Ask the Author: Savannah Jane McCrary
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Savannah Jane McCrary
I love everything about being a writer, but I think my favorite part is seeing how God uses my writing to bless and impact others. Seeing how much my family enjoys it when my mother reads my stories aloud, receiving a message from someone who was encouraged by my books, the excitement of a little girl when I signed her book for her… it’s things like that that remind me just how wonderful it is to be a writer!
Savannah Jane McCrary
Write what you love. Write what you’re passionate about, what really interests you, and don’t worry about if it’s popular right now. The market is always changing, and I believe your writing is the best when you write what you love and enjoy the process.
Do your best and keep learning! Take your time to make your writing the best you can. Keep learning: read books, watch movies, and learn from great storytellers, as well as doing writing lessons and getting feedback on your writing.
And finally, trust God with every part of the process, and don’t give up! Do be a good steward of your work, but trust Him and His timing in when your books are published, how many books you sell, what opportunities you have, and every part of this amazing calling of being a writer! Don’t be discouraged if things take longer than you would like!
“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.” Galatians 6:9
Do your best and keep learning! Take your time to make your writing the best you can. Keep learning: read books, watch movies, and learn from great storytellers, as well as doing writing lessons and getting feedback on your writing.
And finally, trust God with every part of the process, and don’t give up! Do be a good steward of your work, but trust Him and His timing in when your books are published, how many books you sell, what opportunities you have, and every part of this amazing calling of being a writer! Don’t be discouraged if things take longer than you would like!
“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.” Galatians 6:9
Savannah Jane McCrary
My most recent book is Trains and Tulips: A Novel of the World War II Dutch Resistance. I first came up with the beginnings of this story after watching the movie Return to the Hiding Place (it’s an excellent movie, but I wouldn’t recommend it to young children, and be aware that there is a bit of disturbing/upsetting content in it.) Watching movies can have quite an impact on me!
After nearly five years of researching, brainstorming, writing, and editing, Trains and Tulips was finally finished.
The book follows five main characters: Pieter (a theology student) Marit (Pieter’s sister, an artist), Gerrit (a young farmer who’s engaged to Marit), David (a Jewish veterinary student), and Elsje (a teenage girl whose life is turned upside down by a Jewish baby).
When I first began the book, I didn’t intend for the goodness of God to be the main theme, but as I planned and wrote, somehow, the truth that God is good, always, became the main message of this story.
It’s definitely my favorite of the fictional stories I’ve written thus far!
After nearly five years of researching, brainstorming, writing, and editing, Trains and Tulips was finally finished.
The book follows five main characters: Pieter (a theology student) Marit (Pieter’s sister, an artist), Gerrit (a young farmer who’s engaged to Marit), David (a Jewish veterinary student), and Elsje (a teenage girl whose life is turned upside down by a Jewish baby).
When I first began the book, I didn’t intend for the goodness of God to be the main theme, but as I planned and wrote, somehow, the truth that God is good, always, became the main message of this story.
It’s definitely my favorite of the fictional stories I’ve written thus far!
Savannah Jane McCrary
I'm currently writing a YA historical fiction book set in Germany during World War II. It's about four siblings who must discern how to respond to the evil that has overtaken their country. It's a story of hope in the midst of darkness and the value of every life, weaving together fictional characters with real historical heroes such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Claus von Stauffenberg, and Fabian von Schlabrendorff.
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