Meet Angela Benson, author of Sins of the Father

List your published books.

Christian and inspirational fiction:
Sins of the Father, Avon, 2009
Up Pops the Devil, Avon 2008
The Amen Sisters, Walk Worthy Press, 2005

Christian romance:
Abiding Hope, 2001
Awakening Mercy, 2000

Nonfiction:
Telling the Tale: The African-American Fiction Writer’s Guide

Secular romance:
Sweet Passion (Bands of Gold, For All Time, Between the Lines), Kimani Press, 2006
Second Chance Dad, Silhouette Books, 1997
A Family Wedding, Silhouette Books, 1997
The Nicest Guy in America, Pinnacle Arabesque, 1997
The Way Home, Pinnacle Arabesque, 1997
Between the Lines, Pinnacle Arabesque, 1996
“Friend and Lover” in the Holiday Cheer anthology, Pinnacle Arabesque, 1995
For All Time, Pinnacle Arabesque, 1995
Bands of Gold, Pinnacle Arabesque, 1994

Which book did you find the hardest to birth?

For me, it’s always the book I’m writing now.  Once a book is finished and I look back on it, I don’t remember the difficulties.

Which book is your current favorite?

That’s always the book that coming out so it would be Sins of the Father.  I was raised by a single mother so the issue of absentee fathers is very dear to my heart.

How would you describe your writing style?

I have no idea. I can say that I really get into how my characters feel.  I don’t figure out how they look until late in the writing process.

Do you listen to music while you write? If so, what kind?

No, I find music intrusive. I write with the television on.  I can easily tune it in and out.

Tell us anything about you as a writer that you think might be interesting or unusual.

To this day there are people in my family who think my first book, Bands of Gold, was autobiographical.

What advice do you have for aspiring writers?

1. Finish at least one manuscript. It’s important for new writers to know that they can finish a book. It might not be the best book in the world, but you will have proved to yourself that you can tell a story from beginning to end. That knowledge will make finishing the second book much easier. As you write more books, you’ll find that you develop a rhythm to your writing. You’ll begin to notice how long your chapters are, how many scenes are usually in a chapter, how long it takes you to write a scene or chapter, etc. This knowledge will prove invaluable once you start writing to deadline.

2. Make time to read at least one book a month. Most writers start as avid readers. Once readers start to write, they sometimes find their lives so busy that reading is neglected. Don’t let that happen to you. Don’t lose your love and appreciation of good stories. In addition to hours of pleasure, reading will keep you up to date on the market.

3. Rejoice in the success of other writers. Every time a new writer sells a book, a struggling writer should be encouraged. That sale is proof that publishers are still buying new writers. Take time to congratulate that writer and be sure to purchase the book when it hits the shelves.

4. Don’t give up.  Don’t give up.  Don’t give up.

Writers are often encouraged to write what they know. Have you found that to be the case with your writing?

In a way.  All of my stories are set in the Atlanta area, where I spent a great deal of my adult life.

About the Book

Successful media mogul Abraham Martin has great wealth, an elegant wife, Saralyn, and a rebellious son, Isaac. He also has a secret: a second family that no one knows about. Now, after thirty years—driven by the urging of his long dormant conscience—Abraham is determined to do the right thing by finally bringing his illegitimate children into the light…and into the family fold.

But beautiful, manipulative Saralyn will never accept the proof of her husband’s indiscretions. Isaac the heir, shaken by his father’s revelations, will fight mercilessly when his world is threatened, and may lose everything that matters as a result. And while Abraham’s forgotten daughter Deborah is open to the undreamed-of possibilities suddenly awaiting her, son Michael cannot forgive the man who cruelly abandoned them to near poverty. And he’s driven by only one desire: revenge!

Angela Benson’s Sins of the Father is a powerful story of a house bitterly divided—a rich, multilayered family saga of betrayal and redemption, rage and compassion, faith, forgiveness, and ultimately, of love.

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For more information about Angela, visit her at AngelaBenson.com.

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