Tell me a about
yourself. What got you started in writing?
I began writing at age 10 in 1950
when I wrote a poem about Abraham and my 5th-grade teacher had it
published in our local newspaper.
When I had children home, I wrote when they were in school. That was a long time ago. They are grown and
gone and I am a widow. So I get up around 6:00 every day and immmediately begin
writing. I write about twelve hours a day.
How and where do
you write? Do you prefer a lap top or some other method of getting your words
down?
I have a laptop and write either
in my livingroom or on my patio (I live in Arizona).
What's your
favorite part about writing? Your least favorite part about writing?
I write
both fiction and non-fiction. I think my favorite part is the research. My
least favorite is that my fingers cannot keep up with my thoughts. Plus as soon
as I'm done writing a book, I'm ready to write the next one. Marketing is my least favorite, but it needs
to be done.
How did you come
up with your book idea? How long did it take you to write your book?
"Inside
the Hearts of Bible Women" grew out of an article I wrote for a Christian
woman magazine. Everyone liked the article about one of the Bible women, so I
decided to write a whole book about them. I wrote about women in the Bible who
faced problems and how they tried to work them out. Among these women are those
who we usually don't talk about – Tamar who was raped, the witch of Endor who practiced
the occult, etc. It was written in
narrative form with little end notes throughout for discussion questions
regarding that part of the reading. I also include a good work for reaching out
to women with these problems.
What types of
marketing do you do to promote your writing?
I write an inspirational message every day and send it to facebook
groups around the world, plus my own mailing list plus my author website. With
each daily message, I attach the cover of one of my books – whichever one illustrates
the message most closely. I am on Amazon and include an extensive book
description so that it brings up regults when people do a subject search. I have started paid advertising on some of the book sellers, but
that is new. I do not know the results yet.
What are you
currently working on? Do you have a new book out?
I just finished a novel called Joseph: The
Other Father. It is book 5 in my
series, Intrepid Men of God. My other books were on the Good Samaritan,
Paul, Luke, and Mefiboset.
Do you have a
project on the back burner? Tell me about it.
My next book will be Job:
Arabian Sheik. I am researching Uz,
which was in Edom at the time, along with his friends and where they were from,
and the disease Job had.
What would you
tell a beginning writer who wants to publish but doesn't believe he/she has
enough talent?
Read a couple books about writing, then start writing. You learn
mostly by doing. Just write, write, write.
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Bio of Katheryn Haddad
Katheryn Haddad was born in the cold
north, but now lives in Arizona where she does not have to shovel sunshine. She
enjoys hot weather, palm trees and cacti in her yard, and a computer with the
letters worn off.
With a bachelor's degree in English, Bible and social science from Harding University and part of a master's degree in Bible, including Greek, from the Harding Graduate School of Theology, she also has a master's degree in management and human relations from Abilene University.
Her newspaper column appeared for several years in newspapers in Texas and North Carolina ~ Little Known Facts About the Bible ~ and she has written for numerous Christian publications.
For 20 years, she was a genealogist, and traced her family back to the early 1600s in England, Wales, Germany and France.
Currently she teaches English over the internet every morning, using the Bible as a text book. Most of her students are Muslims. She has taught some 6000 thus far, and has former students, now Christians, in hiding in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Jordan, Uzbekistan, and Palestine. "They are my heroes" she declares.
She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Christian Writers of the West, and is also an energetic public speaker who can touch the heart of audiences.
With a bachelor's degree in English, Bible and social science from Harding University and part of a master's degree in Bible, including Greek, from the Harding Graduate School of Theology, she also has a master's degree in management and human relations from Abilene University.
Her newspaper column appeared for several years in newspapers in Texas and North Carolina ~ Little Known Facts About the Bible ~ and she has written for numerous Christian publications.
For 20 years, she was a genealogist, and traced her family back to the early 1600s in England, Wales, Germany and France.
Currently she teaches English over the internet every morning, using the Bible as a text book. Most of her students are Muslims. She has taught some 6000 thus far, and has former students, now Christians, in hiding in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Jordan, Uzbekistan, and Palestine. "They are my heroes" she declares.
She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Christian Writers of the West, and is also an energetic public speaker who can touch the heart of audiences.
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