It's August now. We're nearing the time of year when the humidity and daunting hurricane forecasts are at an all-time high. However, there is one thing soaring higher than anything else: the frustration levels of parents waiting for school to start again. If you have kids, you know exactly what I'm talking about. So, over the next ten months, send your child's teacher a gift card every month. Vary it. One for coffee. One for lunch. One for dinner. One for a department store. One for a movie. Be creative. Trust me. It's the cheapest babysitting fee you'll ever pay.
Okay, enough of the Teacher Appreciation advertisement. :-)
We're here to meet authors, and I have another one you need to meet. So, without further ado, please welcome to the Florida front porch, Molly Noble Bull!
Hi, Molly! Give us a quick bio. In fifty
words or less, who is Mary Noble Bull?
My name is Molly Noble Bull. I am
a Christian wife, mother, and grandmother. I write novels. Some have won
contests for published authors, and my one and only non-fiction book explains a
lot. It’s titled, The Overcomers: Christian Authors Who Conquered
Learning Disabilities.
I'm sure you are going to enlighten us later as to which learning disabilities you mean exactly...besides the obvious "writers are crazy and need therapy." :-)
Before you
ever got a notion of becoming a writer/author, how old were you, and what were
you doing in that time of your life?
As a young
child, my mother copied down made-up poems that came to my mind. So, at that
time in my life, I attended kindergarten.
Wow. That's pretty young. What
educational background do you have?
As with all
dyslexics, school, especially elementary school, was hard for me. But I tried
harder, and harder, and harder. I completed four years of high school, and
graduated from a local Texas college with a degree in elementary education, a
minor in art, and a specialization in early childhood education. I’ve taught in
public and private schools, but all these locations will remain private.
If your
life was a story, and you were the lead character, what kind of role would you
play?
I’d be the heroine, of course. I’d
get the handsome prince, and live happily ever after. Despite some bad times during my
early years in public school, I married my prince. Though I once had trouble
learning to read, now I write books that other people read. Is this happily
ever after, or what?
Of all the stories/books you
have written, which one is your favorite? And what compelled you to write this
story?
I write because it’s what I do,
and my favorite novel is always the one I am working on at the moment. I’m
writing three novels now. I work on one for a time; get stuck, and move on to
another, It keeps me busy writing even when writers’ block comes to call. This
works for me.
As a writer, if you had one
thing you would do over again, what would it be?
I write under the name Molly Noble
Bull. Noble is my maiden name. I used Noble to honor them. But if I had it to
do over I would be Molly Bull. It easy to remember and has a funny ring to it.
Don’t you think?
Has your writing crossed over
into other areas? If so, how? If not, will it?
I have a blog, but don’t use it
much anymore. However, I have been posting one Bible scripture or more a day at
my page at Facebook since August 30, 2017. That anniversary is coming up soon.
I’ve spoken in front of groups on writing, and some time ago, I was a guest on
a Christian television station for a grand total of two days.
Why do you
live where you live?
I was born in the cattle ranching country of South
Texas where my husband and I live today, but we lived in Germany when we first
married. He was in the U.S. Army then, and we also traveled to France,
Switzerland, Austria, and Italy. We also lived in the Texas hill country. But
as they say, there is no place like home.
Those are beautiful countries. Hard to beat that part of Europe. When you
look for a new home, what are the things that are important to you?
My father and
my grandfather were ranch foremen, real Texas cowboys, and I spent part of my
growing up years on a sixty thousand acre cattle ranch in South Texas. Is it
any wonder that I like to write Christian westerns? I like country roads, open space, and the sound of
cows mooing in the distance, birds chirping, and dogs barking, if not too loud.
But I also like to hear the haunting whistle of a train, calling out—breaking
the silence on a dark night.
When you
are looking for a book to read, what are the things that are important to you?
For me, the
first sentence is the most important sentence in the entire book. Dyslexics are
easily bored. If the first sentence doesn’t catch my interest, it is unlikely
that I will read sentence number two. However, if the first sentence grabs me,
I’ll read the first paragraph. If I am still not bored at the end of page one,
there is a good chance that I’ll buy the book.
What Bible
scripture has impacted your life the most, and why?
I love to read
the Bible, and look forward to reading it every night. I talk to the Lord when
reading the Bible, and during that time, we grow closer together. But it would
be hard to choose a favorite verse because I love them all. As readers get
to know characters, inside and out, from reading novels, I get to know the Lord
better and better from reading the Bible. I would never want the Lord to turn
me away because he never knew me.
Is there
anything else you’d like to share with our readers about you, or anything we
didn’t cover?
I am a born
again, spirit-filled Christian, but you already knew that. Some people say I am
a funny lady, and some of my books might make you smile. Cinderella Texas and one
of the books I am writing now comes to mind. But I might also be called a genre
smasher because not all my books are funny. Well, maybe a little amusing via
the dialogue, but mostly serious.
Today, I am posting the covers of When the Cowboy Rides Away and Gatehaven because they are two of three
books that won contests for published Christian authors. The third is titled, The Secret
Place.
Sounds like you've been a busy writer of late. Molly, thanks for stopping by and letting our readers get a glimpse of the Author Behind the Story!
Readers, if you wish to learn more about Molly and her writing, you can visit these locations on the web:
Until next time, May God bless America, and may America bless God!
