Book: Dear Sons
Q1. Hello Sir, can you please introduce yourself? Readers would love to know more about you.
My name is Cory Ward, I am 39 years old born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I have been married to my best Friend Joslyn Ward for 9 years and we have two beautiful boys Joshua who is 5 and David 3.
Q2. What were the key challenges you faced while writing ‘Dear Sons’ book?
Some key challenges were simply getting started, and being discipline enough to create space to create and write. My wife was very helpful with helping me stay on track and holding me accountable for my writing goals day by day
Q3. What books or authors have most influenced your own writing?
Dr Jermone T. Glenn, Dr Myles Munroe, and Dr Tony Evans
Q4. What’s your favourite spot to visit in your own country? And what makes it so special to you?
I would say my favourite state to visit in the United States would be New Orleans Louisiana just the food and the melting pot of culture is pretty cool to me
Q5. Is there lots to do before you drive in and start writing a book?
I would say yes, a lot of the prep organizing and plain motivating yourself to do it all happen before you ever write or type your first words. I highly recommend an outline of what the overall theme of your book is, what each chapter will focus on with bullet points to keep you on track, you can have a great concept that you place in the wrong chapter if you don’t have a focus. I can be scattered brained at times and go down a rabbit hole lol. So, outlines next to me while I am writing help me keep the focus.
Q6. How long did it take you to write ‘Dear Sons’ book?
About 4-5 months during the height of the pandemic, I hade been working on it in bits and pieces for a while by journaling my thoughts on manhood and fatherhood, but during the pandemic the world was still so I had time to focus on creating, one of the benefits of the pandemic was the world couldn’t go anywhere so I had a lot of time.
Q7. On what all platforms readers can find ‘Dear Sons’ book to buy?
Readers can find Dears Sons on my website corjward.com and by next month sometime it will be available on Amazon also
Q8. Tell us about the process of coming up with the book cover and the title ‘Dear Sons’ ?
What’s interesting about the book cover is that photo is from a family photo shoot we did with a friend of ours named Leah a whole year before I even thought about writing a book, and wanted something that my boys could see years from now and be proud of.
Q9. When writing a book how do you keep things fresh, for both your readers and also yourself?
For myself, prayer, studying the word of God and translating HIS thoughts about topics and scripture, music and watching my children be themselves in their various environments really feeds my creativity. For readers I am not sure I kind of just a problem pertaining to manhood and fatherhood and try to be a piece of the solution
Q10. Are there any secrets from the book (that aren’t in the blurb), you can share with your readers?
None that I can think of
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