Author: Vanessa Miller
Print Length: 131 pages
Publisher: Praise Unlimited
Enterprises (January 28, 2015)
Genre: Christian Fiction
ASIN: B00OJT6X5O
About the Author
Vanessa
Miller is a best-selling author, playwright, and motivational speaker. She
started writing as a child, spending countless hours either reading or writing
poetry, short stories, stage plays and novels. Vanessa’s creative endeavors
took on new meaning in1994 when she became a Christian. Since then, her writing
has been centered on themes of redemption, often focusing on characters facing
multi-dimensional struggles.
Vanessa’s
novels have received rave reviews, with several appearing on Essence
Magazine’s Bestseller’s List. Miller’s work has receiving numerous awards,
including “Best Christian Fiction Mahogany Award” and the “Red Rose Award for
Excellence in Christian Fiction.” Miller graduated from Capital University with
a degree in Organizational Communication. She is an ordained minister in her
church, explaining, “God has called me to minister to readers and to help them
rediscover their place with the Lord.”
Vanessa
has recently completed the For Your Love series for Kimani Romance and How
Sweet the Sound for Abingdon Press, first book in a historical set in the Gospel era which releases March 2014. Vanessa
is currently working on an ebook series of novellas in the Praise Him Anyhow
series. She is also working on the My Soul to Keep series for Whitaker House.
About The Book
Isaac Walker is back with a vengeance. As old enemies from
his past resurface Isaac desperately tries to hold onto his faith in God’s
ability to fight his battles.
Nina and Isaac raised their youngest son, Isaac Walker
Junior (Ikee) as far away from the hood and drug life as they could get him.
But the sins of the father were too strong and too deadly for the son to avoid.
Once Ikee leaves the church to become a gang banger Isaac is pulled back into a
life he left behind so long ago… and only God knows how this nightmare will
end.
Social Links:
Website
www.vanessamiller.com
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Vanessamiller01
Buy Links:
Kindle: http://amzn.com/B00OJT6X5O
Do you feel like your background or upbringing influences your
writing style? If so, in what way(s)?
Yes, of course my background colors the way I see the world, and in
turn the way that I write about the world I in-vision. But I would say that the
most important thing that influences my writing was the day I walked down to
the altar at church and gave my life to God. That was the day my redemption
story began…
the next time I picked up a pen, I wrote about characters who were
flawed and needed a savior, just as I had needed… I
haven’t stopped writing redemption stories even after
all these years. Because my view of the world has forever been change because
of that one miraculous day. Praise the Lord!
Describe After the Rain
After the Rain is the 7th book in the Rain Series. In this book I show
the growth these characters have experienced throughout the years. They now
have a very successful ministry and a beautiful home in the suburbs. But God
uses their youngest son to show Isaac and Nina Walker that they have forgotten
their first love… that’s when the
drama begins for this family.
When and why did you begin writing
I have been writing since I was a child. I cannot tell you why I first
picked up pen and paper and began to write, accept that I was drawn to the
ideal of writing. I believe that God has gifted me with the ability to write
stories that I never could have imagined without the Lord’s
help… and
that is the reason I’m so passionate about writing for HIM!
Is there a central message or theme in After the Rain that
you hope readers will come away from the reading experience with?
What has been the toughest criticism you’ve received as an author? What has been
the best compliment?
When I sent my first book off to an editor, I thought that it was
perfect and that she wouldn’t have much work to do, but one of the notes
that was sent back to me was…
‘there’s a reason why authors write what they know’.
I was devastated by that comment, but latter I admitted to myself that I hadn’t
bothered to research the career that one of my characters had and it threw the
book off. These days, I research, so that I can write what I know!
The best comment I have ever received was when a reader emailed me and
informed me that she hadn’t attended church in many years, but after
reading my first book, Former Rain, she was going back to church. I am very
thankful to God when readers get the message of hope that I try to display in
my stories.
What’s
next for you? What can readers look forward to from (your name)
I am working on the sequel to After the Rain, the next book is titled:
RAIN in the Promise Land. And will be uploaded in Mid-May.
How can we find you online and where can we pick up a copy of After
the Rain
After the Rain can be purchase on any eReader
device and the print book can be purchased at bookstores. However, the reader
may have to order it in advance from the bookstore.
If you had to go back and do it all over again, is there any
aspect of writing your novel or getting it published that you would change?
I don’t think I would have changed much, because the
journey has shaped me into the person I am today… but
if there was one thing I wish I could do better, it would be social media… I
am still so clueless about what to do with Twitter… I
don’t even have an Instagram account and I can’t
figure out my Pintrest.
What has been the most effective method of marketing and/or
publicizing your books so far? Why or how?
I think what worked best for me is that I travelled so much in the
early days. I was able to meet a lot of readers and many of them have stuck
with me through the years…
those readers now have eReaders and now that I have published many
eBooks they have followed me over to that medium.
I also think that my best marketing was in the type of book I wrote.
My reader seemed to identify with those characters and wanted to know more
about them.
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