Over the years I have received many blessings on my writing journey. God has used the process of learning to write fiction and working toward publication to help me grow in my faith and become a stronger person, and that has helped me in other areas of my life. I remember when I first started writing I was very hesitant to speak up and call myself a writer. Just saying it aloud seemed audacious. Who was I to claim to be a writer when all I had was some very rough skills and a dream of someday being published? But over the years He has helped me develop my skills and increase my confidence and trust in Him. I have been blessed to see ten books published and more contracted. I’ve learned to see my writing as a gift from God that I can develop and use to bless and encourage others.
Getting to know other writers and those in the publishing
industry has also been a wonderful blessing. This past September I attended the
American Christian Fiction Writers’ Conference for the eleventh time. Each year
as I reunite with many dear ACFW friends my heart is warmed by their accounts
of how God has been working in their lives and through their writing. We writers
usually work alone, and those few days together are so exciting and inspiring.
Their thoughtful advice, words of encouragement, and heartfelt prayers are such
a gift. I treasure those times!
I feel blessed to have a new book out this month, Snowflake
Sweethearts. And I’m also thankful to have a new contract with Waterbook
Multnomah. I will be writing a three-book historical romance series set in
England in the Edwardian period, 1910 – 1919. It’s been my heart’s desire for
several years to write longer historical novels, so I am very grateful and
excited! The first book, The Governess of Highland Hall, will release in the
fall of 2013.
How about you? As you look back over this past year what is
one special blessing you’ve enjoyed on your journey?
Annie Romano, a warm and caring personal chef with a history of
heartbreak, returns to her hometown to raise her young daughter, Emma.
She hopes to start her own business and give her daughter the happy
childhood she never had. Then Alex Jameson, the man she secretly admired
in high school, hires her to cook for his ailing grandmother, and their
friendship begins to blossoms into romance. But when Alex is offered a
new job that would take him away from Fairhaven, Annie's old fears of
abandonment resurface and threaten their relationship. Trouble is
brewing in Fairhaven for Annie and Alex.
Carrie Turansky lives in New Jersey with her husband Scott. They have
been married for over thirty years and have five young adult children
and three grandchildren. Carrie leads women's ministry at their church
and teaches Bible studies. She also enjoys reading, gardening, and
walking around the lake near their home. Carrie and her family spent
time in Kenya as missionaries, giving them a passion for what God is
doing around the world.
Connect with Carrie at her website: www.carrieturansky.com
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