Hi, Dienece Darling here. Today, I’m sharing some of the Facebook Groups I like to hang out in as both a reader and a writer. Let’s face it. Readers need authors and authors need readers, but we can’t all live in a bookstore for the rest of our lives (such a pity.) This forces us …
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Now I’m no Marie Kondo. Make no mistake. I hold onto things for years, decades, life if they have sentimental value. I’m not a fan of change But clutter does get overwhelming sometimes, so in recent years, I’ve developed a policy: don’t buy junk, and when I move, if something has no sentimental value, get …
Last weekend, around 80 Christian writers converged at Peppers Kingscliff, New South Wales, for a weekend of writing craft, connections, and Christ. Around half hadn’t attended before, so it was great to meet lots of new people! Adele Jones and Andrea Grigg In our final host group meeting, we talked about what we’d each got …
The Beyond the Borders zone of American Christian Fiction Writers is the home of international Christiann writers, and includes many Australian and New Zealand members. American Christian Fiction Writers is a writing organisation devoted to improving the craft of Christian Fiction. Members can benefit from: Online critique groups, writing training, and webinars. Discounted entry to the …
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Who else is a fan of their local library? My teacher-librarian mum was instrumental in giving me and my siblings a love for books (and a love for Mr Darcy – well, not my brother so much, but that’s another story…) We spent many a Saturday morning studying the shelves of my little local library, …
It’s contest time! On Monday, Katy introduced the 2020 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award and Young Australian Christian Writer Award. Click here to find out more. Entries to the 2020 CALEB Award close this week. Click here to enter (you’ll have to click the yellow Book Now button). We’re also looking for more judges for …
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Today we’re continuing our Supporting Local Authors blog post series by spotlighting Tasmania. ‘Local’ at ACW refers to Australia, New Zealand and other countries within Australasia. In our ACW blogging group we have one blog member from this region – Keona Tann. Keona Tann writes encouraging and inspiring devotion posts for our blog and on her …
Today we’re continuing our Supporting Local Authors blog post series by spotlighting Western Australia. ‘Local’ at ACW refers to Australia, New Zealand and other countries within Australasia. In our ACW blogging group we have one blog member from this region – Elaine Fraser. Elaine Fraser writes inspirational YA, women’s fiction, and inspirational nonfiction. She …
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We’re starting a new decade and a new monthly series on our blog — SUPPORTING LOCAL AUTHORS. ‘Local’ at ACW refers to Australia, New Zealand and other countries within Australasia. Today we’re spotlighting South East Queensland (Qld) and Northern New South Wales (NSW) in eastern Australia. In our ACW blogging group we have one blog …
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