From Hospice Nurse to Faithful Storyteller

I’m happy to have KC Hart, author of Christian Contemporary Romance and Cozy Mysteries, guest blog today.

KC’s Story

At the end of 2019, I did not truly know why I started writing.
I loved reading cozy mysteries that resembled
Murder She Wrote or Columbo, and with a
little encouragement from my family, I started writing my
first mystery in November of that year. I was determined
to write a mystery with a Christian worldview, one where my sleuth would live the life
that an average Christian woman could relate to. In my mind, I was doing something for
the Lord.

Looking back, I realize that starting this writing journey was so much more. You see, I
show my love to others through acts of service. That’s my love language. I also show
my love to Christ in the same way. It’s the way I’m wired. Until 2019, I had expressed
this love language as a hospice nurse. But in 2019, I left this job that I loved after losing
a sister, two brothers, and my mother. None of their deaths were connected, but for
two years my family lost one of our own about every six months, and I had zero left to
give as a nurse.

The problem was, when I left hospice nursing, I lost a very important part of who I was.
I needed to give back. I needed to share Christ in some way that worked for me.
Looking back now, it’s easy to see that writing my stories was a way that God was using
to bring me through the grieving process for my loved ones, and also the grieving
process for my loss of hospice nursing. When I thought I was giving a gift to God, He
was actually giving a gift to me.

Isn’t that the way it is? Can we ever out-give our Savior?

Now writing has grown into such a huge part of my life. Sharing my stories with
fellow believers brings me more joy than I could have ever imagined.
At a writer’s conference, a publisher said that all Christian fiction should be written to
point the lost to Christ. I believe my writing does this, but if I’m honest when I’m writing,
I’m doing it with fellow believers in mind. I’m writing stories that Christian readers can
enjoy, that will hopefully and prayerfully draw them closer in their walk with Christ.
My tagline is “faith-filled fiction for faith-filled readers”. The redemption message
is stronger in some stories than in others, but you can always see Christ in my books,
no matter who you are.

My latest series is Red Creek Redemption. Each of these books is about very
imperfect people who go through a journey that eventually brings them to Christ, and
to their happily ever after with the love of their life. The series focuses on the
Robinson family, the parents, and their five sons. Our Unlikely Love, the latest release in
the series, is about Owen, the second son in the family, and Rachel, a childhood friend
who has moved back home to help her elderly grandmother. If you enjoy stories with
a strong Christian message, families who live out their beliefs, and church life shown in
a positive, even though not always perfect, light, I think you will enjoy my writing. I
look forward to connecting with you on FaceBook, Instagram, Bookbub, or Goodreads.

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