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@freed_and_redeemed

and yes! I’d love a snippet. But only if you want to share it.

@freed_and_redeemed

ack! So long to wait! I’m excited to read these. Do you have a cover artist/designer? Will you have it illustrated?

is your signature a quote from your book by any chance?!

I could potentially share a snippet of the first chapter here if y’all wanted though👀

@ellette-giselle

Atm it’s hard to say🙈 I think maybe, maybe I’m looking at a Spring 2027 release for the 1st book…though potentially earlier if I can get things finalized 🤫

@freed_and_redeemed

It is very rarely necessary to show it. I believe such topics can be handled with grace and truth without having to be graphic about it.

exactly!

So, when will these books be available?!

@ellette-giselle  It is very rarely necessary to show it. I believe such topics can be handled with grace and truth without having to be graphic about it.

There’s mainly 1 main character in KC that such topics are handled a lot, but I still do my best to keep it from getting graphic at all or getting too heavy.

But I have to discuss it wi…[Read more]

@freed_and_redeemed

The overly graphic violence and other things are hinted at but kept off page.

Exactly. In my adult books I do give reference to it, but some things just don’t need to be shown. It doesn’t do anything for the story and is only there for sensation, you know? I addressed an issue of a girl who was abused by a gestapo officer,…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

They do need to be addressed, just not in a way that destroys innocence, glorifies it in a twisted way, or is just unnecessarily graphic.

I wholeheartedly agree. That’s one reason why KC is going to be 18+, will have a content warning at the beginning of the book, and won’t glorify such horrendous actions.

The overly graphic…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

 “Did you know you can tell the difference between a city duck and a country duck ‘cause they… they have accents?”

Wait, is this true??? I need to know.

and yes, people also need to be able to see the hope and the way to a new life which will only come through redemption in Christ.

It’s kinda both a way to show the victims that they are seen and a spur to action that such injustices need to come to an end

@freed_and_redeemed

That makes sense! I’m glad that a Christian author is choosing to address these issues. They do need to be addressed, just not in a way that destroys innocence, glorifies it in a twisted way, or is just unnecessarily graphic.

I believe bringing awareness to such issues can help others see how damaging those things are, but also help them see that the things they have lived through/endured don’t have to define who they are or who they have to become, something many family members and even myself, have had to learn and walk through.

I think bringing awareness to such…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

I have a lot of family that have lived through abuse, seen addiction or were addicted, have dealt with homelessness, were neglected, etc. There are a lot of family members that have had to make/are making the choice to be the chain breakers, and I’ve watched as a lot of them have spent their whole life trying to heal from the…[Read more]

@freed_and_redeemed

Well, here’s a question, if you’re willing to answer it, why are these things close to you? Like, different topics are important to different writers. I was curious why these are important to you. (I feel like we even glimpse some of them in the Broken and Redeemed Trilogy)

@whalekeeper

I second the character who has some sort of mask up X person who sees straight through them one. I love those.

Others:

Very Serious Important Character who does Very Serious Important things as part of their Very Serious Important Job, X Goofball who wants to befriend them. (I have a a few couples like that, and the dynamic is…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle what would you like me to discuss first?

@elishavet-pidyon Yessss I think back on that RP so often. Such fond memories.

YESSS I wanna see the memes

I’ll put content warnings when needed though so anyone that’s more sensitive can just skip over it 🫶🏻

I will warn everyone that this trilogy WIP (nicknamed/titled Project Kingdom Come for now) handles a lot of heavy topics that are very near to my heart to talk about/bring awareness to.

KC, much as y’all may find it hard to believe, is even heavier than the Broken & Redeemed Trilogy and tackles issues like abuse, trauma, societies that live o…[Read more]