Interview with Author Corinna Turner: Creativity, Culture, and What’s Next

I’m impressed with your imagination more than that of any author I follow. What do you do to feed that imagination, to create such original characters and stories?

Drive!This is a bit of a hard one, because I don’t particularly feel like I do anything special.  I read (though less than I used to due to time, and I’m getting much pickier), I also like films, though again, I’m getting much pickier. I don’t really watch TV at all. I probably get maybe a third to half my book ideas in dreams, so those I cannot take even the illusion of credit for! The other ideas are split between the ones that come very rapidly to the ones that grow more slowly, but they all develop without any interference from me, at least until I reach the stage of serious plotting, so I think all the credit lies with the Holy Spirit for these as well! Continue reading

New Christian Teen Fiction: Life-Changing Love

Life Changing Love CoverI wish that Life-Changing Love by Theresa Linden were around when I was a teen. It has all the the tummy-tingling sparks of the does he/doesn’t he blush of teenage crushes along with a hefty dose of drama that delivers the truth. Even girls who slip through adolescence insulated by perpetual wallflower status (like me) will be heartened and encouraged by Caitlyn’s story, empowered to be a better friend, a more obedient daughter, and a more patient young woman. Continue reading