AUTHOR INTERVIEW – LENA NELSON DOOLEY
Our author interview today is with best-selling author, Lena Nelson Dooley. An award-winning author, Lena, has more 
than 800,000 books in print. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers http://www.acfw.com/ and co-founder of the local chapter, ACFW – DFW. She’s also a member of Christian Authors Network, CROWN Fiction Marketing, and Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas.
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Tell us a little bit about yourself and your family.
I’ve been married to the love of my life for 50 years. We have two daughters and two sons-in-law, two granddaughters and two grandsons, one grandson-in-law, and two great grandsons, with another one expected in April. We all live in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, except the active-duty Army grandson. We love having everyone close by.
Your devotion and love for your husband and family are a testimony to everyone who knows you, Lena. Congratulations on your extended love story!
Tell us about your latest book, and how it came about.
Catherine’s Pursuit is book three in my McKenna’s Daughters series. The series is about identical triplets who were born on one of the last wagon trains on the Oregon Trail. Their mother dies giving birth to the sisters. Because of several circumstances, they are separated and raised in differing environments. Each book in the series is the story of one of the sisters. Maggie’s Journey is book one, and Mary’s Blessing is book two. These three stories percolated in my mind for several years before a publisher bought the series.
Share about your genre and why you write in this style.
I actually have been published in several genres—historical, contemporary, suspense, mystery, and pirate. This series is historical, of course. My style isn’t really a genre, but my branding statement is: Characters Who Grip Your Heart. All my stories are character driven.
Quite an accomplishment!
What inspires you?
Everything. I’m always taking notes of something I see that would make a good novel. I have more novel ideas than I’ll ever be able to write. Of course, I know God gave me the imagination, and He often drops ideas into my heart.
Isn’t that the truth? I have so many ideas that I’ll never get them all written.
Tell us about your writing process.
Most of my stories percolate in my mind and heart for awhile. I’m close to a seat-of-the-pants author. Plotting every single scene would drain all the life out of the story. I do have a timeline with events that must happen in the story. And that timeline changes sometimes as I write the story.
What are your writing goals?
I want to write stories that will touch people’s hearts as they entertain them. And I always want to please God with everything I write.
What do you wish someone had told you about writing?
The writing is the easy part. There’s also marketing. Selling the idea to a publisher (My agent does that. Thank you, Joyce Hart.).
Tell us something about yourself that nobody knows.
I’ve been very transparent for years, so I’m not sure is there is anything nobody knows about me.
What hobbies do you enjoy?
I used to knit, crochet, and do other crafts, but not much anymore. I also used to sew a lot, but now, it’s only occasionally.
I love to spend time with friends and with family. And of course, I read other authors’ books when I have time.
Thank you for being with me today.
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