Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for Begotten by Lisa T. Bergren, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
Title: Begotten 
Welcome Lisa! Thank you for
taking the time to answer my questions and allow my readers a chance to get to
know you and your newest book Begotten.
I always like to start these interviews the same way with something fun to
break the ice: can you share 5 random facts about yourself that we will NOT
find in your bio?
1) I’ve been scuba-diving in the Red Sea and got the worst sunburn of my life there
2) I’ve been to Italy five times and hope to get there again this fall (c’mon, vaccines!)
3) I used to run a family travel blog and wanted to move my family abroad for a year or two but it never worked out/we couldn’t afford it.
4) I “read” 99% of novels via audio books these days; too busy during the day to pick up a book and I fall asleep within 2 minutes of hitting the pillow
5) I have a hard time focusing on writing at home. I usually have to go to the library or check into a hotel to write. I need Covid to go away so I can get back to my library routine!
When did you first discover that you had a passion and talent for writing?
It
was always my easiest subject in school. In high school and college I was on
the newspaper staff. But thinking I could be a “writer”? That seemed daunting.
It wasn’t until I had six books out that I could even call myself one.
With over 40 books published, where do you continue to find inspiration for new
stories?
It’s usually
via life—stories I hear from others that pique my interest. Or nonfiction is a
great tool to think about emotional, mental and spiritual issues that could
make for good character fodder.
You’ve written a wide variety of stories. How does your writing process change
across these various genres?
Some
are a pure lark to write—time travel, light romance, children’s books. They all
come rather easily to me, once I get the concepts, setting and characters down.
Others are harder mental and emotional and spiritual work—like the Gifted. But
the depth of the genre really impacts how long it takes and how challenging it
is.
Can you tell us a little bit more about Begotten?
It’s pre-Reformation, pre-Renaissance and is
about a group of spiritually gifted characters brought together to usher in
change within the Church. It’s full of spiritual warfare—and is a genre-bending
historical/spiritual suspense series.
Where did the inspiration for this story come from?
I’d taken a three-year break from writing
after God was pretty clear I needed a “fallow season.” And after reading The
Da Vinci Code (in print—and within 24 hours!) I was really taken with
historical clues in ancient churches. So I started to research biblical
mysteries (because while I loved setting and pace of TDVC, I didn’t want to
write a heretical novel!), and my cousin mentioned the lost letters of St.
Paul. Paul wrote other letters to the Corinthians (it’s mentioned in the text)
but we don’t know what became of them. So I started to think about what ELSE he
might’ve written and why those letters never made it into our modern Bible.
What do you hope readers will take away from the book?
My goal in the series is for all readers to
understand that they’re (A) spiritually gifted; (B) battling unseen
enemies—whether they’re aware of it or not; and (C) incredibly loved and
equipped for said battles by our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Thank you again for taking the time to answer these questions. Before you go,
are there any other projects you are currently working on that you can share?
I’m working on BETRAYED and BLESSED,
rewrites/edits of the next two books in the series, due out this summer and
fall!
(1) winner will receive a signed print copy of Begotten, a custom Gifted candle, and a $50 Amazon gift card!
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Yes!! I can't wait to read this one! I love Lisa's books.
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