{Author Fest} Christina Weigand @CAWeigand

Christina Weigand’s a writer, wife, and mother of three grown children and a grade school daughter. She is also Nana to two grandchildren. She lives with her husband and youngest daughter in Washington State after a lifetime in Pennsylvania. Currently, she’s working on fantasy novels and inspirational writing. Through her writing she strives to share the Word of God and help people young and old to realize the love and mercy He has for everyone.

When she’s not writing she’s active in her local Church as a lector, volunteering at her daughter’s school in the library as well as helping the children develop a love for reading and writing, Bible Study or with the church theater group. Jesus fills her home with love as she shares Him through her writing. 

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Young Adult Christian Fantasy

The Peace Summit was in shambles, the prince kidnapped.

When the rival king realizes he kidnapped the wrong prince, hostilities escalate. Loyalties to each other and country are tested for the twin princes of Crato, Joachim and Brandan.

Joachim, captive of King Waldrom, faces deception and betrayal as he struggles to find his way home. Brandan, at home with a father focused on rescuing Joachim, wrestles with his own demons as he searches for his place in the world and the favor of his father.

Torn from the safety and peace of their childhood, they are thrust into a world where bonds of family, brotherhood and roles as heirs to Crato are tested. Through war, spiritual journeys, death and marriage, will they choose the path of good or evil? Who can be trusted, as the world they know slips into a whirlpool of chaos?

Interview with Christina Weigand
How did you get interested in writing this particular genre?
I really enjoy reading fantasy, especially swords and sorcerers, although a little sci fi sneaks into my reading pile once in a while. In reading YA fantasy I discovered along with the good stuff there is some not so good stuff out there. When I say not so good I mean that the story is not always presenting the YA reader with good choices or information with which to make the choices. The young people are our future and they need to be presented with a balance. They need to see young people making choices, realize there are alternatives as well as consequences. God and my faith dictated the rest.



What is the hardest part of writing for you?
Killing characters and making sure that I have accounted for every character and their personal outcomes at the end of the book, even secondary ones. I hate when I read a book and a character is mentioned and then forgotten.


 What advice would you give aspiring writers?
Write, read, then do it again. Don't give up, keep writing even after the rejection letters come in.


Who did the art work for your book?
Marion Sipe

 What do you like to do when you're not writing?
Read, spend time with my family, theater, crocheting, lectoring and Bible Study 

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