EXPRESSIONS OF INSPIRATION
Words of Inspiration and Imagination Local award-winning writer and editor, Alisa Hope Wagner, opens up on writing, faith and family. BY: JACQUELINE GONZALEZ
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lisa Hope Wagner believes in the following mantra: Seek God daily. Although life is not without its complications and constant change, Wagner is a firm believer that if you seek God every day, He will balance out your schedule. Living by this mantra has allowed Wagner to plan the course of her future. Originally, she sought out a career in fitness and kinesiology, but she heard God’s voice steer her into projecting her faith through a career in writing. Although she was torn between following her love of fitness and kinesiology and listening to God’s call, Wagner chose the latter and earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, followed by her master’s degree in applied English linguistics from the University of Houston. Wagner spent every day reading, writing and researching. In 2005, she wrote her very first novel and continued to write for eight years before finally publishing her work in 2013. This moment opened the doors to the beginning of her successful career as Corpus Christi’s internationally award-winning author, editor and publisher of more than 20 books and counting. Her first novel marked the inception of a popular dystopian series called “The Onoma Series.” Onoma is Greek for “name,” and each book in the series has the name of the major character, along with their mission. When she discusses the ideas behind each novel, Wagner mentions that the series predicted four major changes in western society that would make her dystopian world a reality today.
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