And I'm in constant admiration of farmers nowadays, and whether
they're female or male, they are scientists, teachers, experimentalists, business people.
They have about fifteen different roles they have to play,
you know. And farmser corporations nowadays. Laney and Jed's farms
(04:59):
are totally corporate size. You have to have several thousand acres,
you know, to make it nowadays. Really honestly, just the
fact of how much the equipment costs, and so then
it turns into more of a corporate feel where you
have a lot of people working for you and a
lot of different ways that you generate income. So Blainey
(05:20):
and Jed those are masters of spending all those plates
at one time, like any good farmer.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Yeah. Wow, So you know again, this is a trilogy
and that's it. That's what's so great that it really
pulls people in and you you finish one book and
then you're on the edge of your seat and you're
ready to read the next one, and I'm wondering, are
you going to do more on this?
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Well, maybe now is the time to reveal there is
a sequel to book three, and that will be coming
out next year. I have not released that information anywhere,
and I've been waiting for the right time. And you're
the first person who's asked say yes, there will be
more about the Cashes and the McCrae that's the two
families coming out because the response is been tremendous from
(06:09):
people everywhere, and I'm overwhelmed and honored and glad to
write more about them.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Wow, the Cash is in. Mccraze goes on again, how
exciting congratulations on that, and people will be thrilled to
hear that for sure, And I can only imagine what
that adventure's going to be like. And so we've been
talking with Claire Cinnamon about the trilogy, about the new one,
you know, talking about Laney, and you know what's happening
(06:38):
here in this one, and I don't you don't want
to give it all away, but give us just a
little taste of what book three is about.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Yeah, So book one, you're just introduced to her and
she and here at that farm as she seeks Jen
McCray across the street because she is overwhelmed until she
gets a handle on it. Book two is more about
their love story and her coming into her own and
then also there's a lot of coruption. You know, people
fight over land a lot, that's common, So you see
a lot of corruption there in books to while they're
(07:07):
trying to pursue their love affair with each other. So
book three, she's twenty two, I think, and she is
wanting to finish her education and she just goes off
on a whim and decides she needs to go away
for a while. So you see more about her new
beginnings in a new place, finishing her education, and honestly
(07:28):
deciding whether there's a place for Jed in her life
or not. And it's not a fairy tale. It has
very romantic and lovely moments between them, but she's a
modern woman and she actually weighs, you know, whether what
comes next her career or him or both, like a
lot of people have to do nowadays.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Well that's true, Claire Centeman. It's such a delight to
speak with you. And now I'm thinking about how you
come up with these stories and how this character has
just evolved. Is it fun for you? Has this been
a fun ride?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Yes, it is totally fun for me. And to see
these books published nineteen years after I wrote Lady Cash,
which was on purpose. I wasn't really speaking publishing in
the beginning. I just I wrote all the time until
my husband said one day, when you write eight to
twenty hours a day, I don't think that's a hobby.
(08:22):
So from there, you know, I said, yet time my
kids are grown, let's see what we can do with this.
It's been nothing but fun. I can't say that when
these characters come to me and I get in a frenzy,
I don't I won't pretend that every moment of that
is fun. But in the end, when I close a
finished book and that I'm on my fift one that's
been published now and have lots more to go, it's
(08:45):
the most rewarding thing ever.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Yes, wow, good for you. So what the reaction we know,
the reaction the readers have had. Obviously your husband what
a gift does He tells you, this is more than
a hobby. What about other people in your world? What
you know? What do they say about your writing and
these novels? Oh?
Speaker 2 (09:05):
So, something that's exciting to me. The female readership is
growing massively, and hear great things and about the other
books too that are out that are separate of the trilogy.
But something that is exciting for me. I never it
never occurred that men would love the books. And now
I don't know why that didn't occur to me, because
there's as much suspense as there is romance. But to
(09:28):
hear from men a lot in private messages, especially that
they have, you know, they finished book two of the trilogy.
When can they get more, and that they can't put
it down. That's been exciting for me.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Yes, and you're right, people don't I think people don't
realize that there are men that like romance too, but
also the rime part.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, And you know a lot of times
they spend private messages, and in a private message, they
don't mind admitting that the romance is pretty good too. So,
you know, but my husband, as he's addicted to all
the books, and he is, he's like, yes, I like
the romance, but the suspense part there's some DV I
(10:13):
majored in psychology, Kate, and so I really like to
dip into human emotion, and so there are some devious
characters popping up here and there in every book.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Well, it's very fun and it's fun to talk to you.
Claire Cinnamon. Congratulations and again this book that we're talking
about is Selena. You can get all of the books,
of course, if you go to Amazon. Thanks for coming on,
Thank you, Kate.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
I enjoyed it.
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