Tag: christian fiction

A Daughter's Promise, Novel In November

Writing a Novel in November?

J.I. Soucie

I am. And the novel I’m working on is titled A Daughter’s Promise where 17 year old Sage Buchanon learns that her mother is terminally ill. Her mother is worried Sage and the rest of her family will walk away from the Lord after her death. Sage doesn’t want her mom to worry so she promises her mother she won’t walk way from God. But after her mother passes Sage finds it hard to keep her promise due to the anger she feels toward God. Can Sage keep her promise, or will she disappoint her mother’s memory and walk away from God after all?

On Day 1 I wrote 403 words as I always find it hard to get going on the first day but once I get into the swing of things it gets a bit easier. So as the days progress I’m sure my word count will too.

If your working on a novel this month, what is your title (if you have one) and what is your story about? Feel free to leave a comment or send me an email at mistsofthenorthwoods@gmail.com

I can’t wait to hear what you’re working on and how far you’ve come! Happy writing!

God bless,

Janis

Book Reviews, General Updates

Editing, Reading, Poetry, And Book Reviews

J.I. Soucie

I am amazed how busy one can become without realizing it. Somehow I have attained three editing jobs, reading, writing book reviews, and I have started writing poetry again. As you can imagine this, and being a mom and housewife, take s a great  deal of my time. I wanted to write a blog post to update you, my readers, to let you know things are okay, just that I have been  so busy I am not able to write the amount of blog posts I would like to.

The books I have been reading are Outlaw Salvation by, William Tasch, which is a Christian fiction novel, Bringing up Girls, by Dr. James C. Dobson, Mastering Creative Anxiety, by Eric Maisel, and The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder  Sourcebook, by Glenn R. Schirraldi, Ph.D. A lot to read at once and normally I read a nonfiction book in the morning and a fiction at night and that is all I will allow myself to read. It’s hard when there is so much you want to read about all at once, and hence, I know have four books all started and all being read at various intervals. I am thinking I will have to pick Outlaw Salvation as my fiction book and then choose a nonfiction book for the morning read. Bringing up girls may be the one I finish first. We shall see!

You can follow me on Goodreads for any updates and reviews on these books. Reviews will also be posted on Amazon.com.

A kindle book I just finished reading to my daughter last night was Tyrannosaurus T-Rex: Amazing Photos & Fun Facts Book for Kids About T-Rex (Kids Knowledge Series), by Deutsche Don Juan. I am in the process of writing a review and will be posting it soon.

That is all I have for now, but hope to be back soon and have more regular updates for you. Have a great day! :)

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Revamping Writing Style

J.I. Soucie

For the past few months, I haven’t written much, I’m sorry to say. I guess you can say I am in the middle of one of those life transforming stages and I’m thinking about what it is I really want to write. What am I comfortable writing about as a Christian woman? I used to write about vampires, demons,  gypsies, etc., but over the past few years I have become uncomfortable with writing about some things. I feel as a Christian I have a responsiblitity to be an example to others and that includes also in my writing and what I choose to write about.

To be honest, I have never looked into writing Christian fiction but I am seriously considering that now. I even bought a couple of books to help get me into that line of work.

But I also have a few nonfiction books I’d like to write sharing my experiences with post traumtic stress disorder, gluten sensitivity, what it’s like for me living with a personality as an INFP, and what’s it’s like to be highly sensitive. The nonfiction works will probably be what I focus on first. I haven’t decided which book will be first but as soon as I begin work on that book I will let you know and keep updating you on the progress of that book. Until then everyone, take care and God bless.