Candace N. Ford’s The Agitated Agenda is the first book in a contemporary new adult series about what happens when main character Priscilla Richardson had her life fully planned and figured out. Here’s a Q&A with the author and entrepreneur.
Candace N. Ford Answers Questions
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? As a child I wanted to be a doctor, then I took biology in High School and quickly opted out of that thought. That was the same year I signed up for accounting as an elective and fell in love with it
What is your education/career background? I graduated from DePaul University in Chicago with a BS in accountancy; I have been blessed to have had corporate opportunities at various Fortune 500 companies and great mission-driven nonprofits
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? Or what first inspired you to write ? I have ALWAYS been an avid reader, I loved books that were eventually turned into movies and vice versa, but it took me a while to realize that I wanted to be an author. Maybe I thought it was unreachable or just didn’t correlate at all with my love for accounting. My desire to help women who were hurting from failed relationships, seeking God or just wanting to launch businesses, caused me to begin writing a weekly devotional. I wrote these devotionals for over five years
and one day decided to take the best 52 devotions and package them in a book, and that was my first published book.
How does a new story idea come to you? Is it an event that sparks the plot or a character speaking to you? It generally is an experience or personal interaction. Being married to a pastor you experience people of all creeds, races, ages, backgrounds and their lives are fascinating, some inspiring, some pitiful but all and all great writing material and inspiration.
Is there a message/theme in your novel that you want readers to grasp? God is not married to religion, He’s married to relationship. He doesn’t care about how you got to Him, just that you are here now. Moreover, women need to know how to explore, forgive and find themselves in Christ on their own. Not pressured to be but embrace the stages of becoming.
On a Friday night, what are you most likely to be doing? Family night with my kids, we order pizza and binge on Netflix movies.
What do you like to do when you are not writing? I LOVE to travel, car, plane, train. I love to see other places.
Do you have a bucket list? What are some of the things on it? I desire to tour Europe & Australia and I desire to open a hotel for homeless families to help them have a safe place to stay until they can get back on their feet.
What person(s) has/have helped you the most in your career? My husband, he is my greatest support and my children they are brutally, lovingly honest about my work.
About The Agitated Agenda:
Priscilla Richardson had her life fully planned; graduate top of her class from Georgetown Law School, snag a job at one of the most prestigious law firms in the country, and become partner within five years. She had it all figured out. There would be no interruptions and no delays. Her agenda would not be agitated… or so she thought. After working against all odds to finish law school and get hired at a high-powered law firm, what’s a beautiful and brilliant attorney to do when her plans for success are disrupted by a handsome colleague and unexpected and unexplainable spiritual messages?
Thankfully her best friend Sylvia, and Sylvia’s parents step in as her family when Priscilla must face unimaginable situations that rock her world and force her to acknowledge a faith in God that had always surrounded her but that she had not quite come to terms with yet.
The first in this contemporary new adult series will set the scene and leave readers wanting to know how Priscilla will deal with agitations to her agenda.
“I have never been an emotional person, but I realized when Heaven enters your car and begins to speak there is nothing else you can do but be in awe and cry.” – The Agitated Agenda
About the Author:
Candace N. Ford is an avid reader, entrepreneur, author, speaker, an ordained minister and spiritual strategist, who loves to be creative and encouraging through her writings.
In 2011 while working in the accounting field Candace decided she wanted to give back to others and began writing her first book which she self-published. She soon discovered that self-publishing was a daunting task and that there were more questions than answers; although the book was published, the journey was hard, long and expensive.
She began pursuing online courses in graphic design, marketing and publishing so she could help advocate for others who desired to be published. In 2012, she founded her own publishing company, Above The Line Press, to service authors, teachers, poets, ministers and anyone who desires to entertain their audiences through the power of words.
Candace has 13 published works and is passionate about Christian Fiction. She and her husband live in McKinney, TX, with their son Nicholas and daughters, Brianna, Madison and Charis.
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