Giveaway! Love Finds You in New Orleans, Louisiana by Christa Allan!

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

I probably shouldn’t admit this in public, but I once won first place at a talent show for a stand-up comic routine. The show was for charity, so perhaps the award was as well!

Do you have a favorite genre to read/write?

                I think my ADD-ness extends to my reading and writing because my bookshelves (and floor) are jammed with almost every genre. And just when I think I’m not all that into science fiction or historical novels or mystery, along come books like The Hunger Games and everything by Sarah Addison Allen.

 My first genre choice for both would be women’s fiction. I like developing characters who come to see that they are so much stronger than they ever thought they were. Yet the paradox is that God can only work through our weaknesses t demonstrate his grace.  Love Finds You in New Orleans was the first historical I’ve written, and I enjoyed immersing myself in another century and coming to know those characters. I hope to write another historical.

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

No piece of writing is ever finished…it’s just due.

5 things you love?

 Besides my family and God, I love…

1. When my husband leaves for work and sets a just-brewed cup of coffee on my nightstand (wait, is that a thing?)

2. Blue Bell Mocha Almond Fudge ice cream

3. Boiled shrimp

4. Sitting on my balcony watching the sun collapse.

5. Every day I wake up breathing!

What do you enjoy most about being a published author?

I’ve come to realize that what’s most made me fell like a published author is the privilege of interacting with readers either through emails, letters, comments, book clubs, Skype sessions.  I am still amazed listening to readers as they discuss the people in my novels and knowing they see them as real as I do.

Places for readers to learn more about you?

My blog: Christa Allan

Twitter: ChristaAllan

Facebook: Christa Allan, Author

Pinterest

Thank you for being with us today!

My pleasure. Thanks for letting me hang out on your blog!

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