Dee: What led you to dealing with prostate cancer in Grown Folks Business?
Victoria: My father had prostate cancer and I thought it was an issue that we all needed to be more aware of.
Dee: Deja's name seems similiar to the word deja vu. Did you think of that when you named this character?
Victoria: That was EXACTLY the point of her name!
Dee: Christian fiction writing is both a ministry and a business. Do you agree?Why or why not?
Victoria: I think any kind of writing is creative and a business. I would never say that what someone else is doing is their ministry because I don't know how they've been called to use their gifts. For ME writing is a ministry. I hope to reach women who may never enter the church and show them the love of the Lord. It is a business because this is my job. I get paid by the number of books I write and the number of books that are sold. So, I have to write a book a year. I can't wait for "inspiration" (although I don't know what people mean when they say that.) I have to write because it is the way I make my living. That is the business part of it. And, that's the way it is for all writers who write full time.
Dee: Do you welcome critical book reviews or do you believe that literary
experts can't review anything with a Christian theme? (some people think
reviews are unnecessary since you can't judge God)
Victoria: I welcome all kinds of reviews although I don't think reviews do anything. I don't think people buy more or less of my books based on the reviews. I don't think my Christian themes should stop anyone from reviewing my books.
Dee: Did you know the ending of Grown Folks Business before you wrote the book or did you have to change it as you moved along?
Victoria: All of my endings change as I move along. I didn't know the ending of Grown Folks Business until I was there. That's what I love about writing. The characters surprise me as much as the characters surprise the readers.
Victoria talks more about her writing process tomorrow. Thanks, Victoria, for sharing this with us.
Writing to see what the end's gon' be,
Dee
