I recently finished reading A Promise for Ellie by Lauraine Snelling. It is an older book by this author, and is the first book in her “Daughters of Blessing” series. It is the first book I have ever read by Ms. Snelling, and I read it because someone lent it to me and because someone who reviewed my book suggested that if readers like books Lauraine Snelling, they will most likely like my book. Therefore, I wanted to know if my writing is similar, in any way, to Ms. Snelling’s.

So, what did I find? Well, I think this book is too old for me to really use for comparison. This book was copyrighted in 2006.

Ms. Snelling began her writing career in 1982, which interesting enough was the year I graduated from high school. Lauraine Snelling’s first book was written for young adult readers. If you go to her website and click on the “Meet Lauraine” tab, you will find that she then continued to write more horse books for young girls, but has also added historical and contemporary fiction and nonfiction for adults and young readers. Over the years, she has published more than 80 books to date.

So, back to my thoughts on A Promise for Ellie by Lauraine Snelling. I did find some similarity of style between this book and what I write. However, I would like to read a more recent book by Ms. Snelling at some point to have a better idea of any possible similarities between her writing and mine. I do know that Ms. Snelling writes historical fiction, and many of her books are set in the historical west.

I have read books by other authors, who also write historical fiction set in the historical west, and I suspect my books could be similar to more authors who write about this time period and setting simply because of the time period and setting, as well as the things we discover in our research and include in our books.

I am honored to have a reviewer suggest that readers of Lauraine Snelling, who has been a successful author for many years, would also enjoy my current book, and quite possibly my upcoming books.