Talkshow Thursday: Welcome Carol McClain!

 

Talkshow Thursday: Welcome Carol McClain!

The most frequent question asked me is, “Which is the favorite book you authored? I will address my final answer to my favored book at the end. I want, first, to address the second most frequent question: “How do you get your story ideas?”

With seven books on the market, the answer is easy: the messy, beautiful, sinful, redemptive lives of those I know and love. The genesis of my newest book Choices We Make will illustrate.

Several years ago, by the hand of God, my sister-in-law of only eight years, saw something off with my brother. She rushed Art to the hospital where he had a massive cardiac issue as she pulled up to the ER. At that moment, my beloved brother’s implanted defibrillator shocked him and restored him.

Once inside, emergency staff shocked him with the AED many times. Between the ER doctors’ shocks,

his surgical defibrillator continued. Together, over thirty times. At last, my sister-in-law signed a DNR. With human hands off him, instead of dying, my brother’s heart settled. In an induced coma, we did not know if he would be brain dead, or almost worse, brain-damaged.

Thus, the genesis of my story. The two were relatively newlyweds. What would life be like having to care for a brain-compromised husband you were only just getting to know?

Art survived with no apparent damage.

Not so for my antagonist, Wyatt. His wife Tallie has to come to grips of a life with a man, who through no fault of his own, suffered damage that physically and psychologically affected his family. What would God require of us? What could we endure? Choices We Make was conceived.

What would you do if the man you married was no longer a person you recognize? If he jeopardized you and your child? What does God desire?

So, my second most frequent question is answered. All my stories come from life experiences—mine and others.

 
As for my first most frequently asked question about my favorite work : my usual answer is, “Who is your favorite child?” (And shh. Don’t tell my other novels. My favorite book is the one I never thought I’d ever love.)

About Choices We Make

What happens when the vow “for better” becomes dangerously worse?

Journey into the heart of a marriage tested beyond imagination. Tallie Peters, a devoted wife and accomplished marriage counselor, cherishes her life with her soulmate, Wyatt. They share dreams of growing old together, filling their days with love and children. Yet, life has its own plans. A tragic accident leaves Wyatt with a brain injury, transforming the energetic, loving man into a stranger grappling with uncontrollable impulses, anger, and an increasing dependence on alcohol. For her faith and for her son, Tallie must confront the reality of her marriage and her choices. She must decide whether the life she’s loved can be saved.

Purchase link: https://amzn.to/430NG8J  

About Carol

Carol McClain is the author of seven published novels She loves God, glass, good books, and goats—especially when the goats are not eating her manuscript. Carol also edits, teaches Bible studies, hikes the Smokies, and pursues many other interests that allow her to avoid housecleaning. Why make a bed when you’re only going to mess it up again? When she’s not writing stories filled with people making spectacularly messy choices, she’s wrangling goats or chasing shiny bits of stained glass.

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Photo credits:

Author photo, book cover image: Courtesy Carol McClain

Emergency sign: Pixabay/ElasticComputeFarm

Emergency Room gurney: Pixabay