Hey guys!
Welcome to Palace this post of the Three Crosses book tour! :) This post was supposed to be posted a bit earlier but I was having a few problems with blogger, but thankfully that is all fixed now. So sorry this is late but here you go. :) Enjoy! It includes a spotlight, interview, and excerpt.
Christina Weigand’s a writer, wife, and mother of
three grown children and a middle school daughter. She is also Nana to three
granddaughters. She lives with her husband and youngest daughter in Pennsylvania,
returning there after a short sabbatical in Washington. Currently, she’s
working on fantasy novels and inspirational writing. Through her writing, she
strives to share the Word of God and help people young and old to realize the
love and mercy He has for everyone.
When she’s not writing, she’s active in her local
Church as a lector, Bible Study, or with the church theater group, volunteering
at her daughter and granddaughter’s school in the library as well as helping
the children develop a love for reading and writing. Jesus fills her home with
love as she shares Him through her writing.
Blurb:
Brandan and Joachim have returned from the brink
of Hell, but everyone questions if they are truly healed and one with Asha.
As each prince tries to readjust to life, they
must face the funeral of their father and their missing mother.
They each take on the responsibility of ruling a
country with new wives by their sides, but can they and the countries survive
the trials that will ensue because of their choices?
Brandan and Joachim survived the war, but can
their relationship and their countries survive the aftermath.
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Excerpt:
Rupert looked through the window in his tower room at the
landscape of Wyrzburg. Months had passed since the Battle of Harable Valley and
the spring planting season faded into the wonderful summer growing season. The
land progressed in its healing and would soon be returned to its former state.
As he turned from the window, he thought about the things that hadn’t
healed…the twins. Brandan and Joachim still had a long way to go to erase the
darkness that infected them. Joachim seemed better, but at night he still
dreamed of Sidramah, and the doubts about what happened still haunted him.
Brandan appeared even further from the boy that left to find his brother. The
darkness appeared to follow him day and night. He withdrew to chambers as far
away from Joachim as he could get.
Walking down the stairs to the great hall, Rupert remembered
when the princes first returned; both had seemed healed and better than ever,
maybe. But it appeared as if the tentacles of Sidramah still lingered. Any
small opening the evil one could find, he exploited, and both boys were once
again haunted by dark dreams.
Interview:
When did you first decide you wanted to become an author?
When I was in middle
school I started writing.
Where do you find your inspiration?
Hard question to
answer. I credit God with most of my inspiration. If he didn’t plant the ideas
through my life experiences, the books I read, my family, movies, I guess
basically anything that comes across my path can serve as inspiration.
Do you have a special playlist that you
listen to while writing?
Sometimes I listen to
Christian music, but most of the time I don’t listen to any music.
Is there a particular other that you
look up to?
The writers in my old
critique group and writer’s group. They are some wonderful men and women, some
published, some not, but all dedicated to writing and helping others.
I’m just happy that
they are being published, although at times I have entertained the idea of the
trilogy being made into a movie. I have trouble visualizing it as a graphic
novel.
When did you first start writing?
I wrote when I was in
high school but upon graduation set it aside to get married and raise a family.
About twelve years ago after my fourth child was born and I felt god pulling me
in a different direction than I was headed, I started writing again.
What are your thoughts on pen names?
Never really thought
about it. I guess If I ever chose to write in another Genre that was so
different from what I currently write then I might consider using one.
What's the craziest thing you've ever
done and why?
Six years ago my
husband and I decided to leave our home in PA where we had been all of our
lives and move to the lovely state of Washington. We moved so my husband could
take a job, but the crazy part we had literally lived in Pennsylvania all of
our lives. We were born there, grew up there, got married and raised our first
three kids there. We decided it was time for a little adventure and adventure
was what we had.
Do you have any advice for those who plan on becoming a
writer some day?
Don’t
give up and write, read and write some more.
~Sammy
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