SPECIAL POST!! Giveaway! Sanctuary for a Lady by Naomi Rawlings

Welcome to Writing for Christ Naomi Rawlings, it is great to have you here! Do you have an interesting fact about yourself the average reader probably doesn’t know?

Oh, I’ve got a great one. I play the harp. Yep, really. The harp.

Okay, it’s not that I play the harp so much as I know how to play one, and yes, I own one too. But I haven’t played much over the past few years as I’ve started writing more. The last time I played was for my cousin’s wedding in 2010.

Do you have a favorite genre to read/write?

Romance. Romance. Historical Romance, and um, more Romance. I rarely find myself finishing a book that isn’t a romance novel. I have all these good intentions, like “I should read The Help or Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or The Marriage Plot or some other bestselling book by some famous author. So I’ll get the book and read about the first 50 pages before I see some romance novel on sale and get distracted by a love story.

As far as writing romances goes, I don’t ever see myself writing a book without a romantic thread of some sort in it or getting tired of writing romances. Human love is rooted in God’s love. And God’s love is so rich and deep, with endless facets and dimensions. As a writer, I see myself exploring the theme of “love” for a very long time.

Do you have a nugget of writing advice that has completely changed how you view writing?

I don’t know that I’m brilliant enough to come up with a single “nugget” like that, but I will say the two books that have helped me the most are Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook and The Moral Premise. I’d recommend every writer nearing publication read both of those. Personally, I follow the steps laid out at the end of The Moral Premise. Then once I’ve solidified where my story is going and why, I go back through the Breakout Novel Workbook and apply some of the exercises in there to make sure my story has things like characters with gripping inner conflict and a plot that keeps escalating.

5 things you love?

My husband.

My kids.

Reading a book . . .

      at night . . .

      while I’m sitting by our woodstove . . .

      and drinking hot chocolate . . .

      and it’s snowing outside, those big fluffy flakes that slowly drift to the ground and blanket everything in white.

Okay, that’s seven things, but it makes a cozy picture, doesn’t it?

What do you enjoy most about being a published author?

I’m too new to the publishing world to say for certain, but so far, holding my book in my hands for the first time has probably been my favorite moment.

Places for readers to learn more about you?

My website: www.naomirawlings.com

My facebook page, which I keep up to date on giveaways, my blog, and funny writing facts. http://www.facebook.com/author.naomirawlings

My blog: www.makinghomeworkblog.blogspot.com  My blog is an interesting combination of home-life, writing, and mothering. A lot of moms seem to find it encouraging.

Actually, if you want to read about how I messed up that great first moment where I should have been holding my published novel in my hand but wasn’t, I have a fun blog post about that. http://makinghomeworkblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/unforgetable-moments-perfect-or-bungled.html

Thank you for being with us today!

Thanks for having me, Casey. It was fun to be here!

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