Jordyn Redwood: An Author's Take On Letting Go-Letting God

Everyone's Story welcomes back the amazing Jordyn Redwood. One thing I've come to respect Jordyn for--and there's many--is her willingness to be honest with herself and to share this with others. And that's why I'm glad that this popular and beloved author of medical mystery thrillers for the Christian market chose to share with us the inside story behind writing her newest release, PERIL.

Can you relate? Both Jordyn and I are looking forward to hearing from you!

Also, check out the book trailer and the cool Giveaway offer. 

Book Giveaway:
Jordyn is offering one print copy of PERIL to one randomly chosen commenter--USA ONLY. The winner will be announced here on Friday, November 8th, between 5-6 PM EST. For convenience, please leave your contact information within your comment. Thanks! 

Blurb of PERIL:

Medical mystery thrillers with a chilling diagnosis—the only cure is to keep reading! Dr. Reeves implants superior memory cells into soldiers’ brains with amazing results—until negative symptoms appear. When his daughter is taken hostage by enraged research subjects, can he discover the answer they demand before Morgan’s life is in serious PERIL.

Kismet by Jordyn Redwood

I have a confession to make. I’m a control freak. Not just a neat and tidy type but more giving my daughter a lecture when she rearranged some Christmas decorations and I told her she couldn’t because she wasn’t paying the mortgage.

Yes, that did happen. I could say that there were other things going on at the time but . . . sigh.

So, now we’ve established I’m a bad mother and a control freak! And yes, I’m saving up for her future counseling sessions. As a person of faith, I do believe God has a plan for my life but my hands are clenched just as tightly as they can be around the steering wheel.

My nature lends to the job I do. Every day, I bring calm control to chaos as a pediatric ER nurse. It’s expected of me. However, as a Christian, I’m supposed to “Let go and let God.”

Easier said than done.

However, what I have noticed is that when I do surrender to His little nudgings—things seem to work infinitely better but I still have that cold-dead-hands grip on my life.

I always loved to write. In high school, I’d written countless short stories, scenes and even a couple of what would be called novellas. I didn’t always write things that were honoring to God. I did want to be published but my parents said I needed to go to college and get a real job.

So I went to nursing school. I really wanted to be a flight nurse and that was my sole drive for the next ten plus years. I stopped writing during pursuit of this one goal.

And that goal didn’t happen. Out of my frustration—I started putting pen to paper again and considered getting input to see if anyone thought those words strung together were good or just the dismal musings of a person dissatisfied with her life.

I don’t believe God wastes anything. During pursuit of my unrealized dream, God used several interactions to speak to my heart about what I was writing. Now, I wasn’t a closet Fifty Shades of Gray writer but what I was writing wouldn’t necessarily point people to God.

Maybe it would even pull them away.

I thought—if I put words out there—I’ll be responsible for the effect they have on people and do I want to explain to God why some people stopped believing because of something I wrote.

From then on I began to write with a Christian worldview in mind.

My stories partly reflect what I struggle with. In Peril, my latest release, it is about Morgan’s struggle with controlling her own life when everything is out of control. She’s suffered a horrible loss she feels she should have prevented, her health is in decline and her marriage is breaking apart. This control freak is thrown into a hurricane. The novel is about her learning to relinquish the grip she has on the steering wheel.

My hope is if I write it enough then perhaps I can do the same.

What’s amazing is how God uses kismet or fate to weave these threads over the years to get to one person at the right moment.

I got this note from a reader (the best thing as an author) that Peril helped her realize she needed to “Let go and let God.” and I shared my own struggle with her about being a control freak and this was her response:

“You see, before the foundations of the world began, God knew I'd be going through something on September 30, 2013 and He also knew He would give you the words to write and also give me the book and I would be reading just that passage at just this time. Wow. What an awesome God we serve.”

He truly is. Think about it. The years. The people. Those little moments that led up to that moment of inspiration for one person.

I think those moments are designed.

What about you?

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Author Bio:

Jordyn Redwood is a pediatric ER nurse by day, suspense novelist by night. She hosts Redwood’s Medical Edge, a blog devoted to helping contemporary and historical authors write medically accurate fiction. Her first two novels, Proof and Poison, garnered starred reviews from Library Journal. Proof was shortlisted for the 2012 ForeWord Review’s BOTY Award, 2013 INSPY Award and the 2013 Carol Award. You can connect with Jordyn via her website at www.jordynredwood.com.

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Jordyn's Other Appearances on Everyone's Story:
Thankful For The One Moment She's Graced With
Recognizing God's Lamposts On The Journey