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Proof

05 Sunday Aug 2012

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Christopher Fowler, Dean Koontz, DNA profiling, inspirational fiction, Jill Price, Jordyn, Karin Slaughter, Novel

Good morning, Jordyn and welcome to Fiction with Faith. Please tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into writing. ImageJordyn: I’m a wife, mother of two beautiful girls, critical care nurse of almost twenty years and suspense novelist. I’ve loved to tell stories since the time I could put sentences together. The active pursuit of publication started around 2006 and has definitely been a God led endeavor.

Speaking of endeavor, tell us about your debut novel, Proof.

Jordyn: Proof deals with the real life possibility of DNA testing setting a guilty criminal free.

Is that how you were able to come up with the novel’s title?

Jordyn: The title was a joint venture between me and my publisher.

Where do you get the majority of your ideas to write about?

Jordyn: Good question. I definitely get ideas for my fiction from non-fiction sources. News pieces, documentaries of certain health conditions, and non-fiction novels which I will read as research. I am a true medical nerd at heart. I do enjoy reading medical textbooks for fun!

Does the medical nerd in you like to lean more towards plotting or outlining your books before you write, or are you more of a SOTP (seat of the pants) writer?

Jordyn: I would consider myself a combination of the two. I have found that it is valuable to work from a detailed plot synopsis—as much as I hate to admit it. You’ll need one for your book proposal anyway. A PS basically ensures that the structure of the novel will hold the story up but still allows for those fun twists and turns that happen during the writing process.

What is a typical day like for you as a writer?

Jordyn: I usually will spend an hour on e-mail/social media at the beginning. This helps me to settle into the writing piece. Then, I’ll reread a little of what I did the previous day but not really with a point of editing and then try to get my allotted word goal in—right now this is about 2000words/day. After that, it’s off to writing blog pieces, interview questions and wrap up additional e-mails. This is about 5-7 hours a day on the days I’m not nursing and I try to take one day off per week. I’ll have to be honest and say I haven’t found great success in doing that yet but I am trying!

An emotional connection with the reader is essential in writing. What are your tips on how to do that successfully?

Jordyn: Good question! The emotional aspects of writing tend to be more difficult for me. Generally, when I lay down a scene, I’ll sketch out the setting and then write the dialogue. Those are the easiest components. After that, I will add in the layers of emotion. When I first started writing, I felt that it was the reader’s job to let their imagination fuel the emotional elements as they read the story. What I found was that readers needed me to put the emotions on the page in order to feel a connection. I do find books like The Emotion Thesaurus helpful in adding these elements, too.

Sometimes readers like to have a spiritual connection as well as an emotional one. As an author, why is the Inspirational Fiction genre important to you?

Jordyn: Writing from a Christian worldview is important because my faith is the well from which my writing grows so I’m not able to separate the two. I want people to know that there is hope. Even in the worst circumstances, God is working.

Which authors have influenced your writing?

Jordyn: So many but my all time favorite is Dean Koontz. Just a master of the suspense genre.

With the exception of Mr. Koontz’s novels, what other books would be on your nightstand?

Jordyn: The Woman Who Can’t Forget by Jill Price, Red Tide by Peg Brantley, Fallen by Karin Slaughter, and Seventy-Seven Clocks by Christopher Fowler.

Are you currently working on any other projects?

Jordyn: Right now, I’m writing the third book in the Bloodline Trilogy currently titled Peril and developing my next book series.

What would you like your readers to take away from your novels?

Jordyn: A true understanding of the sacrificial nature of Christ’s love for us.

How may your fans contact you?

You can find me at my website at www.jordynredwood.com or e-mail me at jredwood1@gmail.com.

Kara—thanks so much for having me. It’s been a true honor being here.

The pleasure’s been all ours and we look forward to talking with you again soon!

The ACFW 2012 Genesis Semi-Finalist List is Here!

04 Saturday Aug 2012

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Congratulations to the Semi-Finalists in the 2012 Genesis Contest!

The Genesis Contest is the ACFW contest for unpublished Christian writers. Genesis has a number of categories/genres to enter, the opportunity for unbiased feedback on writers’ work by published authors and experienced judges, and the chance for the category finalists to have their work read by Christian publishing house editors and literary agents. ACFW has been pleased to see previous category winners and finalists move further in their writing careers to become published authors.

The top 20% of entries from each category have now moved on to the semi-final Round. The semi-final judges will be published authors who will read and rank the entries.

Contemporary Fiction

Kimberli Buffaloe

Michael Ehret

Casey Herringshaw

Melissa Lewis

Michelle Massaro

Colleen Shine Phillips

Anne Prado

Will Schmitt

Sarah J. Smith

Chris Storm

Linda J. Truesdell

Brenda J. Young

Contemporary Romance

Cora Allen

Brenda Anderson

Jennie Atkins

Pepper Basham

Kimberly Buckner (double semi-finalist)

Tari Faris

Sarah Hamaker

Kara Isaac (double semi-finalist)

Ava W. Jenkins

Kimberly Johnson

Jessica Keller

Amy Matayo

Shannon McNear

Carol Moncado

Sherri Murray

Andrea Nell

Melissa Tagg

Cindy R. Wilson

Historical Fiction

Heidi Chiavaroli

Jessica Clochesy

Nancy Diekmann

Kathleen L. Maher

Christina Miller

Vanessa Morton

Rachel Neal

Leslie J. Payne

Sarah Thomas

Mary Kay Tuberty

Terri Wangard

Renee Yancy

Elizabeth Byler Younts


Historical Romance

Lance Albury

Whitney M. Bailey

Crystal L. Barnes

Karen Barnett

Debra Calloway

Brenda Carroll

Kay Chandler

Dawn Crandall

Barbara Curtis

Susanne Dietze

Terri Haynes

Lyndee Henderson

Kristi Ann Hunter

Melissa Jagears

Diane Kalas

Susan Anne Mason

Marilyn Rhoads

Christina Rich

Michelle Shocklee

Ginger Takamiya

Brenda B. Taylor

Brandy Vallance

Lanna Webb

Becca Whitham

Rachel Wilder

Lora Young


Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Jerusha Agen

Rich Bullock

Christen Civiletto Morris

Joseph Robert Courtemanche

Randall Gannaway

Dena Netherton

Deborah Quigley Smith

Matthew Sheehy

Chris Storm

V.B. Tenery

Larry W. Timm (double semi-finalist)

Michael J. Webb

Romantic Suspense

Sally Bayless

Paula Boire

Suzanne Bratcher

Arlene Coulter

Normandie Fischer

Kelli Hughett

Lesley McDaniel

Carrie Padgett

Ellen Parker

Pat Trainum

Katy Vorreiter

Terri Weldon

Speculative Fiction

Caleb Jennings Breakey

Dennis Brooke

Jo Hall

Stephanie Karfelt

Carla Laureano

John Leatherman (double semi-finalist)

William Ramirez (double semi-finalist)

Luke Scott

Regina Smeltzer

Amanda G. Stevens (double semi-finalist)

Heidi Treibel

Women’s Fiction

Connie Almony

Brenda Anderson

Robin Archibald

Sally Bradley

Kathy Buchanan

Diane Chase

Emily Conrad

Susan Hill

Kara Hunt

Ginger Marcinkowski

Susan Miura

Rachel Moore

Christina Nelson

Julie Scorziell

Katherine Scott-Jones

Dawn Alicia Shipman

Amy K. Sorrells

Julia Toto

Pamela Trawick

Erin Taylor Young

Young Adult

Linda Abels

Sandra Barnes

Kathleen Freeman

Sara Goff

Glenn Haggerty

Mary L. Hamilton

Barbara Hartzler

Katherine Hyde

Teresa Lockhart

Rondi Olson

Rajdeep Paulus

Martha Ramirez

Chawna Schroeder

Sarah Tipton

Cynthia Toney

Finalists will be announced at the end of May, and the winner’s will be announced during ACFW’s annual conference gala in September in Dallas

American Christian Fiction Writers Association

ACFW Genesis Finalist 2013

Kara Hunt - 2013 ACFW Genesis Finalist for Suspense/Mystery/Thriller

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