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Intimate Conversation with author E.N. Joy
 E.N. Joy is the author of Me, Myself and Him, her debut work into the Christian Fiction genre. Formerly an Essence Magazine Bestselling secular author, when she decided to fully dedicate her life to Christ, that meant she had to fully dedicate her work as well. She's launching her second Christian fiction work, She Who Finds A Husband, February 2010.
E.N. Joy writes children's and young adult books as well as Christian fiction for adults. The executive editor for a Christian fiction imprint and a magazine columnist, she is currently working on a young adult series entitled The Soul Sisters. E.N. Joy lives in the midwest with her husband and three children. When she's not writing, she enjoys praise dancing and reading.
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 Ella: Please introduce us to your title, She Who Finds a Husband.
What was the pastor of New Day Temple of Faith thinking when approving the creation of the New Day Singles Ministry? Better yet, what were its members thinking when they joined?
Doreen, lovingly known as the Church Mother of New Day, thought that when she presented the idea of the ministry to the pastor, it could serve as a foundation to empower, encourage, and enlighten the church's single members. But when only women join and Doreen learns that all these women want only one thing out of the ministry-help in finding a man-her mission goes astray.
She Who Finds a Husband is what you get when you combine some Divine, some Independent, some Virtuous, some Animated, and some Stoic personalities all in one setting-DIVAS! Dig into this soap opera in print as the women of New Day Temple of Faith Singles Ministry set flight to include men in their future, not realizing that the past is what's keeping them bound.
Ella: What current projects are you working on?
I have a series titled "The New Day Divas Series." The first book of the five book series is titled She Who Finds A Husband (February 2010). This first book of the series reads like a soap opera in print as it goes deep-way deep-into the lives of some real church folk and some real Christian folk. It's serious, it's humorous, all while hitting taboo subjects in the gut. No stone is left unturned in these diva's lives.
The second book is titled Been There, Prayed That (June 2010). The third book is titled Love, Honor or Stray (December 2010). The other two will be released in 2011. This project is one that definitely glorifies God in every aspect, but still manages to display in a godly manner that there are "Church Folks" (church fiction) and then there are "Christian Folk" (Christian fiction) and come Sunday morning, they all end up in the same place.
Ella: What made you go from writing secular works under the names Joylynn M. Jossel and JOY, to writing Christian fiction and children's work under the names E. N. Joy and N. Joy?
That's an easy one word answer; God. God has always been there keeping, watching over and protecting me, but it wasn't until I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior did I acknowledge just how much God loves me. Now I live to glorify Him in everything I do, including my writing. So I'm now not only proud to be a Christian, but proud to be a Christian fiction author.
Ella: What was your first Christian fiction title?
It's titled Me, Myself and Him. It came out March 2008. It's about a woman who is trying to live in the word while holding onto the hand of her live in boyfriend, who is in the world. When the story begins, neither the main character or her boyfriend are practicing Christians. The story shows the struggle between an unsaved couple, when one partner begins to fall in love with Jesus.
Ella: What was your first children's story? My children's' story is titled The Secret Olivia Told Me. It was published September 2007. In February 2008, the American Library Association gave the book a Coretta Scott King Honor for illustration. Scholastics Books purchased the book club rights, and the book is on tour across the country at various schools for book fairs.
Ella: What is the difference between writing secular fiction and Christian fiction? There is a big difference. Now, instead of outlining and figuring out in which direction I want the story to go, I simply get in God's word, get in God's face, ask Him what He wants me to do, what He wants me to say, what He wants the message to be, then I take dictation from the Holy Spirit.
Ella: Do you ever stray from what you think God is calling you to write?
I try very hard to keep my mind clear; to make sure I'm in tune with the Holy Spirit when I'm writing. But I'm going to tell the truth and shame the devil; I'm human, so just like in every day life, when it comes to my writing, I do sometimes allow my flesh to rise up and do it's own thing. I have written things that I thought the reader might want to read without consulting the true author. Do I get convicted for it? Yes, via readers' emails and reviews...and some of them, unlike God, have no mercy. So I try my best to stick to ghostwriting...Holy Ghost writing that is.
Ella: Is writing a full-time job for you?
Yes, well, actually, I have two full-time jobs (three if you count taking care of my family). I write full-time and I edit full-time. I'm the acquisition editor for Urban Christian (www.urbanchristianonline.net). I'm also the editor for the "Sinner Series", which includes the titles Even Sinners Have Souls (Nikki Turner, Noire, Chunichi), Even Sinners Have Souls Too (K'Wan, Michel Moore, Victor L. Martin) and Even Sinners STILL Have Souls (Kiki Swinson, Karen Williams, Brandi Johnson).
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