Author Interview

Meet Denise Hunter

I check my notes and prepare my imaginary road map. It’s time for my “‘virtual jaunt” up north to interview another author!

Husband, Bill, joins me outdoors. He hands me a bottle of water and asks, “How’s it going?”

“I’m hot! I’m also eager to get started—for a couple reasons. One, the author writes romance. Two, I love romance!”

“Romance?” Bill winks.

I wink back. “I’ll grab the camera; you get Jake (our dog), and I’ll meet you at the Jeep. “We’re going to Indiana!”

Denise Hunter lives in Indiana with her husband, Kevin, and their three sons. In 1996, Denise began her first book, a Christian romance, writing while her children napped. Two years later it was published, and she's been writing ever since!

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Reviewers Corner

This month's featured reviewer:

Tim Frankovich consumes books at a ferocious rate and has done so since he was first able to read the written word on his own. Husband, father, youth worker and graphic designer, Tim somehow manages to find time to write reviews about some of the books he reads at ChristianFictionReview.com.

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Genre Happenings

Writing Multiple Genres

Do you prefer contemporary novels? Historical? Suspense? Romance? Sci-fi?

Each category is called a genre, and most authors have a specialty. But some write in more than one story genre. Why? What are the advantages? The challenges? What makes an author do such a thing?

Insanity.

That’s the short answer. Here’s a longer version…

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Multicultural Fiction

Introduction To Multicultural Fiction

I love introducing books to readers. Introducing a Christian book is even more special because when I became a Christian few authors of color were writing Christian fiction. 

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Spine Chiller Thrillers

License To Thrill

I killed somebody. But don’t worry. It’s nobody you know...yet!

I killed is a character in my next book—HOUSE OF WOLVES—which releases August 12th. I wish I could tell you who got killed and why they had to die but that would ruin the surprise! 

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Devotional

The Wails Of Summer

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 (NIV)

I am convicted by the above verse. After having kids around the house all summer, the only “clothe-ing” going on in my household involves their wet swimsuits and towels...

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