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| Author Lucette "Lucy" Nel |
CFP: Please welcome Lucette "Lucy" Nel! Lucy is a fellow Pelican Book Group author (White Rose imprint) who lives in South Africa. She has a Christmas release, The Widow's Captive, with Pelican's Christmas Extravaganza, which has become an annual event with brand new Christmas romances in ebook form. We appreciate your willingness to share your testimony of overcoming with our readers.
Thanks so much to Overcoming with God for asking me aboard!
Would
you tell us about the one of the most difficult things in your life you have
had to overcome, with God’s help?
I’m an introvert. In all honesty, doing this interview has me all
jittery. It’s like that meme I saw on Pinterest:
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“What is the worst sentence in the history for an introvert?
-- Tell me a
little about yourself.”
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LOL.
But because I want to be a writer, that’s something I need to work
‘against’.
As a writer, I need people, and I need to connect with people. That
is one of my biggest struggles, and if not for God, I wouldn’t have been able
to do it. For me, it IS an endless battle, a constant reminder that I need the
Lord. And coffee!
What
passages in the Bible have been most helpful to you in those times?
Philippians 4:13 For I can do all things through him who strengthens
me. (NLT)
How has
prayer helped you to overcome?
It is a million little things. Knowing that God understands my
babble, my flawed prayers, and even the ones I can’t utter aloud, make it
easier to face people, even when it’s only on social media.
What
helped you get through or helped you cope with this difficulty?
I don’t know if it’s something I will get through. I don’t think
it’s like you wake up one morning and decide you’re not an introvert anymore.
So I cope with it by sharing what’s going on in my head and heart with the Lord
and to those people closest to me.
Disability
friendliness: Is this release available in audio format or do you have any
other works available on audio? Do your
e-books have audio capability? Do you have any in large print?
The Christmas Extravaganza series are only available as an eBook. ☺
In this
latest work, do you have any topics useful for bibliotherapy, or therapeutic influence
through reading about a disorder or situation?
My hero and heroine struggles with guilt and shame. My hero, Jonah
Hale wrestles with the need to prove himself worthy to the town’s residents. He
put his own life in danger in order to gain other peoples approval.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR WRITING!!!
Thanks, Carrie!
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Bio: Lucette "Lucy" Nel is a coffee addicted
work-in-progress daughter of the Lord Almighty. She's a mommy to a rambunctious
toddler and wife to her best friend and real-life hero. Along with three
spoiled Pugs, they make their home in Gauteng, the smallest of nine provinces
in South Africa.
During the day, she's a bookkeeper. At night
when the world sleeps, she delves into her passion, creating interesting
characters in historical settings.
She's a member of American
Christian Fiction and her
dream came true when she recently signed a contract with Pelican
Book Group for her
Christmas themed novella, The Widow's Captive.
One of her favorite quotes about writing is
by C.S. Lewis: You can make anything by writing.
Her favorite verse is Philippians
4:13: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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