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Well, thank you so much for
joining us today on commonalities.
I'm your host matting, and uh,
I have with me Roy Sches. Uh,
I believe that's how
you pronounce it, right?
Roys Yes.
Was, uh, and, uh, Roy is an author, uh,
and he's with us here today. Roy,
tell us a little bit about, uh,
your background and, uh, about your books.
Um, well, background is simple. I didn't,
I grew up in a Christian
oriented, um, family life,
um, studied the word and,
but I actually, um, <laugh>
in the car business. I,
I do finance and sales, um, and,
and, and an automobile dealership.
I started lighten books, um,
only because so many people do not know
the, the true meeting
behind why we're here.
And I listened to the stories
of, of my, my, my kids,
my children. They used to tell stories
as say skip rope and things and
say, Hey dad, you remember
this, or you remember that.
So I put the stories together and,
and books and never thought
that the book itself would
do so. Well. The children's book
actually outdid the adult book, so,
and did well.
So tell us, uh, tell us
a little bit about, uh,
about the books themselves,
um mm-hmm. <affirmative>,
where did you pull your
inspiration or your,
your thoughts that you wanted
to share through those books?
Well, the first book, um, the Shadow
of Death, um, the first book, uh,
shadow of Death and inspiration
came from characters.
I actually met in real life, both of
them, but I had to names, you know,
but characters I met in real life
and the things that occurred,
um, events that occurred and,
and I changed it in a way to
make it more eventful. Um,
so people would continue
to read the book. Um,
but I made the characters
into, um, like biblical names,
like, um, Boaz or Jay Bez,
Bo and Jay, um, and made them into, um,
heroins in, in the Shadow of Death.
Um, the other, the second book,
which is my first time doing something
for children was called Cat Food for
Jesus. And this book actually
outdid the first book.
And I heard my,
my daughter talk about cats and,
and different things.
So I put the stories all
together and, and then
the, the, the characters in the book
who actually my neighbors as well,
so they're true life characters
and, and the cafe for Jesus, uh, the, the,
the people who actually my neighbors.
So.
So, so you pulled from some, uh,
some real life experiences
there, uh, in those situations?
Yes. Um, like, uh, my, um,
wife used to say that I
used redneck ingenuity,
which you can't use any the word
redneck, so hillbilly, red ingenuity on,
on things that I would do. Um, well,
there he goes again, that Billy ingenuity.
And so then I used some of
those stories and then also,
um, you know,
about cats and, and,
and the neighbors and,
and it's all basically
two true characters.
And I put it all together
in a book to make it, um,
funny and numerous, but also
with a lesson at the end.
And where, uh, where do you
sell copies of the books?
Uh, it's in Bonds and Noble
and Amazon Bonds and Noble,
um, online at the, the publishing
company on, um, Collins and Harper on,
um, um, page and then, um, fulton's,
um, books A Millions, I
actually submitted, um,
just submitted another request to book
a million so they can pick up the Cafe
Fuji, they have the Shadow of Death End
the or, but they didn't pick up the,
we had to submit a request to
them. Um, we ac I actually, um,
got the best selling
contemporary Christian
Children's Illustrated book. Um,
I probably was the only one that
order four characters, but, um,
the best song Barns and Noble
right now, um, the Illustrated,
um, Christian Conservative
Children's Book, number one,
and I won an award with that.
And then also number one
adult Christian contemporary
fiction novel, um, number one.
But I'm, again, how many have the, all,
all that behind the, the name.
So I don't know how many other
authors I was competing up against.
I might have been 1 0 1, you know,
so well.
Well, Roy, we have to get a quick,
uh, commercial break in here. Uh,
so we'll go ahead and take that.
And, uh, when we come back, um,
let's talk a little bit about what
your plans for the future, uh,
may be. And, uh, and if you
have any thoughts on, uh,
on upcoming books as well.
We'll be, yeah, I, okay.
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You're listening to commonalities
on WBS Radio five 90 am
1 0 1 0.1 fm. I'm your
host, Matt Dowling. And,
uh, joining me today is
Christian author Roy Chais.
And, uh,
we were talking a little bit about
your previous books before the break,
uh, and when we got back, uh,
we said we were going to be talking
about some of your future plans.
So what's next, Roy?
Well, I have a follow up of the Shadow
of death called Phil Evil. It was,
it was picked up by Fulton Books. Um,
it's a continuation of the
characters in the first book. Um,
I also have, um, through the Valley,
picked up by the Collins Harper, um,
Christians number one
Christian, um, publisher. Uh,
and it's, um, as you notice,
there's a theme though.
I walk through the valley and a
shadow of death. I shall feel no evil.
Those are the titles, um, that
I picked from. And then, um,
that was also picked up. Um,
I do have publishers and editors,
well editors working in influencers
on both right now, apparently. I,
I, I'm <laugh> not very,
very good at edit <laugh>.
I submit it and they resubmit
it, and then they send it back,
and then I send it back and back and
forth. It goes. And it takes years, years,
and that's not a joke.
So, um, for one book to,
to get on the shelves. So, um, yeah,
I have two books right now, um,
in the process should we say. And
then, um, I have these two that took,
took a while, um, but I'm,
I'm proudest of the, um,
the child, the children's
book, the Christian, and it's,
it's funny and it's numerous. So, and,
and then it's basically, um,
something that you can read
your, your kids from age 10 down.
Now, Roy, uh, as far as,
uh, as a writer goes,
um, how long have you been writing?
Is this something that you've
done as a hobby your entire life,
or is this something that you've developed
just within the last couple years?
<Laugh>,
I took more than a couple
years to get even a book
accepted by a publisher. Um,
I believe the shadow of
Death, I started in like 2016
and I submitted it to seven. I got denies,
um, letters saying that
it wasn't good enough. Um,
one wanted to change it,
change the characters.
Apparently my main character's last
name means something in Spanish.
I have no idea what, um, and,
and so on. So it took a long time
for someone to actually pick it up,
and I was so thankful when, um,
Collins, um, said they would,
and then they reviewed
it and did some changes,
but the changes had to fit their
guidelines as well. And, um,
then I, I did, um,
cafe for Jesus in 2020 and, um,
which 2019 I started, it put 2020,
I submitted it again.
It took a long time for,
for anyone to pick it up and,
um, I'm glad to page and, um,
Colin Charper worked together on this
to get it in to where it's at now,
and it's in Bonds and Noble
and Amazon and books are
millions soon,
and you can order it
online and there's many of,
of independent bookstores to,
to advertising it online for the holidays
discounted.
Sure. So there's still time to get
those holiday orders in and, uh,
and maybe give this as one of, uh,
one of the up and coming
gifts for this holiday season.
You know? Yeah. It's a, it's
a good read. Every, every um,
person that reads it to their children,
they send it, um, find it funny and,
and numerous, uh, and
also with, with uh, um,
a message at the end
that in today's society,
it may not fit the
norm, but, um, you know,
putting Faith First is something that
I guess is not the norm
of what's going on.
So.
When you began writing the book, did, um,
did that message stand out? Is that
something that you thought, you know,
if I'm going to write, uh,
anything, I want to, uh,
encompass kind of this
sentiment in that book?
Both books? Yes. And believe it or not,
I got some denials from
publishing companies because
of the faith. Now,
you can't mention certain
things like scripture,
but because of the faith
background that's in the book and,
and, and the way it leads out,
I got denied from a lot
of companies that, well,
if you did this or if
you change it to that
and to make it more.
They wanted to make it all
almost more of a secular book.
Right? Correct.
And then to have any kind of
faith based inspiration there.
Exactly. Something more of a, um,
John Stanford or something
in that realm instead of,
um, the faith behind it. Um,
I mean, it is a, a suspense novel,
but it doesn't get into the
graphics of a Jackie Collins,
you know? So, um, but uh,
it is, it,
the first book did well
enough for them to ask
for a second,
and I thought that was surprise surprising
and thankful, and I'm been
blessed on both of them. But,
um, I get a lot of feedback on the,
on the children's book, so
I'm, I'm glad on that too,
cuz we have to make a difference
in, in the children's lives,
positive or negative, you
know, to make a difference.
Well, we have to get in a quick, uh,
commercial break here
one more time and, uh,
and then we'll be back and we will be
talking a little bit more about, uh,
your future endeavors and, uh,
and some of the things you're
trying to share with your readers.
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you're listening to commonalities
on WBS Radio five 90 am 1 0 1
0.1 fm. I'm your host,
Matt Dowling. And, uh,
joining me today is
Christian author Roy Nelson
Chales, uh, from the
Somerset County area. Roy,
thank you so much for making
time to be with us today. Uh,
we've enjoyed hearing
a little bit about, uh,
the books that you have out and where
they can be purchased, as well as,
uh,
some of the background on why you
thought that they were important thematic
works, uh, that you've put out as well.
Well, I also wanna mention that,
um, I was in an accident, um,
back in June, um, cut,
we constructed arms, knees, kidney, um,
operated on three times. Um,
and that I was blessed enough that, um,
I am not, um, dead by now. Um,
I don't know, this is a, a graphic,
a picture of me, but, um, um,
that's what the accident left me in.
And, um, I'm, I'm blessed. I'm, I'm,
I'm beyond blessed and I find that, um,
God protected me through that,
through everything. And, um,
apparently I have something to
why I'm still here. Something,
um, they, they blessed me
at Bonds and Noble, um,
they gave me, um, the awards, um,
from Bonds and Noble and, and I,
and I was blessed with that.
And, um, I, I don't know why,
why I'm still here. Um,
so apparently maybe the book itself
would make a difference in
someone's life. We renew the faith
and, and, um, we remember the deception
is never the answer to anything.
Keep the faith strong and we
should believe wait on God.
And once we do that, everything
will fall into place,
you know, and we shouldn't, um,
just worry about life because
we should have no fear.
God will take care of
us each and every day.
So, I mean, that's probably why I
talked away the accident, um, the,
the things. But, um,
hopefully everyone can
understand what I say. Um,
but, um, I just wanna also say that, um,
my favorite verse second
coincidence to four,
five months of affliction
and anguish of the theor,
I write onto you through many tears.
Not that you shall be grieved,
but you might know the love I
have for you more abundantly.
You know, Paul worked at of course,
but I I I think it's
appropriate at this these times.
That's.
That's part of the message that you're
trying to share through your works as
well.
Oh, of course. Yeah. Yep. Um,
The, the first book is about a, a,
a guy that is a biker, but people
was judging him way he looks,
not knowing that he
was a Christian and he,
he came to a rescue of his niece. Um,
he had some friends
and in the second book,
a biker again came into,
and his appearance came to help
someone that needed help at not being
able to feed a family.
And he paid for the groceries
unknown to her that this
guy that she never met
before paid her bill wast,
helped her fetal family
at it just don't happen
today. If somebody would, would
look or, or try that it be,
they'd think that they're up to
something and interest shame.
And we live in, in a
society that judge and,
and, um, just takes the,
the road away from God and then pointing
the values that you find in
the, in the Bible. First,
I, I, I don't understand it
cause I've been through some things,
including the accident
letter. I shouldn't be here,
but I am for a reason. And we
are all, all here for a reason.
You're doing what you do for a reason.
God gave you the ability to do it,
and you share it with people and you may,
may have or may make a
difference in someone's life by
one single word, message, comment,
and you never even know it.
And and that's, that's
the most that we can,
we can hope to do and that we can
hope to carry out through our everyday
interactions with other people.
100%. I agree.
Well, we, we need to get our final
break of the, the day in and, uh,
and then we'll be back.
We'll talk about where you can
find your books again and, uh,
final thoughts and we'll
wrap up the show for the day.
Okay, thank you.
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Well, you're listening to
commonalities on WBS Radio five 90 am
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and every place you download
your favorite podcast,
you can find us. Again,
that's commonalities. I'm
your host, Matt Dowling,
and my guest today is Roy
Nelson Chais. And, uh,
Roy is a Christian author
that has written both, uh,
for the youth audience and
for adults. Um, and, uh,
why don't we get in there where someone
can find some of your works if they
wanted to purchase those.
You can Google my, my name, my
full name, Marie Na and Charles,
you can see that they're being
sold at Amazon Swift Books,
bonds and Noble The Nook, uh, on eBay,
believe it or not, candlelight
books, Harpo Collins,
Christian Books page and Fulton Books.
They all listed, um,
the prices and, and, um,
those are the places,
basically everywhere.
Books and Millions did not
pick up this book yet, but, um,
that's in the process
to be picked up. So, um,
as soon as they pick that up, it'll
be available at Books and Millions.
But besides that, it's available
everywhere. Hopefully the Nook, um,
the Voices on the Nook does, it'll
be record, hear what they sound like.
Um, I haven't heard the Nook, um,
voice over of either one yet. I mean,
I can, but I just didn't
hear it. And, um, if,
if you won a book, I I've been
given a lot of the books away, um,
and, and signing them and
just giving them away, um,
be basically the message is
more important than, than the,
the book, the price of
the book, the message.
So without the message.
So I, I would rather just,
if, if you can't afford the,
the books, the $14, um,
through a company I
don't serve over the, um,
Christmas holidays on Amazon.
I saw there at seven, uh,
thrift books and,
and Bonds and Noble and Collins
and Harpo have them down to eight.
So, um, there you go. Um, and,
and you can Google my
name or the, the books.
The book is called Cat Food
for Jesus or I Shadow of Death
or My Complete Name,
and it'll come up and where
they're all located and um,
you can, you can purchase 'em.
Well, thank you so much
for being with us and, uh,
for sharing some of your vision and
outlook, uh, with us here today.
Hopefully people will look up your
book and learn more about the message
that you hope to share,
uh, this holiday season.
Thanks again for being our guest.
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