Welcome to APOOO, Rhonda!

In 140 words or less, tell us a little about you. I’m a Christian, a mom, a daughter, sister, employee, friend and writer. I love reading and watching movies, especially classics like some of the old Alfred Hitchcock movies. I like to sing although I’ve been told it’s not a gift and I love writing, talking about writing and learning about writing.

In 140 words or less, tell readers why Secrets and Lies would make a great addition to our personal library.

Sometimes I think every book I see would make a great addition to my personal library, because I’m a collector.  Secrets and Lies deserves a second look, because it’s really a good story, about everyday people trying to survive their past and presents lives while hoping for a better future. I think that’s many of us. One of issues in the novel is forgiveness. If we live long enough we all eventually struggle with that. I think the story is a good example of how to work through the pain of past hurts. And without being preachy it delivers a powerful inspirational message.

When you wrote Secrets and Lies, what did you develop first–the plot or the characters?   Why?

The story always comes to me first. I’m working on my fourth project for publication now and it’s just the way it happens. I wake up from sleeping or I’m washing dishes or driving down the highway and the opening scene of a book begins to unfold in my mind and then the dialogue between the characters starts. I grab a pen or my digital recorder because I know this is powerful stuff that I won’t be able to recreate later.

What’s the main message you want readers to take away from Secrets and Lies?

I’d say I’d like my readers to take away the message that forgiveness is a decision. Once a person decides that peace is more important than bitterness and pain, they will have a fuller, more complete life.

Describe a day in the life of Rhonda McKnight.

Not very exciting. I rise early, say some prayers and rush about getting my four year-old and myself out the door. I work full-time for a large state agency as a quality control specialist for a federal food subsidy program. After giving a busy day to the state I come home, become mom and squeeze in “RhondaTheWriter” time answering emails and conducting writing business. (That never ends). After I get my little one down, I spend some time chatting with my oldest and then I write, or work on an editing project until about midnight. Then I go to bed and start it all over again the next day.

What are your most overused words or phrases?

I have lots of them. I had a friend read my 2nd manuscript before I turned it in and she pointed out that I used the word just a lot. I did a search in word and found that I had used it 203 times in a 68,000 word manuscript. Wow! I went through and managed to get it down to just 101. But can you imagine. Talk about overuse.

What’s one of your pet peeves?

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