Inspirational
author favors Kansas settings
Author Cindy M. Amos recently launched a
book promotion tour that included stops at Ashland Public Library. Her
presentations feature three aspects that greatly influence her writing—the
land, the love and the Lord. This tour highlights the fourth release in Ms.
Amos’ current inspirational series.
Pawnee Rock is the
setting for the latest release in her contemporary series, Landscapes of Mercy.
In Book 4, Sanctifying Ace Aerialist, small town hospitality attracts members
of a national social protest movement passing through Pawnee Rock on their way
to the Dodge City stockyards. A fictional wildlife park provides jobs and an
entertainment source as several members discover romance with local citizens.
The pavilion atop Pawnee Rock lifts the couples closer to God in this
inspirational fiction. Other Kansas attractions appear in various scenes
including Mushroom Rocks State Park, Rock City, and Ellinwood’s underground
rooms.
Sanctifying Ace
Aerialist: Where taking the higher road can sanctify the journey~
Paisley St. James
discovers Brace Cordan, the charismatic leader of the
Re-Occupy movement, has been left behind to fend for himself at the wildlife
park where she works in Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Sympathetic to include him in the
community, she gives him a job tending the lorikeets, where he devises a
gymnastics act that covers him with avian attention. When Brace lends his
marketing expertise to increase daily attendance and passes romantic glances
her way, small town living starts looking up. Betrayal strikes the park,
leaving a tag-team staff shored up by nomadic Re-Occupy members to run the
Shakespeare event. An unbelievable offer emerges from the show when the post of
a wacky performance goes viral on social media, but Brace allows his financial
burden to overshadow any hope for her inclusion.
Paisley will have
to utter the words no woman should have to say,but
will that sacrifice be enough to convince Brace?
The path ahead
becomes the higher road when it starts on a towering rock.
The Landscapes of
Mercy series includes two Kansas stories, with the leading book, Redeeming
River Rancher, set in the Maize area surrounding Wichita along the Arkansas
River. For this series where man lives close to the land, a particular
landscape feature becomes analogous to the romantic couple’s relationship. For
Sanctifying Ace Aerialist, that natural feature is Pawnee Rock’s towering
citadel.
Ms. Amos writes
fiction with a strong sense of place from her background in endangered species
conservation and natural resource management along the Atlantic coast. She now
lives in Wichita, Kansas and helps with the Amos family’s fifth generation
ranch in the Flint Hills of Morris County outside of Council Grove. She
oversees the ranch’s federal conservation stewardship program contracts to
monitor the natural quality of the tallgrass prairie.
Her Christian
testimony arises from her salvation experience at Vacation Bible School when
she was ten years old. She has served in leadership roles for the Single Adult
Ministry, as an AWANA handbook leader for 17 years, Welcome Ministry
Coordinator for six years, co-teacher for the Ladies Sunday school class, and
currently assists as a small group discussion leader with women’s ministry at
her church, West Evangelical Free Church in Wichita, Kansas. Her favorite
biblical character is King David, an avid outdoorsman with a heart devoted to
God.
Ms. Amos relinquished
her thirteen-year career as a field biologist after starting her family in
South Florida. She met her husband the first week she moved to Palm Beach
County where they shared prayer requests in the College and Careers class of a
thriving Baptist church. She worked for a private consulting firm and later for
the County of Palm Beach, where she won an award for cost-cutting measures she
applied from her private-sector employment. Having accepted the award with her
newborn baby in her arms, she returned to the department and gave her letter of
resignation, feeling led to sacrifice for the well-being of her family. God
honored them with two strong sons who share an inclination for the sciences.
After prayerful consideration, the family relocated closer to the Amos ranch in
1999, leaving behind sunny Florida for the blessings waiting in the heartland
of Kansas.
Faith has remained
a resonating influence in the author's life. Her regular disciplines include
morning quiet time in the Scriptures, maintaining an attitude of grateful
praise throughout the day, remaining on the verge of prayerful conversations
with God, and being ever watchful for God's hand in any circumstance. She
regularly attends women's Bible study at her home church and leads table discussions
when called upon for support. Her favorite women's Bible studies have been
authored by Beth Moore and Anne Graham Lotz, the
daughter of evangelist Billy Graham. Knowing God in the quiet times allows one
to recognize him amid the confusion, and from childhood poverty through new
author anonymity, she knows and hears the good shepherd's voice.
Ms. Amos' favorite
Bible verse is Psalm 24:1 "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it." This verse is often used to celebrate
the ascension of Jesus into the heavenly Jerusalem, but it also lends proper
reflection on his overarching dominion of creation.
Our stewardship is
inherent as we grow more Christ-like and therefore becomes interwoven in our
accountability as obedient servants of God.
The Landscapes of
Mercy series is available in print and e-book versions on Amazon.com. Books can
also be viewed on the author’s website at
http://cindymamos.wixsite.com/natureink.
The author is
available to speak regarding her debut series to women's ministry groups, book
clubs, public libraries and other wholesome settings where uplifting
inspirational fiction is appreciated. She may be contacted through her website natureink or by e-mail at cindymamos@yahoo.com.