So happy to share some Q & A's from an amazing historical author, Connilyn Cossette. Her latest book will be releasing on March 3rd! Click here to see where you can find out more about this intriguing book. I can tell you that I have been reading the series and have loved every single book. They are so captivating and life-like, makes you wish you could be there to see all that was taking place.
So here is a little about Connilyn Cossette!
Q. Do
you seek out a spiritual theme for each book before you draft, crafting the
plot around it? Or does it come to you later as you edit and weave in a theme?
A. That
really is different with every book. There are times when I know going in
exactly what the spiritual theme is going to be; like with Until the Mountains
Fall which was about a prodigal daughter. But there are times when it takes me
almost the entire writing of the book to really figure out what it is the
characters are trying to say and what it is the Lord is weaving into my story.
And there are times when I may know the spiritual journey of one of the main
characters but not the other and it untangles itself as I learn who the
characters are together, what their wounds are, what their goals are, etc.
There have actually been times when I thought it was one spiritual theme and
then it completely surprised me by turning into another by the time I was done.
Q. What
do you want your readers to know about you?
A. That
I am just a simple girl who loves Jesus and loves to write stories and is
absolutely delighted that anyone would want to get to know her imaginary
friends. I am beyond blessed to get to hang out in my pajamas and make up
stories all day long and somehow people out there want to read them. I am still
pinching myself that this is my life!
Q. How
does it feel saying goodbye to characters you’ve been with for so long?
A. It
is really so bittersweet because I feel like these people are part of my family
and I know them inside and out. So it kind of feels like I’m abandoning them in
some way. But they’re always there waiting for me and maybe someday I’ll have a
chance to come back and revisit them. And then again I’m also really excited to
find new characters and discover their journeys and now that I’m writing this
new series I’m having a great time creating a whole new set of people,
discovering what makes them tick, and finding all sorts of disastrous and
dangerous situations to put them into peril and complicated situations to mess
with their heads. I’m kinda evil like that ;)
Q. If
you could travel back in time to personally experience a Bible story, which one
would it be and why?
A. That’s
a pretty simple answer for me; other than the resurrection, I would be there
for the crossing of the Red Sea because what bigger miracle—other than Jesus
rising from the dead in a blaze of pure light—could there be? I sure hope the
Lord has that one on video when I get to heaven. Who knows if the way I
imagined it was anywhere close to the real thing (because I’m pretty sure
Hollywood didn’t get it right) but however it happened it had to have been a
mind-blowing thing to witness.
Connilyn Cossette is a Christy Award and Carol Award winning author whose books have been found on both ECPA and CBA bestseller lists. When she is not engulfed in the happy chaos of homeschooling two teenagers, devouring books whole, or avoiding housework, she can be found digging into the rich ancient world of the Bible to discover gems of grace that point to Jesus and weaving them into an immersive fiction experience. Although she and her husband have lived all over the country in their twenty-plus years of marriage, they currently call a little town south of Dallas, Texas their home. Connect with her at ConnilynCossette.com
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