Thursday, November 14, 2019

Blog Tour: Continuing the Journey by Mercy Tobin #poetry #religious #blogtour #interview @RABTBookTours



Religious Poetry
Date Published: October 14, 2019
Publisher: Lucid Books

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Like an octopus with many many arms, the lies curled around us, covered us, and held us prisoners. We knew nothing of freedom. Or the possibility of it. That was our life before our Rescuer came.




Interview

Is There a Message in Your Novel That You Want Readers to Grasp?
Allowing Jesus to help and comfort you through your dark times as well as walk by your side of recovery and healing.

 Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?
The pain that we went through and then the healing is the core of our writings – those are both hard things to face. Even more so when you are facing them publicly.

 How many books have you written and which is your favorite?
We have written 2; however, the second is a continuation of the first. So there is not a favorite (or one that stands out) rather they are a collection that flow together.

If You had the chance to cast your main character from Hollywood today, who would you pick and why?
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 When did you begin writing?
How long did it take to complete your first book?

We, Mercy Tobin, have lots of “Ones” inside, as we call each other.  Caused by too much pain for only one person.  Now we see it as God’s gift to us, so that we have been able to get through life in kind of a normal way.

We each call the real Jesus, “the Big Man”, because that’s the name He gave us to call Him when we were in scary places when we were very little.  He would come and hold us and comfort us in those scary places.

Now, many many years later, we are in a safe place and finally are free to get to know the Big Man more fully as we are now free to think and feel our own thoughts and feelings.

Just 5 years ago, we began writing our thoughts and feelings in a journal, as a way of thinking about things, and also keeping a record of things we are learning.  We wrote them down in the way that we think, never intending to share them with anyone.  But the Big Man had different ideas and helped us with each step in publishing our first book, A Journey of Hope, and now our 2nd book, Continuing the Journey:  A New Time.

At first it was terrifying for our thoughts and feelings to be out in public, but as we heal, and are getting stonger, we are getting braver to share more of our journey.  We hope that there will be a few people out there who are encouraged in their own hard journey, by reading about how the Big Man/the real Jesus, has not only been our Rescuer, but also is our Healer, our Hope, our Everything.



  
Did you have an author who inspired you to become a writer?
            No – our life experiences created and molded our writings.

What is your favorite part of the writing process?
Healing and learning.

Describe your latest book in 4 words.
Freedom after our Rescuer

Can you share a little bit about your current work or what is in the future for your writing?
 Our 2nd book, Continuing the Journey:  A New Time is the second release of this journey – and it continues to grow with more learnings and discoveries as we continue to learn, grow, and heal.





About the Author

Mercy Tobin is someone her Healer is touching deeply in her journey of healing. Still in the middle of her journey, writing poems have become her journal. She is surrounded and encouraged on her journey by her children and their families, and special friends who are walking alongside her.


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