AE Arndt, The Road I'm Traveling

Welcome!

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Hold on to that steering wheel - country roads are bumpy!

The road we're traveling, called Life, is full of twists and turns. Often we begin with one destination in mind and end up somewhere totally different.

The road my small town characters are traveling have been detoured by the unthinkable. Somehow they survive, but only by God's grace and their faith in Him.

As Christians, we are not promised that our dreams will come true, only that He will be with us no matter where the road may lead.

Sneak Peek

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While you're waiting for One for Sorrow to be published, you can get a sneak preview here.

Contact

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To contact Angie, just complete the form below and click on Submit.

Thank you for traveling with me.

Speaking

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Angie is available to speak to women's groups, retreats, workshops, and conferences.

Her topics include:

You Never Know Where the Road May Lead
Although we can plan our journey, detours and disasters sometimes get in the way. But if we trust the ultimate Navigator, we will reach our destination.

The Road through the Wilderness
How God leads us to impassable roads and then shows us the way through them. Based on the life of Moses.

Finding Joy on the Backroads
When your road is full of pain, you can still find joy in those bumpy backroads.

The Road Named Pain
Pressing on when your life is filled with chronic illness and pain. Based on the life of Paul and Angie's own struggles with chronic pain.

About

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A.E. (Angie) Arndt is a small-town Southern girl who writes mysteries and romantic suspense with a Christian-world view. She didn't start out in life wanting to be a writer. But somehow along the way, God nudged her this-way-and-that until it was clear that this was where He wanted her to be.

She's used her Master's in Education to teach Bible studies, middle school science, computer systems and almost everything in-between. Later, she was given the opportunity to write the training curriculum for a large insurance company. It was there that she discovered her first love was writing how God's love endures in the midst of life's trials.

Angie is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), serves as the Area Coordinator for the ACFW - Carolinas, and is a member of the the Faith, Hope and Love chapter of the Romance Writers of America, Low Country Christian Fiction Writers, and the Columbia Christian Writers groups. Writing as P. S. McManus, Angie is a member of the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance, and posts book reviews every week on her blog, The Road I'm Traveling.

Attending Writing for the Soul conferences, ACFW National Conferences and the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference have helped her on her journey. She and her husband enjoy living in the "middle of a big wood" and venturing out occasionally to see where the road will lead.

Coming Attractions

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One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret that's never been told. - Children's nursery rhyme

ONE FOR SORROW (Book One of the Rockridge Series)

Lily and Avery Ferrell are living the perfect life. He's a successful lawyer. She's about to open her own art gallery in their lovely small Southern town.

Suddenly their world spins out of control when Avery is killed outside a sleazy bar. Lily loses everything when she is named the prime suspect in his murder. Even her old friend and Rockridge's police chief, Roy Stewart, can't help her out of this mess.

Will her small town give up its secrets? Can she trust the God she abandoned in the past, to save her future?

TWO FOR JOY (Book Two of the Rockridge Series)

Glynis Caddon can't wait to go to Charleston, South Carolina to see her favorite cousin, Lianne Reynaud, get married in true low-country style with carriages, Spanish moss, cobbled streets and all. But when Lianne sends her a photo of her husband-to-be, she is shocked to see a doctor from Rockridge whose wife died under mysterious circumstances.

Glynis enlists the help of an old boyfriend, Jackson Andrews, to help her investigate the accident. Although he was too wild for her in college, she thinks his contacts as a private investigator can help her discover the reason for the first wife's death.

Is her faith strong enough to be close to Jackson again? Can they find the truth before it's too late for Lianne?

For Writers

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Writing is a profession, but being a Christian writer is a calling. And if you're called to be a Christian writer, you'll be plagued with self-doubt, family skepticism, and friends who can't decide whether to be ashamed or proud of you.

If you're called to be a Christian writer, you'll hear, "Oh, I've always wanted to be writer," over and over. You'll have distant relations and brief acquainances coming out of the woodwork to have you "take a look at this and let me know what you think." You'll have well-meaning relatives volunteering you to write speeches and newsletters because, "Well, you're the writer" or "You don't have anything else to do."*

If you're called to be a Christian writer and you find yourself in the enviable position of being able to write fulltime, the demands on your time will increase sevenfold. "Since you're not working, can you ...?" But remember you ARE working. Your boss is the LORD; you're writing for Him. This is your ministry.

If you're called to be a Christian writer, you'll need a support group. Now in this case, it's not to cure you because that's an impossible task. Instead it's to have friends that speak the same language. Terms like "POV," "protag," "hero's journey" and "believable characters" won't mean a thing to your normal friends and family.

If you're called to be a Christian writer, you'll start thinking of your characters as real people. This is not necessarily a bad thing. However, one writer's spouse was concerned when he found her leaving notes for her characters on the kitchen table. After some discussion, he agreed not to worry unless the character started writing notes back.

If you're called to be a Christian writer you'll need talent and tenacity. And in most cases, tenacity is more important. Stick with it! It was years before the futures promised to Moses and Abraham became a reality. Who are we to ask for our's sooner?

If you're called to be a Christian writer, it will happen. But, it is not being published. It is not making lots of money. It is not being recognized when you walk into a bookstore.

If you're called to be a Christian writer, it is the completion of your calling. You don't know need to know the "where," the "why," or the "how. You just need to obey the call.

*Another disclaimer: I don't mean to say that you shouldn't support your church or other writers/singers/etc. Just realize that you time is valuable, too.