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The Interview - Martin Wiles

The Interview - Martin Wiles

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Can you explain your writing process? Do you prefer to create an outline and plan beforehand, or do you prefer to write more spontaneously and organically?

I am a four-a.m. writer. That’s when I am the freshest. But my thoughts are already formulated before I write. As all writers should, I always keep a pad with me and jot down writing ideas. The night before, I think seriously about what I’ll write the next morning. With an outline in hand, my writing the next morning takes less time from my already busy morning schedule. I aim to write four hundred words daily, except for the weekends. I take Saturday and Sunday off to refresh and regroup.

Describe the [book/series] in 10 words or less for people who are just learning about it.

My latest book is Grits, Grace, and Grands, the third in a series of Grits and Grace books, following Grits, Grace, and God and later Grits, Grace, and Going to Church. Since I’ve lived in the South my entire life, these titles were an attempt to give the devotions a Southern flare. My wife and I are the proud grandparents of seven rambunctious grandboys. These devotions are stories about them and how they have taught me much about God’s grace.

Would you like readers to have any specific takeaway from your book?

My genre is religious nonfiction, specifically, devotions, although I write Bible curricula for several publishing houses. I need a daily pick-me-up, and devotions from others give me encouragement for the day. I write devotions, hoping mine will do the same for others.

As an author, what critique has been the most challenging for you to receive? On the other hand, what compliment has been the most rewarding?

Although my writing credits are numerous, I’m sure my rejection letters or emails would be longer had I kept them—which I didn’t. Not taking the rejection personally was the hardest thing for me to learn, regardless of editors telling me not to. It wasn’t until I had a few acceptances under my belt that the rejections became less painful. When I became an editor, they became even less painful. I began to understand that the rejection likely wasn’t about me but an editor having to choose among hundreds of manuscripts, articles, or devotions sent to them. I also began to trust God more to open the doors he had in mind for me.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing?

My favorite pastime is doing what I once hated: reading. I enjoy reading devotions, theological books, Christian living books, historical fiction, and yes, some of those sappy romance novels where everything turns out just as the reader wants it to.

Where do you like to write? In a coffee shop? In your home office? On the beach?

Martin Wiles

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