Writing--Using Our Own Life's Journeyby Martha RogerMy new release, Spring Hope, was one of the most difficult to write for me. I had no problem with the plot and story line, but the hero’s journey mirrored one of my own at a very hard time in my own life. All of my books are about forgiveness and reconciliation, the day finally came when I had to write about forgiveness of a sin that goes against everything I believed and advocated.Sexual sins are some of the most heinous of crimes, and as a Christian, I believed it would never touch me as I would never have anything to do with such acts. However, when those sins came from a family member, everything changed.
As a teenager, my brother began a life of drugs and sex that took him into a dark world about which I knew nothing. Instead of trying to understand and lead my brother away from that life, I turned my back on him and shut him out of my life completely. Despite pleas from my parents, I considered my brother dead.
After years of trying to ignore his lifestyle and keeping it hidden from my friends, it all came to light and I had to deal with it. In jail for sexual assault of minors, my brother faced a life sentence because of his prior convictions.
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In my book, the hero is faced with the decision to forgive the heroine for lying to him about her identity and for the life of prostitution from which she had escaped. It didn’t matter that she had been forced into the lifestyle by an abusive father. When both the father and the daughter come to the Lord and profess their faith in Christ, the hero must forgive both of them before he can move on. His journey is my journey and the battle I fought with myself in forgiving my brother.
Today let's talk about how our own lives make their way into our books. Leave a comment to get your name in the drawing for a copy of Spring Hope.
Spring HopeCan runaway Libby Cantrell finally get a new start?
Libby Cantrell’s life has gone from bad to worse since her mother’s death. After working in a brothel to support her abusive father, she sees no hope for her future until one cold winter night when she finds the courage to escape.
When she collapses in Portersfield, Texas, exhausted, ill, and hungry, Sheriff Cory Muldoon finds her and takes her to the doctor. Against Cory’s better judgment, Seth and Erin Winston take her in and offer her a job as a nanny for their young son. As a minister, Seth sees it as his duty to take care of her. As a deputy, Cory needs to know the truth about her even as he is attracted to the waif of a young woman.
As Cory’s feelings for her grow and winter becomes spring, will he be able to accept her as she is now and truly forget and forgive her sordid past?
About Martha:
Martha Rogers is a freelance author of both fiction and non-fiction and a speaker. Her stories and articles have appeared in a number of compilations and magazines. Her first fiction novella was released in 2007.Her experiences as a public school teacher, Sunday school teacher, youth leader, First Place leader, Mom and Grandmother give Martha a unique field of ministry. Martha is am alumni of CLASS and is available to speak at Women's Retreats, conferences, and luncheons on topics of interest to women of all ages.As an author, she is available to speak at writing conferences and workshops on a variety of topics of interest to writers.Martha is the author of Becoming Lucy; Morning for Dove; Finding Becky; Caroline’s Choice; Not on the Menu, a part of a novella collection with DiAnn Mills, Janice Thompson, and Kathleen Y’Barbo; and River Walk Christmas, a novella collection with Beth Goddard, Lynette Sowell, and Kathleen Y’Barbo. A former schoolteacher and English instructor, she has a master’s degree in education and lives with her husband in Houston, Texas.
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