I occasionally read Christian fiction stories that tackle deep and challenging real life issues. Story can be an effective way to teach us how to empathise with people who are in difficult and messy situations. Through the character’s point-of-view we can gain valuable insights into how they think, feel and respond in specific circumstances. We …
Category Archives: Fiction Friday
What’s New From Members of ACFW Beyond the Borders
I’m posting today in my role of Zone Director of the Beyond the Borders zone of American Christian Fiction Writers, which includes many Australian and New Zealand members. This post used to be called Monday Milestones … but it’s now posting on Friday. I guess that means we need a new name. How does Fiction …
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Winter Olympics Dream Comes to Life
By Carolyn Miller Wow. It’s hard to believe this day is nearly here – the release of the very first book I ever wrote! Years before any of my historicals were published, I was watching the closing ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, when I noticed an Aussie female athlete holding hands with a …
Fiction Friday – In Search Of A Prince by Toni Shiloh
Narelle here. Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Toni Shiloh’s upcoming contemporary Christian romance release, In Search Of A Prince, set in the USA and a fictional West African Island. Royalty romances and princess stories are fun reads that are typically set in fictional European countries. I love reading fiction that …
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Friday Fiction | Getting To Know Walt Mussell
Today we welcome Walt Mussell to our blog for Friday Fiction. Walt also has a special on reader platforms for Australian and New Zealand readers. (see info at the bottom of the post). Can you tell us something others may not know about you? I once sat behind Sophia Loren on an airplane. She was …
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Fiction Friday | Review of The Breakup Project by Carolyn Miller
Today I am reviewing The Breakup Project by Carolyn Miller New Year. New Resolution. New Romance? What happens when the best-laid plans break a friendship? As the twin sister of hockey’s hottest forward, romance-loving Bree Karlsson is used to being ignored, leading to a New Year’s resolution to not date any athlete in her attempt …
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Friday Fiction | Review of Reclaiming Hope by Carolyn Miller
Welcome to fiction Friday. Reclaiming Hope by Carolyn Miller Opposites attract—and repel. But which is more powerful? Callie Steele might be a bit…focused on work, but despite what her employers say, she enjoys her well-ordered, productive life. When she’s sent to meet the owners of an estate requiring post-hurricane landscaping, Callie meets their son, Kai Brody, …
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Fiction Friday | New Year, New Resolution, New Romance?
By Carolyn Miller Come on, admit it. Who else has ever made a new year’s resolution? Keep those hands up if it lasted more than a week? A month? All year? (Good on you!) New year’s resolutions can be HARD, yet plenty of people (myself included) make promises to ourselves to do (or not do!) …
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Fiction Friday – Upon a Midnight Snow by Tari Faris
Narelle here. Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Tari Faris’ new Christmas novella, Upon a Midnight Snow, from her Restoring Heritage series set in Michigan, USA. The Restoring Heritage series is one the best contemporary Christian romance series I’ve read this year. I enjoyed reading Upon A Midnight Snow, that chronologically follows on …
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Fiction Friday | A New Series to Love
By Carolyn Miller A new series to love It must seem slightly odd to some for an Aussie writer known for historicals to write a series about North America’s National Hockey League, for while we do have an avid love for sports here in Australia, ice hockey is not exactly top-of-the-charts. Yes, we do have …