Thank you, Barb Schlichting, for featuring me on the author spotlight of your blog, Barb's Books, on 6/11/2016!
My goal in writing Christian Fiction is to give readers a clear understanding of a Christian viewpoint by the actions of my main character.
Before I begin writing, I always pray for direction. I have a scripture in mind that fits the situation or moral of the story. Sin, Secrets, and Salvation is book one. My character, Susan Penleigh, is a married Christian woman unequally yoked to a non-Christian husband. She experiences a shaky marriage that involves her entire family, and faces modern family issues throughout the 3 book series. Emotion and suspense are strong and can be related to by both men and woman. I once had a man in a wheel chair tell me he could relate to the verbal abuse Susan encountered as he himself experienced the same situation. One woman announced in church that Sin, Secrets, and Salvation was the best book showing the relationship between a mother and a daughter that she’d ever read. Susan’s journey is inspiring. River Town is book two. I moved Susan to Texas during the worse drought in Texas history with terrifying wildfires that actually did happen in 2011. I had to evacuate as the fires came without two miles of my home. Although this is a book of fiction, I did research and interviewed many local residents for details to include in the book. Descriptions experienced by my characters concerning the fires were from real people who also witnessed it firsthand. In keeping with my goal, I also gave Susan a new job at a high school to interact with students and become a mentor. She had much to challenge her faith. Hidden Creek is book three. I continue the characters, but place Susan with others making bad and good choices that show the consequences of their actions. In this book you learn who follows God’s will in their life, and I have written a major surprise in this book that…so far…not one reader has seen coming. Susan’s world comes alive in this book with lessons learned and exciting twists and turns. Hidden Creek concludes the Running Forward Series. The Texas Association of Authors awarded my books first place honors in Religious Fiction in 2013, 2014, and 2015 for my books, “Sin, Secrets, and Salvation, “River Town”, and “Hidden Creek”―respectively. I give God the glory for my writing! I felt led to write a biography next. Again, I prayed. “Lillie, A Motherless Child’ is the true life story of my mother. Born in Texas during the Great Depression Era, she was raised with sixteen siblings. Lillie’s own mother died when she was only seven years old. Wanting to stay true to her voice, I wrote it in first person. It reads as if she is telling you what happened. Play time as a child was entirely different back then. At eight years old, she raised a younger brother and sister at home―unsupervised, and often had kitchen fires while she cooked. She shares what they experienced as individuals, and as a German family through all of their childhood and married adult life. Six of her brothers were in the war at the same time. She was bullied daily at school because of her German name. She finally quit school one day. Her father made her go back and finish. He told her the bullies didn’t want to see her succeed, and she needed a good education for her future. Her life is a miracle in itself. You witness a different way of life through her eyes. Complete with treasured pictures, and handed-down family recipes; “Lillie, A Motherless Child” is in large print. It is an inspiring book to read for men, women, and teens. Again, I give God the glory. “Lillie, A Motherless Child” won first place in Biography in 2016 by the Texas Association of Authors. I am currently writing a new Christian Fiction Series. Book one should be available before the end of 2016. All books are on Amazon.com for purchase. I enjoy hearing from my readers. I am on facebook on timeline, and at my author page, https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-Hobbs-Author-Page-284186908279247/, twitter @LynnHobbsAuthor, LinkedIn, and Goodreads.com. To contact me, visit my website atwww.LynnHobbsAuthor.com If you liked my books, I would appreciate a review on them at Amazon.com
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