I am a Christian, wife, mother of five, grandmother, author and musician. As far as my likes go, I like playing with my dog, Dolly, a Schnauzer mix. I enjoy playing Frisbee, eating good food and reading books, watching television, riding my motorcycle, going to church, talking with friends, studying the Word, playing the piano, practicing the violin, sitting on my front porch and watching hummingbirds while I play my mountain harp, swimming, writing poetry, being with my children and grandchildren, family get-togethers, listening to good preachers, looking at bikes on Ebay and flying kites and being with other Christians.
I've thought a lot about writing and I can manage a short story or two without bringing up Christian principles especially if I am exploring something amusing. However, I'm not even going to try to write a novel with disregard to what the foundations of the world are about. I've read too many books that didn't ring true because the author didn't know what the truth was.
My conjecture is that one can't really understand why people do the things they do if they don't understand some of the things the Word of God says is going on in the world because of the battles in spiritual realms.
I don't sugar-coat my books. They do deal with mature subject matter. One of my professors actually said before a class reading of one of my works that now the class could expect sweetness and light. The story he was talking about had five main characters. Two of the characters was a couple on their way to get a divorce and the other couple in the book was coming back from a clinic after getting a cancer treatment for the wife. The other person in the story was a waitress who had a dark outlook on the world. Sweetness and light?
That comment was made because my writings didn't contain vulgarity. And you know what I have to say about that? My works still do not contain curse words or sex scenes. Those things are not the necesssary qualifier of good literature. How many of the masters in literature would I have to name who have not resorted to those things (for whatever reason) to show that is true?
Sweetness and light? No. But I don't use vulgarity's shock value to better my work.
Let the others operate the way they want and I'll stick to this way. It's my genre and I'm proud to be here. RR
I am a Christian, wife, mother of five, grandmother, author and musician. As far as my likes go, I like playing with my dog, Dolly. I enjoy playing Frisbee, reading books, TV, movies, riding my motorcycle, going to church, studying the Word, playing the piano, practicing the violin, sitting on my front porch and watching hummingbirds and playing my mountain harp, swimming and writing poetry. Pet Peeve: People who believe you have to use cursing or sex scenes to have a good book.
