A Q&A with the author... Haven of Rest by Faith Blum (Interview & #Giveaway) @Celebrate_Lit


Welcome to my tour stop! Check out an interview with the author and the giveaway below...

Haven of Rest
(Tales of the East #4)
By Faith Blum
Christian Historical
Paperback & ebook, 130 Pages
July 8th 2019

Summary

Ignored by her father…

Adah was neglected by her abba and her brother. She must do something. All her previous plans have failed, but she won’t slip up this time. Since her abba is King David, author of many songs, what better way to gain his attention than pulling off a concert featuring twelve of his daughters?

As she plans, Adah’s discontentment grows. She throws herself into the work but worry edges into her heart anyway. Can Adah learn to rest in Adonai as her father? Will she learn contentment in all things?

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Interview

Would you tell us a little more about the main character?

Adah is a discontent young woman who wants to be married, but her father will have nothing to do with her. He’ll see everyone else in the kingdom except her. She also has 11 sisters who she loves to talk to and play music with.

What is your favorite thing about the book’s cover?

The title font! I absolutely love the font because it looks like Hebrew lettering.

What part or aspect of this story do you love the most?

How I was able to use music in this story. I love music and since the book is about one of King David’s daughters, it seemed only fitting.

What advice would you give to aspiring authors?

Just keep writing. It is best to work on consistency no matter how little writing you actually get done.

What are you working on next?

I am working on the last novella in my Tales of the East series, a WWI novel, and a Horseback Librarians novella. After that, I’ll keep working on novels in my WWI series.

About the Author

Faith Blum is a small-town Wisconsin girl. She has independently published over 25 books in over five years. Most of her books are Christian Historical Fiction with an emphasis on Westerns. During an eBook sale, she was #1 in Christian Westerns and Christian Western Anthologies on Amazon. During that sale, she sold over 3,000 copies.

Faith currently resides in Central Wisconsin with her husband and their cat, Smokey. When not writing, you can find her cooking food from scratch due to food allergies, doing dishes, knitting, crocheting, sewing, reading, or spending time with her husband. She loves to hear from her readers, so feel free to contact her on her website.

More from Faith

The Haven of Rest was inspired by a friend. I wanted another fairy tale to retelling for my series, but had run out of ideas and she mentioned the 12 Dancing Princesses and how they 12 girls could be 12 daughters of King David. It took a little while, but the idea soon grew into this story.

  • I do take liberties throughout the story. It is a Biblical Fiction story, and I tried hard to keep to those roots and keep it accurate throughout, including for the betrothals and weddings. However, a few liberties I took were:
  • Giving King David more daughters than are mentioned. I did have Tamar be one of the daughters.
  • Creating a backstory for Amnon’s obsession with Tamar.
  • Showing that King David was a flawed man who was not a good father. Although this isn’t stated outright in the Bible, it is definitely implied by the rebellion three of his sons showed and his lax discipline of Amnon after his rape of Tamar.
  • The other liberty I took is a spoiler for the end of the book, so you will have to read the book to find out what that was. I do explain my reasoning of that one in the Historical Note at the end of the book.

I really enjoyed writing this story and hope you enjoy reading it!

Tour Schedule

All 4 and About Books, September 23 (Author Interview)
Wishful Endings, September 25 (Author Interview)
A Reader’s Brain, September 26
Inklings and notions , September 27
Through the Fire Blogs, September 28
Mary Hake, September 29
Lukewarm Tea, September 30 (Author Interview)
Texas Book-aholic, October 1
janicesbookreviews, October 3
Tour-Wide Giveaway


To celebrate her tour, Faith is giving away a themed basket with two plastic canvas heart bookmarks, a paperback copy of the book, and a crocheted doily!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.


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