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Author Interview: Minnie Warren

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Christian author Minnie WarrenLet’s welcome Minnie Warren, the author of multiple Christian novels, including Finding Home, Before We Found Home, Where Grace Leads, The Secrets We Bury, What the River Kept, and The Silence After Amen.

We’re happy to have you join us today, Minnie!

1. Please describe your journey to becoming a Christian novelist.

My writing journey grew from a desire to tell emotionally honest stories that acknowledge hardship while still making room for hope, grace, healing, and redemption. I write faith-centered fiction because I want readers to see characters facing difficult choices and real consequences without losing sight of the possibility of growth and restoration.

2. How did you come up with the ideas for your novels?Christian novel What the River Kept

I’m drawn to relationships, family, belonging, secrets, forgiveness, and the difficult decisions people make when life does not unfold as expected. Those themes have shaped both my Finding Home series and my suspense-oriented stories. I begin with people and circumstances that feel emotionally real, then build the story around the choices those characters must make.

3. How do you typically incorporate faith into your stories?

I try to weave faith naturally into the characters’ lives rather than treating it as an interruption to the story. Prayer, forgiveness, grace, accountability, and trusting God during uncertainty become part of how characters wrestle with their circumstances and decide what to do next.

4. What do you find most challenging about being a writer?

Maintaining consistency while developing characters and storylines is important to me. I want every chapter to move the story forward without unnecessary filler or repetition, while keeping the emotional and faith elements genuine.

Christian novel The Silence after Amen5. What do you enjoy most about writing?

I enjoy creating characters readers can care about and giving them journeys that can entertain while also encouraging reflection. It is especially meaningful when a story can leave someone thinking about grace, family, forgiveness, or hope after the final page.

6. How do you find time to write?

I approach writing with intention and keep returning to the work until the story is complete. I value consistency, careful editing, and giving each project the attention it needs.

7. Do you have a new novel in the works?

Yes. I continue developing faith-based fiction that combines compelling women-centered stories with mystery, suspense, emotional
depth, and meaningful themes of faith and redemption.

8. When you’re not writing, how do you like to spend your time?

I value family, learning, serving others, and creative work. Those parts of life continually give me new perspectives on people, relationships, resilience, and the kinds of stories I want to tell.

Thanks for taking the time to visit with us, Minnie. God bless you and your writing!

Be sure to visit Minnie’s author website at minnie-warren-author.netlify.app

Author Interview: Jocolby Phillips

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Welcome to Christian novelist Jocolby Phillips, the author of two published novels, including the newly released Rise of The Beast: The Tribulation Begins. We’re happy to have you join us, Jocolby!

1. Please describe your journey to becoming a Christian novelist.

Christian fiction resonates with me as a man, a person who loves books, and from my experiences as a Soldier. I noticed that many guys do read fiction books, but they are books that they find relatable to their lives and experiences. This is especially true for folks I have served within combat zones and other missions away from home. You want to read something that you see your strengths, weaknesses, flaws, and virtues in the characters. The Christian fiction I write provides an opportunity for people to find those things in a novel and provides them what I see as truth as written in the Bible, which can have an even larger impact on their lives.

I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how well my novels have done with women. Women comprise over 50 percent of my fan base, and time and time again remark on how much they enjoy the action and portrayal of women seeking God while being tough and resilient. I see value in writing a Christian fiction book as an active-duty Army officer with many varying experiences and a Christian who has struggled with my faith at times for men and women. Anyone can benefit from discovering the value and the life-changing perspective that a relationship with the God of the Bible offers, and storytelling is a great medium for reaching men.

2. How did you come up with the ideas for your novels?

My job in the military, which deals with special operations and intelligence, leads me to have a natural curiosity about the world around me, the interconnections between events and people; thus I have for many years studied the varying views on Christian end-times doctrine and world events which allow for a perspective in my books being presented by someone that has seen or studied the effects described in the book from the first-hand political, economic. The religious viewpoints my experiences have provided me over the years.

3. How do you typically go about incorporating faith into your stories?

The message of hope that Jesus Christ brings to anyone, the lost, broken, addicts, rich, old, and young, is interwoven within the book through the central characters’ personal struggles. For my debut series, this message stands in front of the backdrop of a foretold terrible period of human history, known in Christianity as the Tribulation.

4. What do you find to be the most challenging thing about being a writer?

Structuring my time between writing, marketing, and being a father, husband, and soldier.

5. What do you enjoy most about writing?

The best thing about this journey is how the Lord has used it to bring me closer to him. I’ve spent more time reading, studying, and enjoying my Bible study due to my writing. It has been unexpected but should’ve been an expected blessing.

6. How do you find time to write?

I made a promise to myself after starting the first book that I would spend at least two hours a day writing. I missed that mark a few times but having a daily reminder to write when I first wake up helps.

7. Do you have a new novel in the works? If so, tell us about it!

Yes, I am excited, proud, and honestly surprised that I’m writing my third novel, which also serves as the next installment in my debut series. The third book, Wrath of The Lamb, continues the saga of the remnants of an elite U.S. special operations team who finds new hope and purpose after the Rapture fighting against the Antichrist.

8. When you’re not writing, how do you like to spend your time?

The best thing is spending time with my family. If 2020 taught me anything, it is family is precious. I have two young children, so hanging out with them when I’m not serving the country or writing is priority number one.

Thanks for taking the time to visit with us, Jocolby. God bless you and your writing!

Be sure to visit Jocolby’s author website at www.christianwarriorfiction.com.

Author Interview: Jim O’Shea

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Welcome to Christian novelist Jim O’Shea, the author of three published novels, including the newly released Blood Sisters. We’re happy to have you join us, Jim!

1. Please describe your journey to becoming a Christian novelist.

I had an idea for a novel about ten years ago and my wife suggested I pursue it. I wrote eight chapters over the next few months and when she told me she liked them, I dove head-first into writing. Over the next five years I read countless articles on the basics of fiction, everything from showing vs telling, POV, unnecessary adverbs, and so much more. Over that time I finished a draft version of my first novel and continued to hone it based on the various articles and books, feedback, and some paid help from professional editors. I finally broke through when I was taken on by a Christian agent and he got me my first book deal. Several months of working with the publisher’s editor resulted in my first novel, The Linen God, which achieved very good reviews on Amazon.

Fast forward another five years, and my third novel has just been released and a fourth has just been completed. I’m here only because of hard work, a penchant for storytelling, and God’s grace.

2. How do you typically go about incorporating faith into your stories?

That’s easy for me because I see the world through the prism of faith. Incorporating faith into any situation, whether it be real-life or make believe, comes naturally.

3. Do you have a new novel in the works? If so, tell us about it!

I just completed the manuscript for “I, Witness”….. a Christian thriller combining international espionage, leading edge science, and a powerful message of redemption. I’m excited and am currently having it critiqued by a well-known professional acquaintance.

4. When you’re not writing, how do you like to spend your time?

I enjoy golf, travel, playing ice hockey, and hanging out with friends and family. I’m especially fond of my new granddaughter Charlotte.

Thanks for taking the time to visit with us, Jim. God bless you and your writing!