Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi, I am a blogger, writer, wife and home-school mum to three kids. My blog Real Life Hope shares the real life story behind living a life of faith and its ups and downs.
I love to write about my passion for God, inspirational stories, devotionals and living a life of confidence. My first book Beautiful opened my eyes to how much I love writing and sharing my stories and inspiration with others around me.
I am already busy writing my second book around the demands of having three home-schooled children. Maybe my next book will be on time management 🙂
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My first book Beautiful was inspired by my own struggles with self esteem after I was horribly injured in a car accident in my late teens. Battling against the notion that I was ugly and unloveable, I was able to find peace in God and realise my worth even past what I was feeling in the years of recovery.
My journey took me to a place where I now live with confidence knowing my worth comes for God and nowhere else.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Being a home-school mum to three kids, I don’t usually have much free time so my writing is done at 5am most mornings while the family are still sleeping. I find that enjoying this peace of the early morning gives me a lot of inspiration to write and still fulfill my role of teaching my beautiful kids.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I read so much. I know that there are so many authors out there with great advice, stories and inspiration to share and I want a part of that. Reading opens my eyes to other points of view and gives me fresh insight that I otherwise wouldn’t have known.
Two books that have greatly influenced me include 168 hours: You have more time than you think by Laura Vanderkam and The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. Let’s just say my life really needed some time management techniques.
What are you working on now?
I am currently working on my second book Strong which shares the major characteristics in being a strong Christian woman, especially through hardship and loss. I want to empower women to use what they have been through to come out stronger and use their pain as a platform for greatness in their lives.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I do some advertising and promote my books mainly by my website and word of mouth. My friends and family are greatly supportive and have been so happy to share my books with others.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Just get writing! I have wanted to be an author for such a long time but I didn’t do it for so many reasons. Once I made the decision to take the leap, it just flowed and I finally feel like I’m in the place where I’m meant to be.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
To be uniquely myself. Its easy to be inspired by someone else’s life and want to be like them but we were created the way we are for a specific purpose. Not being ourselves robs the world of what we really have to offer.
What are you reading now?
The Perfect You by Dr Caroline Leaf and The 1% rule by Tommy Baker. I love to read a variety of genres and both of these authors are so inspiring.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I would really like to take my story further by doing some speaking engagements and sharing my story of self esteem and building up others in their confidence.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The Bible, a concordance and a journal for writing (does that count or is that cheating? lol)
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