Ask the Author: Renee Andrews
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Renee Andrews
The best thing for me is to keep writing and to keep putting work out for readers/reviewers. With the indy market the way it is now, you do not have to wait until you can secure an agent before publishing your work; however, I would make certain it is edited well and has been read by at least two beta readers (preferably not family) if possible :) Also, if you're considering writing for Love Inspired or one of the other lines under the Harlequin/Harper Collins umbrella, you do not need an agent to submit. You can actually submit online -- https://harlequin.submittable.com/submit
Renee Andrews
Hi! Thanks for asking :) It should be available by October 22nd :)
Have a wonderfully blessed day!
Renee
Have a wonderfully blessed day!
Renee
Renee Andrews
Hello, Grace,
Thank you so much for writing. I will definitely pray for your family and friends. I understand family needing prayers. Today is the day after Christmas, and we are attending a funeral for a man who died way too young and is leaving a loving wife and young son. I will ask for your prayers for them as well.
I'm so glad you enjoyed Family Wanted. The next book in the Willow's Haven series is actually out now, and I hope you will enjoy Jack and Elise's story in Second Chance Father. It is about a renowned filmmaker who retreats from society after losing his family but is touched by an autistic boy who wanders onto his property. I fell in love with those characters and hope you will too.
Have a blessed and Merry Christmas!
Renee
Thank you so much for writing. I will definitely pray for your family and friends. I understand family needing prayers. Today is the day after Christmas, and we are attending a funeral for a man who died way too young and is leaving a loving wife and young son. I will ask for your prayers for them as well.
I'm so glad you enjoyed Family Wanted. The next book in the Willow's Haven series is actually out now, and I hope you will enjoy Jack and Elise's story in Second Chance Father. It is about a renowned filmmaker who retreats from society after losing his family but is touched by an autistic boy who wanders onto his property. I fell in love with those characters and hope you will too.
Have a blessed and Merry Christmas!
Renee
Renee Andrews
The idea for Daddy Wanted, my work-in-progress, came from the situation behind me becoming a grandmother (or "KK", as they call me) last year. My grandsons, Alanus and Jerry, lost their birth parents within three months of each other. They knew their Daddy was dying of cancer and going to Heaven to be with Jesus, but three months before their Daddy died, their Mommy had a heart attack and passed away at the age of forty-three. Suddenly, these two precious boys were orphaned, and my son and daughter-in-law, who were only 24 and 22 at the time and had only been married eight months, felt God put it on their hearts to adopt our grandboys.
Daddy Wanted is taken from their story, in that the children are suddenly orphaned, and two people who hadn't known they were anywhere near becoming parents are suddenly not only thrown into parenthood but also into dealing with children mourning the loss of parents.
Watching my son and daughter-in-law give the boys unconditional love, and seeing the boys work through their loss and find love again, and seeing the way they love others so very much...inspired me to write this story.
I can't imagine our lives without Alanus and Jerry as a part of them. Truthfully, I can't remember what life was like without them, and we are so blessed to have them to love. I am prayerful that readers will feel that love and emotion when they read Daddy Wanted.
Daddy Wanted is taken from their story, in that the children are suddenly orphaned, and two people who hadn't known they were anywhere near becoming parents are suddenly not only thrown into parenthood but also into dealing with children mourning the loss of parents.
Watching my son and daughter-in-law give the boys unconditional love, and seeing the boys work through their loss and find love again, and seeing the way they love others so very much...inspired me to write this story.
I can't imagine our lives without Alanus and Jerry as a part of them. Truthfully, I can't remember what life was like without them, and we are so blessed to have them to love. I am prayerful that readers will feel that love and emotion when they read Daddy Wanted.
Renee Andrews
My morning devotional time with my sweet Cajun gets me fired up and ready to write. I ask God for help, and He never lets me down.
Renee Andrews
1) Revisions for Daddy Wanted, due October 15th to my editor.
2) Devotions (I'm always writing devotions as the ideas come to fruition; my new devotional for 2015 is available now - yay! www.MondayswithJesus.com
3) A suspense series that has me so excited I can hardly sleep at night!
2) Devotions (I'm always writing devotions as the ideas come to fruition; my new devotional for 2015 is available now - yay! www.MondayswithJesus.com
3) A suspense series that has me so excited I can hardly sleep at night!
Renee Andrews
Best advice: write something everyday. Continue to tell your story and don't let anyone silence your voice. I write as if I'm sitting on the back porch telling my story to anyone willing to listen (the way I've always done since I was a little girl shelling purple hull peas on the back porch with my grandmother).
Renee Andrews
For me, it's the ability to work anywhere. My husband is a former All-American gymnast who travels the Southeast teaching tumbling camps throughout the year. With a nine-to-five job, I wouldn't have the option to travel with him; however, I can bring my laptop and write in a gym, at a hotel or--my favorite--by the beach! What's not to love? Oh, and the dress code ROCKS. I can totally work in my pajamas. Pretty cool :)
Renee Andrews
This may sound odd, but I have three ways to deal with writer's block: 1) go for a drive with my sweet Cajun, either in the car or on the motorcycle -- he listens to my book ideas, plot problems, or whatever is causing the dilemma and helps me work through the kinks, 2) write -- I've found that if I just keep writing, even if it has nothing to do with the current work-in-progress, I'll find my way back to the topic, characters will start talking and words will keep flowing, 3) nap -- sometimes my brain has been fired up and running too long and needs a break. A thirty minute (or, okay, two hour) nap does the trick!
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