Providence
looks like a great inspirational book. Do you plan for this to be
part of a series or a standalone? This is a standalone book.
What
do you think makes a great spiritual book?
It
should include things that Christians are called to deal with in
their everyday lives. For example, the book Providence.
It is a great spiritual book because it includes personal
testimonies, prayers, Christian work, evangelism, invitation to
attend church, people that come to know Christ, it also includes the
parable with the lost sheep from the Bible, and each chapter starts
with a Bible verse. It is a great spiritual book that encourages
people to follow Christ, and it works well for any age and any
gender. It is an easy read with a great back story, that gives the
opportunity for the reader to be thankful for the things he/she has
and to trust God more.
What
inspired you when writing Providence?
This
is a fictional book and when I started writing it I was thinking how
should I start the book. Ideas came along the way, and I somehow also
got inspired by different existing realities around Romania (even
though the book is based in a fictional country). For some people,
situations are very hard in Romania, and there are many children
begging on the streets. Sometimes, things are even worse than
described in the book. Still, this is fictional and is not meant to
present an exact case that happened, but it doesn’t mean that
certain things in the book can’t be realities.
What
are your ambitions for your writing career? Full time? Part time?
I
just started my career as an author and have written two books so
far: Providence,
the one described here, and Patience
Before Marriage: A Single Woman’s Guide for God’s Best.
I have already translated Providence
into Romanian, as well, and have to proofread it; soon it should be
available in Romanian. I also would like to translate Patience
Before Marriage book into Romanian.
I am an expectant mother of my husband’s and my first child, due in
January 2018. I will be on Maternity Leave then, but I enjoy writing
on topics that are encouraging to readers in one way or another. I
like writing Christian books.
When
did you decide to become a writer?
I
have become a writer this year, as my husband (Jeremy G. Woods) and I
decided to go on this path. He has more experience in writing and he
is already an author of seven books. He is a great encouragement for
me and a great support. It is a blessing to be able to work together,
and actually we own a Christian book publisher as well under our
Company FaithVenture Media that we have opened this year.
When
writing Providence
did anything stand out as particularly challenging?
It
was actually a real blessing from God, as ideas came pretty easily,
and I wrote it in less than a month. Afterwards, I did let my husband
work on editing it and publishing it. I am glad I wrote it in a short
amount of time, as I had to keep up with the details written in the
book and make sure that it was accurate.
How
did you come up with the story of Providence?
It
was God who inspired me and gave me creativity to be able to write
the story of Providence.
Ideas flowed and, even though I didn’t have the whole story in my
mind before starting to write it, I also found out the ending of it
only when I finished the book. There are many sad realities happening
in people’s lives, and we often know little or no things about
them. Still, while this book is a sad one in some ways, it also
offers the readers the joy of seeing God at work in people’s lives
and how He is the one who responds to prayers in His own way and for
our best, even when we don’t understand the whole picture. This is
true in our own reality as well, and this book is not intended to
transmit messages that could not be real at all, as it is not a
fantasy book. It is fictional only because it doesn’t represent a
true case from someone’s actual life, but mainly a compilation of
realities that are present or can be present in one way or another.
What
do you like to do when not writing?
I
enjoy having fellowship with God together with my husband, and I also
enjoy singing worship songs but more so listening to worship music. I
also like walking with my husband, I enjoy shopping together with my
husband, I like cooking and I enjoy preparing for our little baby’s
arrival, which is very soon.
How
can readers discover more about you and your work?
There
is more information available on Amazon, where my books are being
published, and they can go to http://a.co/7rsIN7P
for Providence,
or http://a.co/fnR7QdH
for Patience
Before Marriage.
Also, my author page is www.faithventuremedia.com/magdawoods.