Husband Interviews

Husband Interviews

 by Carla Olsen Gade

 

My huz is such a gem! So, I thought perhaps I’d interview him on my blog Writing to Distraction. http://writingtodistraction.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-visit-with-huz-inside-scoop-on-inside.html To my delight, he said, “Sure”. Well, first he said, “What for?” When I told him that I thought readers would be interested in hearing his POV on things he agreed. Yes, he knows what a POV is. He’s learning lots about writing, whether he realizes it or not. Brad’s a great sounding board and has really been so supportive with my writing career. I’m very blessed.

And then it hit me. . . I bet there are quite a few good men who stand behind their author wives careers. Why not interview them as well. So I asked some of my friends if they thought they could wrangle their better halves into doing an interview. The idea was a big hit and a blog series was born—A Visit with the Huz: the inside scoop on (author). In addition to your own Gina Welborn’s husband, Jeremy, this series will include interviews from the husbands of Susan Page Davis, Kelly Long, Julie Lessman, Myra Johnson, MaryLu Tyndall, and more. It should be interesting!

Doing the interview with my huz was fun. Brad’s so cute, but don’t tell him I said so. He’s a real dude and I don’t want to crush his opinion of himself! He is also quite thoughtful and supportive. That includes the time he escorted me to a regency gala (see pic), and doing the interview. I start the interview by asking several questions that will tell us a little bit about the author’s huz: what he does for work, what he likes to read, about the couple, and his inside view of his authoress wife. 

The last two questions in the interview are answered by the wife, and provide an opportunity for her to brag about her husband, and to share what she appreciates about him as he supports her career as an author. That was the special part. After Brad so graciously answered my questions, I told him with how important he is to me and how thankful I am that he supports what I do as an author. I was sure to give him specific examples of the things that I notice that he does for me. I know it isn’t easy for him when I’m traveling, researching, and writing for hours on end.  His vocation and interests are important to me, too. So I’m glad for the opportunity to brag on him a little bit since his wife is such a “famous” author now.  It’s amazing how many people believe that. But you know, it is just me, at home, clicking away on my keyboard with a husband who gets such a kick out of the fact that his beloved is seeing her dreams come true.

I hope you’ll join me at Writing to Distraction http://writingtodistraction.blogspot.com  on Fridays to see what these fabulous husbands have to say.

 

QUESTION OF THE DAY:: How does your husband show his support of your career?

 

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A native New Englander, Carla Olson Gade, grew up in an historic Massachusetts town and now lives in rural Maine with her husband and two young adult sons. Her love for writing and eras gone by turned her attention to writing historical Christian romance. Represented by MacGregor Literary Agency, she is the author of The Shadow Catcher's Daughter (Heartsong Presents) and “Carving a Future” in the Colonial Courtships novella collection (Barbour). Carla is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Maine Fellowship of Christian Writers. Throughout the years, Carla has been a conference planner and taught many ministry groups, workshops, and courses, presenting on Biblical topics, genealogy, writing, and adult literacy.

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