By Carolyn Miller Good Friday is a powerful day. A day when we remember that Jesus Christ took on the sins of the world in the ultimate act of sacrifice, and restored relationship for us with God, our Heavenly Father. And while for many in the world this day may be about having a day …
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Writers Life | Emoji Worldview
My world seems to have been infiltrated by emoji. You know, the little ‘faces’ that provide visual expression to our written words. I admit to being an avid user of these little pictures. And now, a sudden conversation and controversy about these little add-in’s has exploded into my world. Maybe I’m noticing emoji more because …
Ten Ways to Build a Writing Habit
Can one tiny change transform your life? It’s unlikely you would say so. But what if you made another? And another? And another? At some point, you will have to admit that your life was transformed by one small change. James Clear One of the biggest questions I get from beginner writers is, ‘How do …
Marketing a Book in a Pandemic and Beyond
By Morgan Tarpley Smith Becoming a debut author is a shared time of triumph and worry. This book baby is finally going to be out in the world! Yes!!! But then come all the what ifs and questions . . . Will it sell well? Receive great reviews? Secure attention from influencers and media? Land …
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Guest Post | Bite-Sized Romance by Milla Holt
Today we welcome Milla Holt to our blog. Milla is part of the seven author boxset: Love, Faith and Tender Kisses. Do you enjoy short fiction? What about massive door stopper novels? Perhaps you’re like me and appreciate stories of any length. Depending on my mood, I sometimes want a bite-sized story I can read …
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Writer’s Life | Doting the Dragon’s Eye in our Faith Writing
By Louise Crossley I wear a hijab every weekday and I’m a Catholic. Working in an Islamic school has taught me about the Quran. As a teacher who has spent the last 12 years working for organisations founded on Catholic, Orthodox, Buddhist and now Islamic beliefs, I have learnt that faith is faith. We all …
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It’s a Frame-up: The What and Why of Frame Novels
frame novels in a frame By Donna Fletcher Crow Nevil Shute An article on the frame novel is especially appropriate for Australasian writers and readers because it was the English-Australasian writer Nevil Shute that introduced me to the style. Although the technique is considered “out of fashion” today, I still find it can help add …
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In Defence of the ‘Light’ Read
By Nola Lorraine When I was nineteen, I read the The Footsteps of Anne Frank by Ernst Schnabel. This follow-up to the famous diary gives more of the background about the people who helped to hide Anne and her family, what happened on the night the Gestapo found their hiding place, and the events leading …
Omega Writers | Call for Judges for 2022 CALEB Award
It Takes a Village to Publish a Novel One of the many myths about writing and writers is that we work alone. We sit in our attic room, scratching away for weeks and months and years, and eventually produce a work of staggering genius that has the publishers beating a path to our door, each one …
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Don’t Let Your Dogged Determination Get Derailed.
By Wendy Parker So, you’ve answered the call to adventure, you stepped out in faith, and you’ve told fear to go take a hike. But the steep and winding path toward your dream that was lit up in the first few steps so you could read each signpost now seems to have suddenly gone dark …
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