What are the ways that your faith informs how you approach storytelling?
Faith interweaves itself into my everyday life. Because of that, I think the faith elements in my stories are more subtle, more introspective, and less evangelistic in their approach.
I believe that faith isn’t a step-by-step process but a daily tug and pull, trial and error, heartbreak and healing journey. I find my characters are significantly flawed, searching souls that are thirsty for truth.
What are the best ways for readers to support their favorite authors?
Leaving reviews is a wonderful way to give feedback and support authors. I always ask for honest reviews. I love 5-star ones, don’t get me wrong, but I also like to hear what didn’t resonate with a reader, or what they might like to see improved upon.
Aside from reviews, I love interaction online. For me, it’s primarily via Facebook, but the endless messages and comments I receive from readers is so encouraging and so inspiring to keep writing—especially on the darker days.
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The Curse of Misty Wayfair
Jaime Jo Wright
Bethany House
Left at an orphanage as a child, Thea Reed vowed to find her mother someday. Now grown, her search takes her to turn-of-the-century Pleasant Valley, Wisconsin. When the clues she finds lead her to a mental asylum, Thea uses her experience as a postmortem photographer to gain access and assist groundskeeper Simeon Coyle in photographing the patients and uncovering the secrets within. However, she never expected her personal quest would reawaken the legend of Misty Wayfair, a murdered woman who allegedly haunts the area and whose appearance portends death.
A century later, Heidi Lane receives a troubling letter from her mother–who is battling dementia–compelling her to travel to Pleasant Valley for answers to her own questions of identity. When she catches sight of a ghostly woman haunting the asylum ruins in the woods, the long-standing story of Misty Wayfair returns–and with it, Heidi’s fear for her own life.
As two women across time seek answers about their identities and heritage, they must overcome the threat of the mysterious curse that has them inextricably intertwined.