#ThrowbackThursday | What’s the problem with vanity publishing?

Welcome to Throwback Thursday! We’ve dug into our blog archives for hidden treasures and words of wisdom. Here’s a list of blog posts you may find helpful. https://australasianchristianwriters.com/vanity-publishing/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/two-ways-to-publish/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/self-publishing-2/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/writing-myths/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/publishable/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-self-publishing/ Please leave a comment if you have any thoughts or questions. We’d love to hear from you!

#ThrowbackThursday | What’s the difference between traditional publishing, self publishing and independent (indie) publishing?

Welcome to Throwback Thursday! We’ve dug into our blog archives for hidden treasures and words of wisdom. Here’s a list of blog posts you may find helpful. https://australasianchristianwriters.com/paths-to-publishing-trade-publishing/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/small-presses/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/self-publishing/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/self-publishing-2/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-self-publishing/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/help-where-should-i-spend-my-time-at-my-stage-in-the-writing-journey/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/two-ways-to-publish/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/throwback-thursday-publishing-options-in-australia/ Please leave a comment if you have any thoughts or questions. We’d love to hear from you!

#ThrowbackThursday Easter Book Recommendation | A Stray Drop of Blood by Roseanna M. White

Welcome to Throwback Thursday! Today I’m sharing my recommendation for Roseanna M. White’s fabulous historical fiction novel. A Stray Drop of Blood is Roseanna’s debut book and one of the first fiction books I reviewed when I started blogging in 2010. A Biblical era fiction gospel story, it’s fitting to repost my book recommendation during Holy …

#ThrowbackThursday | What’s the deal with book reviews?

Welcome to Throwback Thursday! We’ve dug into our blog archives for hidden treasures and words of wisdom. Here’s a list of blog posts you may find helpful. https://australasianchristianwriters.com/how-to-be-a-good-book-reviewer/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/reviews-how-to-get-them/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/netgalley-for-readers-pros-cons-and-tips/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/tbt-should-authors-review/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/tuesday-book-chat-do-you-read-book-reviews-before-buying-a-book/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/tuesday-book-chat-21/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/book-chat-4/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/tuesday-book-chat-how-do-you-feel-about-spoilers-in-book-descriptions-or-reviews/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/tuesday-book-chat-do-you-like-reviewing-or-recommending-favourite-books/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/book-chat-8/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/tuesday-book-chat-16/ Please leave a comment if you have any thoughts or questions. We’d love to hear from you!

Throwback Thursday | When is a Game Not a Game?

… when it’s an illegal lottery. This post is a revision and update of a 2018 post, How to Conduct an Online Giveaway. Note: This is not legal advice. I am not lawyer and am not qualified or licenced to give legal advice in New Zealand or anywhere else. If you want legal advice, you …

#Throwback Thursday | On Antiques, Gifts, and Talents

This post first appeared at International Christian Fiction Writers on 20 June 2017. Paeroa is a small town not far from where I live. It has two claims to fame. It’s the home of L&P, our national soft drink which is World Famous in New Zealand. (I wrote a blog post explaining the history of …

Throwback Thursday |  Finding Sampson: Iron Age Superhero by Bryan Winters

Today’s Throwback Thursday is  “Finding Sampson: Iron Age Superhero” by Bryan Winters “Three thousand years ago, Samson lived alongside an intelligent, technologically advanced, small nation, known as Philistia. Their leaders came up against a superhero with Asperger’s Syndrome. It took tactics to place the strong man and considerable plotting to remove him, and the strategies …

Throwback Thursday – What Love Is This?

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 whole family, and …

Throwback Thursday | Thirteen #badwritingadvice Tips to Winning NaNoWriMo

We are in the middle of National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo), which means many of our members are in the middle of their last-ditch attempt to win Nanowrimo 2021: by writing an original manuscript of 50,000 words or longer in the calendar month of November. To help, I’m reposting my thirteen foolproof tips to …

Throwback Thursday – Why Are We So Afraid?

Welcome to Throwback Thursday Today we are revisiting a post by Josephine-Anne Griffiths which is very appropriate for today. It was first posted November 2018. Frequently I carefully plan what I wish to write about in a blog post, then in the blink of an eye my focus changes. Either God is behind this change …