Today, I’m thrilled to interview author Andrea Boeshaar.
1. God has really been moving in your writing life. What do you see in your future?
I just handed in the manuscript to my editors for a book called Threads of Hope. It’s book 1 in my new series called Fabric of Time.
2. Tell us a about your family.
I’m married and have 3 grown sons, 1 daughter-in-law, and 4 grandchildren. I also have a fine
church family.
3. How has becoming a successful author changed your reading habits?
I’m afraid I don’t read as often as I’d like. With researching my historical novels and all the time spent writing them, I barely have time to clean my house and see the grandkids, let alone read. Still, I try to read a book every couple of months and I love to read my friends’ books. Right now I’m reading Louise Gouge’s At the Captain’s Command. Then I’ll begin Karen Witemeyer’s To
Win Her Heart.

4. What project are you working on right now?
I’m writing a short contemporary Christian romance novel and I’m hoping to get a proposal for it to my agent Steve Laube soon so he can shop it around.

5. What interests besides writing do you have?
I love to take walks. I recently underwent a total knee replacement and I’m healing up just great. I can’t wait to take regular walks outside come springtime. My husband and I also enjoy seeing our grandchildren. We make that a regular practice.

6. How do you choose your settings for each book?
Somehow certain areas just grab me, like the Arizona Territory in 1867. You’ll read about it in Undaunted Faith, Book 4 in my Seasons of Redemption series. But I’m also interested in local history. Book 2 in my series takes place here in Milwaukee. Book 3 is set in Chicago and then in Milwaukee again. I love to research my hometown and my State. My next series, Fabric of Time, will take place in Wisconsin.

7. What is the one thing you wish you had known before you started writing novels?
I wish I would have learned more about self-editing. Sometimes I’m embarrassed to read my older works, even if they’re published. I suppose that means I’m growing as a writer – and that’s good!

8. What new lesson(s) has the Lord teaching you?

God has shown Himself faithful in so many ways. He takes good care of me. One of the lessons I’m learning is that because my Heavenly Father is the King of kings and I am His child, then that makes me…a princess! So I ought to act like royalty, not in a snooty manner, but a manner in which I treat myself with respect and take care of myself. The Bible says that we should love others as ourselves. But if we don’t love and respect ourselves, we cannot love our neighbors. So all you princesses out there – listen up! Do something wonderful for yourselves today – and then show some kindness to someone else.

9. What are the three best things you can tell other authors to do to be successful.
1) Don’t give up.
2) Learn all you can about writing and hone your skills.
3) Trust God to open the doors to your success. Then don’t be afraid to walk through them.10.

Tell us about the featured book?
Sure. Here is the back cover copy. The McCabe brothers have their hands full. Trouble on the range and trouble in town. But they never expected their sweet schoolteacher, Bethany Stafford, to join in the mix of woe. When her reputation is unfairly tarnished, Pastor Luke McCabe is quick to propose marriage. But Bethany wants better than just a marriage of necessity to save her good name. Could Luke ever come to love a plain “little field mouse” like her?

Dr. Annetta Cavanaugh has her own questions about men and their intentions. While Pastor Jake McCabe seems sincere, she still has her doubts about him. But after he accompanies her on a medical call, she sees a whole new side of him and can’t help but admit her attraction to the handsome pastor.

However, there’s evil brewing in town—a lawlessness that even the sheriff cannot tamp down. Finally, it comes face-to-face with both Luke and Jake and it threatens the lives of the women they love. Are the McCabe brothers ready for the fight of their lives?

11. Please give us the first page of the book.

Journal entry: Monday, April 1, 1867

I, Bethany Leanne Stafford, am writing in a

leather-bound journal, which my dear friend Mrs.

Valerie McCabe gave me for a going-away gift. She

suggested I write my memoirs of my impending

journey West and about my new life as a schoolteacher

in the wild Arizona Territory. Valerie said

she wished she’d have kept a diary of her escape

from New Orleans and a loveless marriage from

which her husband Ben had rescued her.

For continuity’s sake, I shall back up from the day

I left Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In September of last

year, upon leaving the city, I took the train to Jericho

Junction, Missouri. My traveling companions

were Pastors Luke and Jacob McCabe and Gretchen

Schlyterhaus, a German widow.

12. How can readers find you on the Internet?

I invite readers to my website: www.andreaboeshaar.com Once there, readers can find my blog and a lot of other information. They can also find me on Facebook.

Thanks, Andrea! I’ve enjoyed your Seasons of Redemption series and can’t wait to read the next one.