Narelle here. I’m delighted to welcome Stephanie Landsem to our blog today and share an interview plus my recommendation for her new book, The Fault Between Us, that’s releasing on November 4, 2025. What inspired this story? Since my parents lived in Yellowstone at the time, I’ve heard stories of the Hebgen Lake Earthquake all my life …
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Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Denise Hunter’s new contemporary romance, The Second Story Bookshop, set in North Carolina. Here’s the Book Description: She inherits the bookshop of her dreams . . . But she has to run it with the ex she vowed never to speak with again. Shelby Thatcher …
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Since 2013, when Australasian Christian Writers (ACW) was born and we started our original blog at Blogspot (Blogger), we have stood firm in our strong belief that vanity publishing—sometimes called assisted self publishing, hybrid publishing, partner publishing, pay-to-play publishing—is a terrible deal for authors. In recent years vanity publishing has evolved to specifically target independent …
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Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Meredith Resce’s Young Adult fiction new release, Last Chance Joey, set in South Australia. Here’s the Book Description: No phone, no wi-fi, no friends and no options. Expelled from three schools, Joey is sent to the country to live with his aunt. She asks him …
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Narelle here. I’m delighted to welcome Robin W. Pearson to our blog today and share an interview for her new book, The Stories We Carry, that’s releasing on October 7, 2025. What inspired this story? When my peeps and I read The Count of Monte Cristo, I became fascinated with the idea of righteous vengeance. Here was …
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Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for A Winter of Sweet Secrets by Heidi McCahan that’s releasing on September 30, 2025. Here’s the Book Description: What will it take to save her family’s candy company…and end a decades-long feud?For generations, the Evergreen Candy Company has been a beloved small-town Alaskan tradition run …
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Today I’m sharing an author interview with Jill Kemerer and my recommendation for her new writing resource book – Creating a Writing Life: Encouragement and Advice for Authors. What inspired you to write this book? My journey to publication was long and filled with potholes. I felt like I learned everything the hard way. I …
Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Girl Lost, the first book in Kate Angelo’s The King Legacy series that’s releasing next week. Here’s the Book Description: A LOST BABY Luna Rosati found acceptance and comfort with her childhood foster family, but when she became pregnant at sixteen, she gave the baby …
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Narelle here. I’m delighted to welcome Michelle Shocklee to our blog today and share an interview for her new book, The Women of Oak Ridge, that’s releasing on September 9, 2025. What inspired this story? I grew up in Santa Fe, NM, not far from Los Alamos, the site where the first atomic bombs were made. Despite …
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Narelle here. I’m delighted to welcome DiAnn Mills to our blog today and share an interview plus my recommendation for her new book, Canyon of Deceit, that’s releasing on September 9, 2025. What inspired this story? I love adventure. The idea of a woman who specialized in wilderness survival techniques appealed to my curiosity and imagination. What …
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