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Candi Adermatt Candi enjoys writing romance and contemporary novels. She has written several other stories that are waiting to be published. Candi has a bachelor's degree in Business from Azusa Pacific University, where she works as executive assistant in the Office of the Provost. Candi and her husband, Dave, enjoy their four sons and their families, and are active in their local church in Southern California.

	Our Interview with Candi - December, 2011: You're a prolific writer. What gave you the itch to write novels? Candi: Stories have filtered through my brain as far back as my memory can take me. I imagined myself as each character as they appeared in my head and became part of the story. That's pretty much the way things continued through the years. Several years ago the company that I worked for went into bankruptcy and layoffs were imminent. My boss asked me what career path I might choose if money wasn't an issue. Without hesitation I said, "I'd write a book." When I went home that night and told my husband of our conversation, he said, "Well, why don't you just do that? You don't have to be unemployed to write a book." With those words of wisdom, I began to write. How did you get the idea for LOVE REKINDLED? Candi: I like tackling topics that aren't generally read about in Christian fiction. I wanted readers to be able to feel the wife's pain, the child's struggle with abandonment issues, and the stark reality for the husband because of his infidelity. I also wanted it to be an encouragement to anyone who had ever had to live through this heartbreaking situation. Is there something you typically do while writing - like drink coffee or listen to music? If so, what is it? Candi: I always listen to music while I write, usually my favorite Christian radio station. That and a good cup of coffee are my good writing buddies. In the absence of coffee and an internet connection for the radio station, my iPod and laptop are just as supportive. What is something you enjoy doing in your day-to-day life? Candi: My husband and I are avid explorers and rock hounds. We love to go off-roading in search of all kinds of treasure (his license plate is GLDIGGR). He researches old books, maps, and archives that tell where gold was found or loot might be buried, and off we go with our metal detector in pursuit. We have never found anything of real value, other than the thrill of the hunt and the joy of being together. Love it! What kind of a reader are you? Avid? Sporadic? What do you read most? Candi: I love to read, usually contemporary Christian romance novels. The difficulty with that, though, is that it keeps me from writing. When I am in a serious writing mode (once I get started on a story, I don't want to stop writing until the story is finished), I don't read at all, as it interrupts my thought process. I almost never read a newspaper or magazine, unless it contains some story that someone has recommended to me. I much prefer to create my own reality! What other novels are you writing? Candi: I wrote several novels before Love Rekindled and some since. Most of these are Christian romances. The earlier ones still need a lot of polish. The most recent ones are ready for the eyes of a publisher, but the market for this genre is very limited and demands time devoted to pursue this goal. In some sense, I'm selfish, in that I hate to give up writing time to devote to the search for a publisher. How can your readers contact you? Candi: They can contact me by email: cadermatt "at" gmail.com
	Earlier Interview with Candi ...
	What motivated you to write a novel about infidelity and separation?
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	I like tackling hard subject matter. It challenges not only the reader to consider some gray areas, but the author must delve into some uncomfortable arenas and keep an open mind during the investigation. I wanted to write about the struggle and state of mind a woman experiences through the trauma of infidelity and separation. There isn't a lot of Christian fiction written on these issues, yet they certainly exist within the Christian community. For nineteen years I have enjoyed a Christ-filled marriage, however earlier in my life I went down the dark road of divorce and experienced firsthand the pain and isolation that infidelity instills ------- Being a woman, was it difficult to write your story from the man's viewpoint? Did you use an outside source to give you insights on how a man might think as opposed to a woman? ------ Instead of identifying primarily with the wife, I wanted to illustrate the challenges men are faced with in the world and how sin can easily slip in to destroy a marriage. Writing from the man's viewpoint gave me insight into the husband's emotions, as well. In today's culture, we have been made well aware of how differently men and women approach problems and conflict. Experiencing situations through the husband's eyes enabled me to consider some alternative reasons why a husband might stray and that, perhaps it wasn't necessarily dissatisfaction with his wife but more that he was caught up in an alluring world that caused him to drift from the things that, in the end, were most important to him. As far as an outside source, one of my sons read the manuscript pages for me as the story was constructed. I found that I mostly got the male viewpoint correct, but my son was most helpful in developing what was going on inside the heads of the children. ------ In reading LOVE REKINDLED, one sees that the family entity is the strong force behind most of the recent decisions in the lives of the characters. Are there similarities between this fictional family and your own? -------- While the characters in the story were not necessarily the people in my own family, I believe all of the emotions experienced and expressed in LOVE REKINDLED were quite genuine. ------ What is your favorite way to spend time when you aren't writing? ---- --- I love to be holed up in some mountain lake retreat with my husband to explore God's creation, relax, read, and find inspiration for writing. ---- -- What do you enjoy most about the writing process? ------- I'm definitely not the kind of writer who begins with an outline. I usually know how a story that I'm writing will end, but I love the adventure of discovering what happens on the way! I can begin a story almost anywhere with any line but most often find myself rewriting or adding to the start of a story as the story develops and requires additional foundation work ----------- I know you're a prolific writer. Are you currently working on another novel? --------- My other work is not as intense as LOVE REKINDLED. I am focusing on contemporary fiction, but not necessarily women's fiction ---- ----

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