How does your faith impact how you approach storytelling?
I nearly always write about characters who are already well along on their journey of faith in Christ. I gave my life to Jesus as a teenager, and I’ve been deeply grateful and wildly intrigued to see the difference that faith makes in this crazy world we live in.
Whether we are believers or seekers or don’t even know what’s missing in our lives, we all have problems and trials and relationships that aren’t what we wish they were. I love exploring how faith makes a difference in navigating those trials, and the ways our faith grows more in the midst of heartache than it ever does when things are going exactly our way.
What are the best ways that readers can support their favorite authors?
When I started writing, social media wasn’t even a thing. I absolutely love that I can now connect with readers almost instantaneously through my Facebook readers group, or Instagram, or blog posts.
Most readers have no idea what an encouragement they are to writers when they sing our praises to their friends on social media or send a note letting us know how our book touched or taught or simply entertained them.
I want readers to know that telling others about my books is one of the best ways they can support me. That writing a review online is some of the best advertising around (and it’s free!) And that I appreciate them more than they’ll ever know. I always say that hearing from readers is like fuel for my writer’s engine!
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Reason to Breathe
Chandler Sisters #1
Deborah Raney
Gilead Publishing
Phylicia thought life was passing her by, but maybe this was love’s plan all along…
At twenty-nine, Phylicia Chandler put her life on hold to care for her dying mother with her sisters, Joanna and Britt. Now Mom is gone and their father stuns them all by running off with a woman young enough to be their sister. Life is moving forward all around her, but Phylicia feels stuck—until her father’s protégé, Quinn Mitchell, presents the sisters with an intriguing business opportunity to purchase a trio of cottages just outside of Langhorne, Missouri. Joanna and Britt are convinced the three of them should launch a vacation rental venture, but Phylicia remains skeptical.
To complicate matters, Quinn soon finds himself falling hard for Phylicia. But how can he pursue this beautiful, talented woman twelve years his junior when she’s still reeling over her father’s hasty engagement to a younger woman? Quinn is determined to give Phylicia her happily-ever-after. But first, he must help her come to terms with her discovery of long-held family secrets and persuade her that true love can transcend their differences.
Discover more about Deborah Raney’s books here:
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