Author Interview: Leigh Bale (part five) The Importance of a Critique Group

Thank you for joining us for our fifth and final installment of our conversation with Leigh Bale, award-winning inspirational novelist. Click here to read parts one, two, three, and four. Leigh, you’ve mentioned the importance of having a critique group. How does your group influence your writing? My current critique partners are invaluable for helping make my books more marketable. One of my critique partners has been a dear friend of mine for over fifteen years. We knew each other before we were published, back when we were “wannabes” struggling to write the best possible book in the world. Now, … Continue reading

Author Interview: Leigh Bale (part four) Plans for the Future

Thank you for joining us for our fourth installment of our interview with award-winning inspirational novelist, Leigh Bale. If you missed parts one, two or three, click here to see what we’ve been talking about. Leigh, I was hunting around on your website and found a reference to your very first book, which you describe as being pretty bad. Do you have any plans to polish it up and submit it? Absolutely not! (I’m chuckling here.) That book is so horrible, and would need such massive work, that I might just as well start over completely. But writing that book … Continue reading

Author Interview: Leigh Bale (part three) Religion in Writing

Thank you for joining us for part three of our talk with award-winning inspirational romance author Leigh Bale. If you missed part one or two, click here to catch up. Leigh, when we left off, we were discussing your novel “The Healing Place,” which has inspirational elements in it. Was it difficult to blend romance with religion? Not at all. My own marriage with my husband is based on profound love and respect for one another and our deep religious beliefs are at the foundation of our relationship. Romance and religion comes very natural for me. Just because I’m religious … Continue reading