“My writing life has become a metaphor for my spiritual life. In times of doubt, insecurity, and longing to see a path forward, I’ve learned that it's about trusting God and taking baby steps forward." —Angela Correll, author of The May Hollow trilogy
If God is calling you to write, it may not be solely to offer a book to the world. It may be for the purpose of unlocking something deep within your soul. Writing is like a personal excavation project, where you get to unearth hidden emotions and experiences and beliefs. That's what today's episode is all about.
Today we welcome Angela Correll. Angela lives in Kentucky with her husband, Jess, on a grass-finished cattle farm. She is the award-winning author of Grounded (2013), Guarded (2015), and Granted (2017), a trilogy of novels that became Amazon bestsellers and were adapted to the stage for sold-out audiences at the Pioneer Playhouse, Kentucky’s oldest outdoor theater. The stories span settings in Angela’s native Kentucky and Italy.
Angela and Jess are the founders of Wilderness Road Hospitality, a suite of businesses comprised of: The Inn at Wilderness Road, The Bluebird Restaurant, Esther’s Wellhouse and Spa, Mama DeVechio’s Pizzeria, Cerulean Catering, and Kentucky Soaps & Such, as well as a number of renovated historic homes that provide comforting hospitality to travelers visiting Stanford, Kentucky’s second oldest city.
Angela also hosts the Wedgwood Good Lit Writer’s Retreat, a week-long writer’s retreat with guided teaching for up and coming fiction authors, held annually in Stanford, Kentucky.
ABOUT CALEB BREAKEY: Caleb Breakey is the founder and CEO of Renown Publishing, an elite team of publishing professionals devoted to helping you steward your legacy by capturing and cultivating your authentic story. The goal of Caleb’s Legacy Storytelling Method is to pass on character qualities and ideals to your children and grandchildren so that your values won’t suffer from genetic mutation as time passes and your family grows. Caleb believes authentic stories are the torch of change-makers, and that a professionally written narrative is a powerful impetus for buy-in as you keep your family going in the right direction, for the right reasons, with the right people. Renown has written, edited, and worked on over two hundred books (including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-sellers, and the #1 book on all of Amazon).
The words Caleb longs to hear at the end of his life were penned hundreds of years before his birth in Numbers 14:24: “But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land.”
He lives in Washington State with his wife of 15 years, Brittney, and enjoys visits from three mischievous mini huskies and a smiley Shiba Inu.