By Sally Hewitt Oftentimes, it is easy to forget that it is the journey we are supposed to value and enjoy as much as the desired outcome. I find myself wanting the job finished, the research done, the piece written, instead of pausing to genuinely relish the process. It makes me wonder if there’s a …
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By Wendy Parker Nehemiah. Well known for being the great leader with a great vision who rebuilt Jerusalem’s walls in the Old Testament. Reading this story, we tend to get swept away by the political, social, and religious interaction between Tobias and Sanballat, who are opposed to the restoration of Jerusalem’s people. Not willing to …
By Laurie Wood I have been fighting with my vision since 2019, before we knew the world-wide pandemic would hit. I was suffering from cataracts in both eyes and was scheduled for surgery in March of 2020. Well, we all know what happened then! In Canada, everything that was “elective” was canceled and I was …
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By Morgan Tarpley Smith Today, our guest is author Carole Lehr Johnson, who is the author of three inspirational novels set in England. Welcome to ACW blog, Carole! We’re glad to have you. Tea or coffee? Tea, of course! Coffee has a bitter, strong, pungent taste I cannot acquire. Contemporary or historical novels? Historical. I …
By Josephine-Anne Griffiths Today for Throwback Thursday we are looking at a post by Josephine-Anne Griffiths Recently I felt the need to question my loves and loyalties.Yes, I do love … passionately. I love Jesus. I love my husband, my children and grandchildren, my nieces and nephews, brother, sister, my parents, aunties and uncles, my …
By Jen Richards I never used to sign up for anything. I was a scrooge when it came to subscribing and downright anti-social on social media. Why would a ‘successful’ creative care what lil old me had to say to them? I thought. It wasn’t until I became an author I understood just how misguided …
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By Wendy Parker Did you know that a matador uses a red blanket called a muleta to distract a bull in the final stages of the fight? This distraction of a red blanket hanging from a stick is only used as a diversion to cover up and obscure the bullfighter’s sword. Like the bull, we …
By Jeanette Grant-Thomson We writers are lucky these days. We’re swamped with books, articles and teaching on how to write well. Many of them focus on plot and structure, writing style or characters. There are others, of course─setting, mood, point of view and all the relevant how-to aspects. No doubt I’ve forgotten many others. I …
By Nola Lorraine ‘Every child is an artist until he’s told he’s not an artist.’ When I saw this quote by John Lennon on a Facebook meme, it touched something deep inside me. Like most kids, I loved to get out the crayons and draw, trace or colour in. But by the time I was …
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By Louise Crossley Do you ever wonder why our functionality as writers is so fragile? One person or emotion or season or frown or word, can transform Writer’s peek to Writer’s block. An unassuming experience made me believe that it’s our passivity and not our fragility that gets in the way of our writing flow. …
