Women’s
fiction
Date
Published: June 29, 2018
This
third book in the Egypt trilogy wraps up the lives of the characters in a neat
and satisfying way, according to some readers. Like the rest of the series, the
story is set in the beautiful twin- island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The
two main characters, Marva and June, have come out of an abusive childhood
(Egypt) and are now adults. Marva is a nun at a home for delinquent girls.
Marva is known for being strict and well disciplined, but when her adoptive
father is killed in a Muslim coup, the family relies on Marva’s levelheaded
calm to help them get through their crisis. But little do they know that Marva
has a crisis of her own, one that her discipline and her faith seem inadequate
to handle.
Interview with Author Angela Joseph
As a
writer, what would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
I
would choose my daughter’s shih tzu. He is smart, loving and gentle, like me.
How
many hours a day do you put into your writing?
I have never checked. It all depends on what
else I have going on that day. Some days I may spend all morning; at other
times it may just be an hour or so. It all depends on how the thoughts flow.
Do
you read your book reviews? If yes, do they affect what you write in the
future?
I do read my reviews. I can’t say they
affect what I write in the future, but I remember one review of my first book
mentioned something they would have liked to see as part of the resolution. It
turned out I’d already written it in the sequel.
Do
you leave hidden messages in your books that only a few people will find?
I don’t think so.
Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in In the Promised
Land?
Okay, I’ll start with Marva, the
protagonist. She is a young nun at a home for girls. Her character has evolved
from that of an impulsive, angry teenager into a levelheaded, disciplined young
woman who loves God and tries to live for Him.
June, Marva’s younger sister, has
also changed from the wild, fickle boy-crazy teenager she was in the first book
to a more mature and studious law student with the goal of helping abused
girls. However, her undoing is that she is still too beautiful for her own good
and too appealing to the opposite sex.
Cicely, Marva’s former teacher, now
turned adoptive mother to Marva and June and loves them as if they were her
own. She is married to David, the detective, and they have twins.
David, Cicely’s husband, is stern,
every inch the detective, but sympathizes with the plight of the two sisters
and readily agrees to adopt them.
Derek, David’s son by his first
marriage, the impetuous, reckless heart throb who sets June’s heart on fire.
Jason, a widower, steady, reliable,
good-looking, has always had a romantic interest in Marva.
Can you tell us a little bit about your next books or what you have
planned for the future?
I have just completed the first
draft of another women’s fiction, which deals with three women who live
together, are very close, but each one has a secret. As always happens, they
are eventually forced to disclose their secrets, but the secrets, although troubling,
help to deepen their friendship. I’m still trying to decide between looking for
an agent for this novel or self-publishing. I also have a romance novella I
started some time ago. I plan to dust it off, complete it and self-publish. I
have no immediate plans to write another novel, but that may change. I want to
focus on my freelance writing business.
Do you allow yourself a certain number of hours to write or do you
write as long as the words come?
I never set a time limit to write.
However, most days I aim at writing 1000 words. Sometimes I make that (and
more), sometimes I don’t. I try not to pressure myself.
Do you have a certain number of words or pages you write per day?
As above
What inspires you to write?
Things I see in the news, watching
people, my own experiences, even a scenery can inspire me. The world to me is a
wide-open storybook. You just have to reach out and grab the pages that appeal
to you and rearrange them in your own fashion.
Would you rather
Read fiction or
non-fiction?
No preference. It all depends on the subject matter.
Read series or
stand-alone?
Stand alone. Unless the series can hold my interest all the
way through.
Read Science fiction
or horror?
Science fiction
Read Stephen King or Dean
Koontz
Stephen King
Read the book or
watch the movie?
Read the book
Read an ebook or
paperback?
Paperback
Be trapped alone for
one month in a library with no computer or a room with a computer and Wi-Fi
only?
A library with no computer
Do a cross-country
book store tour or blog tour online?
Cross country bookstore tour
About
the Author
Angela
is the author of the Egypt series, three books written in the women’s fiction
genre, and Women For All Seasons, a
Christian non-fiction book. Angela’s work has also appeared in A Cup of Comfort
For Mothers and Chicken Soup For the Soul.
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