Authorial Magazine - Manila Edition

What sets your book apart from
other similar books in this genre?
What would you wish the readers to
experience when they read your works?
I don’t know that my book is one that is
set apart, but one that will help emphasize
the importance of what the content of the
book is trying to say. When something is
said more than once in different ways, it
seems to reach all the people. The way to
comprehend and keep in your mind what
you have learned is, read it, write it, and
say it out loud. Hopefully it will build in
understanding. That is what I wish for
my books to do, reach as many people as
possible, sooner than later. I would like for
the book to make more people aware of
the way God interacts with us, because He
does. He is so alive and so real that if more
people could see and feel His presence,
we could actually have His Kingdom to
Come here on earth. Love accomplishes
the impossible, and God is Love.
Tell us something about you that only
a few people know. Why is this not
known so much?
I don’t know of something about me
that only a few people know. I guess one
thing is that I have become an author. The
reason that it is not so widely known is
that I became an author later in life and
only by a calling from God. Not many
authors start by putting their journals
out for the public to read, but that is how
God works. Only because God gave me
the sign and courage to step out in faith,
is the only reason the first book was ever
written. Even for myself to realize that I
had become an author was an astonishing
feeling. I would love to continue to write
and hope that is in the near future.
In your perspective, what makes a
successful author?
I think to be a successful author you
just have to Do It! Sometimes a person’s
best work is just stepping out and doing
something they never thought possible.
We, I think, as human beings, limit
ourselves. Getting caught up in the daily
monotony of our own lives, living out
what other people think we should be
or can do. What we have always been
told about ourselves and even the way
we think of ourselves. So often we sell
ourselves short of our own capacity. To
be successful in anything, a person has
to first believe in themselves.
What is the most challenging part of
your writing journey? How did you
go about it?
The most challenging part of my writing
journey is to believe that anyone would
want to read what I wrote. When I would
think of an author, I would think of
Faulkner, and Mark Twain, etc. For me
to get beyond that mind set, I had to step
out of myself and do what I thought was
impossible. I also have discovered how
much I enjoy writing, and the challenge
is to continue even with doubt of mind,
and faith in God.
Does your family support your career
as a writer?
Yes, my family supports me. My
greatest supporter was my husband. He
encouraged me to write and gave me
confidence to realize I just might be able
to do this. After my first book, I figured
it was my last book, but God had other
plans and used my husband to help push
me forward. I miss him and am grateful
for him. My children, grandchildren, and
extended family also support me. I come
from a large family, eight boys and four
girls, lots of nieces and nephews, such
a blessing.
What are you looking forward to
most in life right now?
What I look forward to most in life
right now is waking up in the morning,
enjoying my family, friends and smelling
the roses as I continue life.
God has been good to
me and whatever He has
planned for me on the
road ahead, I am sure
will be an unforgettable
adventure.
There is nothing greater to look forward
to than my continual greater relationship
with God.
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What advice would you give to your
readers?
The advice I would give to my readers
is, live life in the present moment. What
has happened in the past is just that,
in the past. Let go and move forward,
there is so much more ahead for you. Put
God first, He will never let you down.
Life is a journey to experience, to grow,
to except the things you can do and
strive to accomplice more of what you
think you cannot do. Take your falling
downs as a learning experience, grow
in wisdom, knowledge, discernment
and understanding. Accept the trials
and tribulations as an opportunity to
become a better person. The joys in life
then will become more often and with
a deeper understanding of why you have
been created. Always keep in mind, you
are just a pilgrim, Heaven is your home.
Give us one word that best describes
you. Explain why.
Hopeful. I choose this word because it is
only in Hope that tomorrow is a better
day. In hope that my accomplishment
may be meaningful, in hope that my life
could be an example for others to want
to receive more of what God wants to
give them. Only in hope did Abraham
believe that God was going to fulfill the
promise He made for him. Hope gives
us a reason to continue on our journey.
Hope is the mountain we climb in life
with excitement and anticipation for
what God has for us on the other side!
In hope that we can do all things in God
who strengthen us.
In totality, what is the message of
your book and you as an author?
The messages of my books are, God is
Alive and well and He really does care
about you, even in your darkest and
brightest hours. In hope that when a
person reads the books that it will not
be me but themselves that they can see.
I truly want everyone to know the God
I know, He is awesome, intimate and so
very, very close and He loves You. The
only part of me as the author is, I want
to be only the instrument in which God
can touch others.
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