Q: Do you base your characters on people you know or are they totally made up?Ī: I don’t base characters completely on people I know, but I will often weave personality traits (a person’s courage I admire, a great sense of humor, someone’s inquisitiveness) into my characters. As I approach each book within the series (Submerged, Shattered…), I choose any additional settings based on what location would best suit the story and ramp up the danger. Alaska provides an excellent landscape for adventure. For example, in my Alaskan Courage series, I knew I wanted a home base location that would provide ample opportunity for adventure since the McKenna family owns an adventure outfitter company. Q: How do you choose your settings for your books?Ī. My faith is such an integral part of my life, of every aspect of my life that it feels only natural for it to be part of the stories I tell. Q: How does your faith play into your writing?Ī. I love writing in this genre because it incorporates so many aspects I adore–the thrill of adventure, nail-biting suspense, the deepening of one’s faith and plenty of romance. I write only inspirational romantic suspense novels. Q: Do you write in only one genre and if so which one and why? If not, which ones and why?Ī: Yes. I decided I wanted to attempt writing a novel in 2003, so I suppose you could say my writing adventure began then. Q: How long have you been writing and what other careers or jobs have you had?Ī.

Submerged by Dani Pettrey