Today it’s my privilege to feature author Priscilla Bettis. She’s a member of Brave Authors, a Facebook collaboration of Christian fiction writers.
Priscilla is a former horror author writing her first literary Christian novel. She’s a reviewer at The Well Read Fish and chats about life and writing on X.
There’s a link in her profile to a short story she wrote about smoking. Take a few minutes to read it. I did, and I enjoyed it very much.
Author Profile
What is Bravery?
I am a former secular horror author. I used to write about vampires, human brutality, ghosts, cults, witches, you name it. You’d think that would make me brave. But no.
After a series of events too freakish to be coincidences in the physical world, I lost my interest in writing horror. This wasn’t a case of ordinary writer’s block. I couldn’t even come up with an idea for my next horror story, and I was no longer interested in reading horror. Basically, God was whopping me over the head. It was time to move on to something else.
Now I write Christian fiction, putting my faith out there for the world to see, offering it up for kudos or ridicule. You’d think that would make me brave. Nope.
What’s brave are the characters penned by the writers in the Brave Authors group. Our characters deal with homelessness, racism, addiction, human trafficking, and additional difficult topics. I am amazed by what I’ve read so far from the other authors. Their characters are tough, determined, and courageous.
I am writing my first literary Christian novel. It deals with abortion, and yes, my main character is brave. My goal is to have the first draft done by September. Realistically, my novel won’t see publication until 2025 or even 2026. In the meantime, I’m writing short stories and poems to get my name out there as a Christian author.
My latest published story is “Prayers Heavy with Smoke.” (It’s free to read, if you’d like, at Radix, a Christian literary magazine.) Meera, a middle-aged grandmother, is desperately addicted to cigarettes. If she doesn’t quit, she won’t be allowed to see her granddaughter. Will a homeless youth help Meera turn from her habit?
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