“Redemption in Christian fiction should never require a victim’s silence.” Recently I saw a question online asking if anyone could recommend Christian bully-to-romance trope books. I was shocked. In the comments someone asked for an explanation of what the trope was. A few said it’s a redemption story. One person explained what they thought the …
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Today I am asking the question “Where is my community?” This question came about from my own frustrations. I asked on Facebook is there a Christian Fiction book community at Instagram. What I am learning is there isn’t. There are closed door, No spice, clean wholesome but no Christian fiction. While Christian fiction (CF from …
As a reader I have learnt some things recently. During a free book promo of cozy mysteries early this year I downloaded several books. I chose them because I knew the name of the author and that they wrote Christian Fiction. It was the cover that sold me on a few and I did leave …
We’ve been experiencing technical issues since late June and emails have not been sent out to our blog subscribers when new posts are published. If you receive an email notification that this post has been published, that’s good news — and a good sign that we’re a step closer to fixing the ongoing problems. We …
By Meredith Resce In recent years I have become acutely aware that the Mother’s Day I celebrated as a child and my early years of mothering—breakfast in bed, flowers and home-made cards with hand drawn love hearts—was not a total representation of how all mothers spend this day. Situations close to my own heart have …
I originally posted this about five years ago and have updated it. I wanted to mention ways authors can bless a reader. This if the flip side of my post 2 weeks ago. I am sharing from my personal experience. Fan letters The first fan letter I wrote to an author was Gilbert Morris. It …
