No Other Choice: The
Naomi Chronicles, Book 1
An
illegal immigrant ~ Bound
by secrets ~ Trapped
by choices ~ An
arranged marriage ~ A forbidden love ~ Will
Naomi be able to tell her husband about herself before someone else does?
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Many
wonder how a first time author could write, Naomi could still hear herself
scream, ‘Abuela Sosa, please do not be dead,’ sobbing while she had tried to
shake the old woman awake. The next thing she remembered was that the old
woman’s daughter-in-law had packed her meager belongings into her suitcase.
Unable to stop herself, she demanded, ‘You have no need of me anymore? I gave
you a year of my life! Your esposo—I mean, your husband—promised he would help
me enter America and search for my uncle if I took care of his madre!’” This is my story.
Writer to Amazon
Bestselling Inspirational Romance
Ten
years ago, I gifted a friend, who publishes Messianic authors, one of my framed
writings. Whenever we met, she asked if I was perusing my craft. Six years
later, I heard Messianic Pastor, David Hocking speak about Israel being the land and the people. I
wondered about the hidden Jews, asked God to show them to me while I was petitioning him to give me something to do that no one had done. Wishing to do something to
advance the gospel, I meet with my publisher friend, and spoke of potential
projects. She asked me what I would do if I could write anything. Suddenly
David Hocking’s message, my desire to discover the hidden Jews, and share the
gospel coalesced. I knew what I was going to write about.
I
researched theAppalachian Trail, and wrote character sketches for two of the
three women who would meet while hiking. However, I could not write about this
Sephardic Jew named Naomi, because her people were an enigma to me. While
lunching with friends, I discovered that two of them were Spanish Jews. Another
friend had married a Sephardic Jew. Months of research prepared me to begin
writing Naomi’s character sketch. Since my publisher friend asked me to send
her my dailies, I did. Forty days later she informed me that I was writing a
book. She suggested that I go back three days, and read what I had written.
When I did, I discovered that she was right. However, I was not writing the
book I had intended to write, but the one God wanted me to write!
As
I wrote, the characters told me their stories. Once they stopped speaking, the
book was finished. I spoke with some of my writer/author friends, and
discovered that hearing the characters was a blessing all writers long for.
Therefore, I proudly proclaim that I am a scribe for God!
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