“I don’t ever set out with a theme,” says author Dana Pettrey. “I’m gonna teach these or these is the lesson. I just write the story and where the characters land is where they land faith wise.”

Dani Pettrey is the the author of ‘Coastal Guardians’ a book series that includes books like ‘The Killing Tide,’ ‘The Crushing Depths,’ ‘The Deadly Shallows,’ among others.

In this interview, we talk about how to prepare yourself as an author, tips on overcoming writer's block, how she does research for her books, what makes her a Christian author in the marketplace, her writing process and how she writes characters. 

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