Reno Anderson

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I have written the book Fierce: The FEW as well as a novel under a pseudonym called Caverns of the Heart.

What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
During this time of self-isolation, uncertainty about the future, women of faith need to be Fierce, Fiercely following a Holy God. So I wrote a Bible study workbook, called Fierce: The FEW (Fierce Everyday Warrior). Inspired by C.S. Lewis’s Narnia series, which I always love to read, even as an adult, my book encourages women especially to answer some hard questions about following Jesus.

Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I write with my 13 year old dog at my feet, in a little office that was meant to be a laundry room. The sun shines in, and I have a watercolor painting above my head of the glorious sun-lit Italian countryside (one of my favorite places in the world). I can tune everything out, and that helps me to write anywhere really.

What authors, or books have influenced you?
So many…Ann Voskamp; Katie Davis Majors, William Faulkner, Elizabeth George, Hennig Mankell, and Barbara Kingsolver – a real motley crew!

What are you working on now?
I have started the second novel in my Jane Donavon series – a women’s adventure novel. And I am working on my next Bible study workbook, probably about courage.

What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have a website, but I use facebook a great deal. And I have a huge email list which I have developed over years of traveling.

Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you think you can or want to write, then just sit down and start writing. Write anything, but just put down a sentence…and then a paragraph, which quickly becomes a page, and then you are off. But however and wherever, just write! Your own voice will develop the more you write.

What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You can do it! All you have to do is start – so just start. Sit down and write.

What are you reading now?
Just finished Daring to Hope by Katie Davis Majors – loved it because I can relate to her journey in many ways, I am also reading Malcom Gladwell’s David and Goliath – love his way of thinking.

What’s next for you as a writer?
To keep writing, and to keep traveling as soon as this world is back to “normal”. But I actually like this self-isolation, as it gives me the time to write, as I have never had before. My novel takes place in Europe, specifically Italy and Portugal, so I think I will need to be there soon for background writing. I will just keep on writing as long as I have life. In order to keep writing my workbooks, I need to study my Bible more and more to see what I can do to give encouragement to ask the hard questions of my faith.

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, the Narnia series, Surprised by Joy by CS Lewis, and The Broken Way by Ann Voskamp. At least those….

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