Faith Filled Family Magazine December 2016 | Page 69

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BY MICHELLE C DANKO

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ristin King is both a Christian artist and author.
Since the age of eight, she
has been passionate about soulful, Christian music. As a singer,
her music contains inspirational
lyrics and melodies which will
quickly get stuck in your head.

What is your new book, Sandals for Christmas about?
Sandals for Christmas is a
Christian romance story about a
young woman named Charlotte
who goes to visit her mom and
dad in Florida and unexpectedly
finds love. I think the back cover
says it best:

Charlotte Anderson has just exAs an author, this is Kristin’s third perienced her first great sucbook. Her two previous books, cess as a young professional in
Ten Weeks to a Better Voice big-city Atlanta. She loves evand 8 (Really Creative) Ways to erything about her independent
Save were both self-published. life, which includes no room for
This time, however, Kristin de- romance. Then a trip to visit her
cided to do some pre-marketing parents’ new home in a charmon social media. To her amaze- ing seaside community in Florida
ment, she found the support for begins to challenge her perspective—on many things. Will her
her new book overwhelming.
mother’s famous Southern cookBefore beginning full time em- ing, a meddling old woman, a
ployment in her company, KLJ handsome carpenter, and a pair
Creative, Kristin worked as a of shoes change her mind about
public school music teacher. love? Or will a dark secret, which
KLJ Creative serves as Kristin’s threatens to ruin her family, send
umbrella for her creative pur- Charlotte running back to Atlanta
suits: books, music, consulting and her life of comfort?
and blogs.
What inspired you to write a
Kristin refers to herself as a “writ- romance story? Was any of it
er at heart”. According to Kris- based on personal experience
tin’s blog, she also doesn’t write or purely fictional?
books that she herself can’t use. You know, it’s interesting, I
thought it was all purely fictional