I have a truly special treat for you this month. Please make very welcome ANNA HUCKABEE, visiting us all the way from East Africa. Anna brings a unique and interesting post that I think you're going to love...I certainly do.
She has very sweetly offered to give away a copy of her very first novel (mentioned in her story, below) to one commenter on this post. Thank you, Anna! To be entered in the drawing, please leave your comments by Feb. 17.
Anna, over to you!
Anna's story:
The little girl decided she would write a long book, much like the novels she devoured after every trip to the library. If those people could write a long book, so could she.
She worked on that book for many years. Gradually, as time passed, her passion for writing got pushed aside for more mundane things — like finishing school, doing her chores, and helping with her brothers and sisters.
The little girl grew up, married, and had children of her own. She moved with her husband and children to a country on the other side of the world. She started living at the equator, where it was always warm.
Once, they were chased by an elephant who was trying to cross the road. Another time, their car got stuck and almost slid off a mountain during a rainstorm. They ate new foods, smelled new smells, and learned to shop in stores that weren’t anything like what they knew.
Her family learned to love people who’d been displaced by war and unrest. They learned another language. They taught the love of Christ who died to save the people they were learning to love.
She never lost her love for words. She still made up stories in her head, though she didn’t take the time to write them down for anyone else to read, because now she was teaching her own children to love words.
They all decided to do a project. They’d take a month and write a novel. Each of the children could set their own goal, but the grown up girl had to write an entire novel that month.
The grown up girl wasn’t sure she even could write a whole novel. She’d tried before but never finished. She had an idea, but was it good enough to make into a whole book?
She started that book one day and finished it a month later. It still needed a lot of work. But the grown up girl kept working on it, until one day, she was able to publish that book so other people could enjoy it too. She decided to call it Promising Meg.
She didn’t stop there. She kept writing other books. Today she has over a dozen books for sale that countless people have read and enjoyed. She uses her words to help the people in the country she now calls home.
About Anna:
Anna grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. She started writing when she was in kindergarten. She wrote her first novel when she was in kindergarten, and a longer adventure story when she was nine. Her dream was to grow up to be a “real” writer. In 2011, she finished her first “real” novel and the dream became a reality.
Today, Anna lives with her husband in Uganda, East Africa. They teach and help refugees from Rwanda, Burundi, and Congo and have four churches in the refugee camp. She and her family visit the United States from time to time, but her heart is in Africa. She writes when she can steal a minute – which isn’t as often as she’d like!
Promising Meg (Love in Time, Book 1)
In New England, Meg longs to do her part to help in the war effort, but caring for her elderly grandmother takes up all her time. Then her aunt and uncle make arrangements for her to volunteer in a nearby hospital where she meets Jack.
Jack doesn’t think he will ever walk again - but he isn’t
counting on Meg’s determination to help him, or on falling in love with
this remarkable woman. The day finally comes when Jack can go home. Meg
fears he’ll leave her forever.
Will Jack follow through on all he has been promising Meg?
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