Book Title: My
Beauty For Your Ashes
Paperback: 454 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing
Platform; 1 edition (June 21, 2012)
ISBN-10: 1503198030
ISBN-13: 978-1503198036
Genre: Christian Fiction Romance
About The Author
Traci Wooden-Carlisle began writing poetry and short
stories as soon as she was able to form words on paper. She used that as a way
to creating worlds, as well as, to communicate with God. A native of Los
Angeles, California, she grew up attending United Methodist Church under the
leadership of a pastor whose heart was for youth. Once she finished college at
Humboldt State University she found herself at a loss. She felt caught in the
transition between childhood and adulthood. She received a great deal of her
answers through a Tuesday night Bible Study. As she continued to attend
classes, the Bible became real to her and the scriptures were more than just
words on a page. They came to life and she was able to identify with the
teachings. She was filled with the Holy Spirit one November evening in 1995 and
soon found that when she wrote to God, the Holy Spirit would respond; at times
in the form of poetry and other times in conversation. She was amazed,
awestruck, and humbled to know that He had not only been listening, but also
wished to have a more intimate relationship with her. As she continued to write
she joined a smaller church closer to her home in the San Fernando Valley and
became an intercessory prayer, volunteered at the juvenile hall in the area, participated
in door-to-door evangelism and shared her first love of dance by creating a
praise dance team. She surrounded herself with saints and volunteered her
services as a graphic artist. Through the early-morning prayer, all night
Friday prayer and 3-day shut-ins she started on her journey toward her most
desired gift, an intimate relationship with God.
Today, Mrs. Wooden Carlisle lives in San Diego with
her husband, David Carlisle. She serves as a church Office Manager, teaches
fitness classes, continues to praise the Lord through dance, and is currently
writing her third book in this Christian-fiction series.
About The Book
Though they hail from backgrounds that are worlds
apart, it only takes one fateful accident to rearrange their priorities and set
them on roads that intersect, forcing them to acknowledge the relationships
they can’t do without.
Elder Paige Morganson has worked hard to overcome the
anger, hate and abuse of her past. With God’s help she believes healing and
wholeness is within her grasp when she is propelled into a world of secrets and
lies that threaten to unravel the very thread of hope she’s clung to in her
struggle for peace.
Mason Jenson is a self-made man who has been able to
create his own fortune and build a home life with his wife and child void of
God’s help…so he thinks, but as the world he knows balances precariously on the
edge of destruction, who will he turn to?
Elder Brandon Tatum’s, new in town, has prided
himself on not making a move until he’s heard God, but even as he accepts his
new position in ministry, he is faced with decisions of the heart; a whole new
territory for him.
Victoria Branchett has ruthlessly survived the death
of her only daughter by fierce determination, but is the strength she has
relied on enough to see her through a failing marriage and an ailing
grandchild?
This novel merges colorful characters facing one
untimely circumstance after another, and mixes in a serious spin on how one
views God, both inside and outside of His will. Of course, this is just the
beginning. More people emerge from behind the scenes; some to help and others,
to hurt. With everything happening simultaneously, one would almost question if
God is able to truly fix and heal everything, and the readers will see just how
far each person's faith (or lack thereof) will carry them. As they sift through
the debris of past dreams and hopes left by the wayside, they are offered a
lifeline and given an opportunity to receive God’s Beauty for their ashes.
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Email: tawcarlisle@gmail.com
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Q.
Please tell the readers who are the main characters?
The main characters of my Beauty for
Your Ashes are Paige Morganson, a 26 year-old Elder of a church whose main
purpose in life is to please God. Mason Jenson, an emotionally struggling
widower and father to one very special girl. Victoria Branchett a woman who has
focused on at what she has lost in the past for so long she doesn’t realize
what she is about to let go of. Elder Brandon Tatum, a man of God who prides
himself on his relationship with God, but has forgotten that his human
relationships are also important.
Q.
What, if any, is the conflict in
the story?
The car accident Mason and his
daughter, Vivian, are involved in brings about injuries that unravel some secrets
about her true parentage. While some people would wish to keep the secret
buried others only want the truth and will go a long way to see it come to
light.
Q. Which characters in “My Beauty for
Your Ashes” are you most like?
There is a
piece of me in each of the characters, I would love to say that I am most like
Paige.
Q. Take us inside “My Beauty for Your Ashes” What
are two major events taking place?
The storyline
begins with Paige assuming she is closing the door to a very painful part of
her life, but really this is only the beginning of a long road of revelations.
She ends up
being a living donor for a child she’s never met and finds herself the
recipient of the attentions of two vastly different, but intriguing men.
Q. Are your characters from the portrayal of real
people?
No. They are
their own and they are wonderfully developed. I even talk about them like they
are real people to my friends.
Q. Describe each character in three
words?
Paige –
headstrong, vulnerable, generous
Mason- angry,
frustrated, dedicated
Brandon –
sensitive, naïve, integrous
Victoria- duplicitous,
strong, independent
Q. If your book became a movie who
would play the characters?
Paige – Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Brandon – Lamman Rucker
Mason – Jesse Williams
Victoria – Lonett McKee
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