Sigrun, thanks for on-going support. I appreciate your sharing of your reading experiences. It’s always good to “see” things from ther reader perspective.

Anyway, I thank you for your letter and also for this posting. I had just gone to the new Kimani Press section of eHarlequin site and seen the new cover for “A Family Wedding”. I thought for a while that it was a totally new book, but knowing that they had reprinted several other “African-American” books previously, I decided to check things out at the source, so to speak. I knew you had written several books for them because I made it a point to get any known books by “A-A” writers in order to show my support.

As an “outsider white-skinned person”, I never know how to differentiate when I feel I need to. I know somebody is affected adversely by any kind of designation and I feel the same way. I also reject what it says in the Kimani Press “African-American books for African-Americans” (or something to that effect). Because I’m white, I can’t read these books? I think I’m going to write them, or do any of you think that would be a mistake? I don’t even know if all the comments here are by A-As.

I go even so far as to reject gender reminders like “Men should open doors for women.” So women shouldn’t hold doors open for men? Common courtesy demands that I hold open a door for man, woman, child or whomever.

I agree with you, Wayne. I think that once you read a “secular” book by an author who writes stories you like, you follow them wherever they go–well not always. Some of my formerly favored authors have gone on to write about vampires and the like and I haven’t followed. But they will certainly try a faith-based book and with prayer on the part of those of us who believe, they can be a great tool for outreach. Felicia Mason is another example.

One author I enjoyed reading wrote in her bio that she is a born-again Christian. I wrote her and told her that it was nice to know that she was writing. However, it made no difference in what she wrote. She is now writing numerous books with “magic” in the titles. Is she just talking about the magic of a sunrise or is she talking about the paranormal magic? I don’t know. I haven’t bothered to find out. If I were a writer, I couldn’t just ignore the Christian part of myself. I might not immediately come out with it either–just like many writers didn’t, e.g, Terri Blackstock, Francine Rivers, and others that I’ve discovered–but I certainly couldn’t write any bedroom scenes and my fundamental (double meaning, I guess) values would still be obvious.

I need the rest of the story. Cliffhangars make me crazy!

Actually as an aspiring writer I look forward to learning from your experiences. Thanks for sharing.

Blessings,

Rhonda

I found this post moving and a tribute to the wonderful author you are. I’ve learn one thing about writing an faith. A lot of readers who are not into things spiritual may not be inclined to pick up one of your current books, but I know readers. They read one of your reissues and they’ll run to pick up all your books and discover your new faithfilled stories.

The stories you wrote years ago spoke to me of love, pure and unwavering between a man and woman. What you write today, just differs a bit, you just define where that loves comes from.

You continue to be one talented authors.

Wayne