August 2011

One question that comes up frequently is how I feel about exposing so much of my personal life and my past sins, through my writing.   Although I wasn’t a prostitute, I gave myself away and experienced the heartache and emptiness of misplaced love.  I also experienced the horrendous consequences, along with the shame and guilt of certain decisions (abortion; addressed in The Atonement Child). 

It was Redeeming Love that began the process of dealing with my hidden sins.  By focusing daily on Scripture and learning about God’s amazing, redeeming, grace-filled love, I began to trust Him more.  I followed the same path Angel did, beginning as a child of darkness, being defiantly opposed to anyone (even God) controlling my life, then fear that what God wanted from me was not pieces of myself--but everything, my past, my present, my future.   When I came to know Him more through His Word, I saw how wide and deep...

Some of you may know that I started writing in the general market in the early days of the historical romance boom (mid 70-80s).  My first book was a combination of the genres I enjoyed reading: western-gothic-historical romance.  I became hooked on writing.  It seemed to be the one area of my life where I had “control,” an illusion, of course, though I had a successful career with strong sales and lead position (for promotion).  

Upon surrendering my life to Jesus, my writing died a swift death--not because I chose not to write, but because everything I wrote made no sense.  I struggled.  Writing was my “safe place,” it was my “identity,” or so I thought.  It took three years for the Lord to get through my thick skull and show me how my priorities were upside down.  I could almost hear Him saying, “You say you love Me, but you don’t even know who I AM.”  Sadly true.  For most of my life, I longed for a Savior, but I...