Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Bookmarked for Love, the third book in Sarah Monzon’s Checking Out Love contemporary Christian romance series. Here’s the Book Description: Can a jeopardized children’s library program spark a partnership that saves their careers but costs them their hearts? When children’s librarian Martha Aldridge learns about …
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Young Christian Writers as Nehemiahs: The Power of Influence (Scaling your Book’s Visibility Beyond the Christian Fiction World) Recently I was stood by an old, almost-dilapidated building and I thought to myself how nice it would be to acquire such a property. I saw the building’s potential—its location was strategic, and one wouldn’t need to …
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I’m writing this after a twelve-hour shift at my day job. My feet hurt, my thoughts are moving through treacle, and any particularly dazzling insights I may once have possessed appear to have clocked off several hours ago. If I pick up a novel before bed tonight, I’m unlikely to choose one with three timelines, …
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Why am I here? (You may find this post provocative) I recently attended a work conference where I was challenged in my thinking regarding self-sufficiency. You might think, I rely on God, I pray, I ask for help, that’s not an issue for me. But self-sufficiency may not always be immediately obvious. In our lifetime, …
It’s time to check in with the international members of American Christian Fiction Writers … We find out what they’ve achieved over the last few months, and get to know them a little better by asking a seasonal question. Question time The FIFA World Cup has just started, so our question (or questions) for our …
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We tend to think of writing a book as a solitary task, but in reality, we all need a team. Here are some of the teammates you’re going to need. Beta readers Once a full draft is complete, it is time to allow other people to read the manuscript. However, for each stage you need …
I have just had my end-of-year performance review at work (because it’s the end of our financial year). Last July, I sat down with my manager and we agreed my goals for the year. Yesterday, I prepared for my review by reviewing my year at work against those goals: what I’ve achieved, what I am …
Young Christian Writers as Esthers: The Power of Brazen Audacity It was Stephen King who said in his memoir, On Writing, “You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” Reading On Writing some years ago, sat in my warm, humid West-African home, a cup of cold soda drink in one …
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I was standing in a bookshop last week. Two books in my hands. One had everything going for it—strong reviews, a compelling blurb, the kind of reputation that whispers this is worth your time. It’s even been adapted into a film. And yet… I turned to the first page. I read a paragraph. Then another. …
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Young Christian Writers as Pauls: The Power of Retaining One’s Voice. When I first started to write, I had a number of authors I aspired to be like. I loved their books so I subconsciously strove to sound like them. I even wanted to write in similar genres as they did. But I soon realised, …
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