10 Things You Didn’t Know About MK McClintock
It’s a pleasure to be visiting Speculative Friction today – what a great blog! Okay, in truth there are a lot of things you don’t know about me and likely never will. I’m a private person and enjoy a quiet life in my small mountain town tucked away in northwest Montana, but I also know the readers like a little something extra, so here are 10 things you didn’t know about me before this moment.
1. #1 I’m quirky about my surroundings when I bake or write. I want no one around and like Celtic or classical music playing in the background.
2. #2 I took general courses and studied business at BYU-Idaho where I left before graduating to attend culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu schools in New Hampshire and Arizona.
3. #3 I had originally planned to be an elementary school teacher when I began college, then had a good heart to heart with myself and opted for business and food.
4. #4 Likely one of the few modern authors who does not or will not keep a Facebook page.
5. #5 My favorite authors are Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and Edward Rutherford
6. #6 My favorite movie is The Scarlet Pimpernel. The 1982 version with Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour.
7. #7 I prefer rural areas to cities. The last city I visited (as in visit I mean flew into and then drove out of) for pleasure was Edinburgh, more than six years ago.
8. #8 I don’t go a single day without eating some form of chocolate. (Frances: I HIGHLY approve of this)
9. #9 It has been pointed out that I unknowingly slip into an English accent from time to time and no, I’m not English.
#10 I didn’t want to use a made-up pen name for my writing, so the MK are my first two initials and McClintock is a family surname.
ABOUT GALLAGHER'S PRIDE:
Brenna Cameron travels from Scotland after losing someone she loves in search of family she didn't know existed. Alone now in the world, Brenna makes an arduous journey, following the trail of discovery to Briarwood, Montana. Here she meets Ethan Gallagher, and the rest of the Gallagher clan. Only with their help is she able to discover lost family, heal old wounds and embark on a treacherous confrontation with a man who destroyed her family.
As head of the Gallagher clan, Ethan has more than enough to occupy his thoughts and time-he didn't need the complication of Brenna Cameron and he certainly didn't need the trouble that came with her. Ethan takes on the unwanted duty of self-appointed protector to the headstrong Scot, only to discover there is such a thing as second chances and more to life than revenge.
As head of the Gallagher clan, Ethan has more than enough to occupy his thoughts and time-he didn't need the complication of Brenna Cameron and he certainly didn't need the trouble that came with her. Ethan takes on the unwanted duty of self-appointed protector to the headstrong Scot, only to discover there is such a thing as second chances and more to life than revenge.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
McClintock was born on the west coast, but after less than eight years she left with her family to the Rocky Mountains. After more adventures around the country, business college and culinary school, McClintock found a place to call home in Montana.
"I've always loved books and spent more hours reading through school than any other activity. I wrote stories when I was younger and even tried my hand at a novel. It wasn't very good and I shelved the idea for years." She pulled the ideas off the shelf and began working on her first novel, Gallagher's Pride, the first in an historical series about a ranching family in Montana.
Over the years McClintock traveled the country and visited magnificent Scotland. She dreams of a time when life was simpler, the land rougher and the journey more rewarding. With her heart deeply rooted in the past and her mind always on adventure, McClintock still calls Montana home.
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