As an author, speaker, or your average Christian trying to share the gospel with someone, it’s hard to know how to please God and not chase the praise of men. I mean, if you aren’t relatable, likeable, or at least moderately proficient, no one will hear the precious message entrusted to you to share. So, …
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Devotional | Reflections in Ecclesiastes: Learning to Trust God’s Timing
I know that, whatever God doeth, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it. Ecclesiastes 3:14 When the choice lies between God’s timing and our own, how often do we succumb to our own desires? If we were to live entirely according to God’s timing and plans, we …
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VANITY PUBLISHING — A VERY BAD DEAL FOR AUTHORS
Since 2013, when Australasian Christian Writers (ACW) was born and we started our original blog at Blogspot (Blogger), we have stood firm in our strong belief that vanity publishing—sometimes called assisted self publishing, hybrid publishing, partner publishing, pay-to-play publishing—is a terrible deal for authors. In recent years vanity publishing has evolved to specifically target independent …
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Writers Life | Young Christian Writers as Davids
Young Christian Writers as Davids: The Power of Contentment What would change for you if you had everything you ever wanted? Would you be happier and more fulfilled? In preparing for this article, I thought to continue on the “Young Christian Writers” series, and share my thoughts on the power of contentment. In today’s …
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Twenty Years of Words: Then, Now, and Next
Twenty years ago I drafted in notebooks; today, digital tools abound. Yet through every change, the love of words and the call to create remain.
Devotional | Framed
Next to my writing desk is a filing cabinet. It’s nothing interesting – a plain, matte grey industrial-looking piece of functional furniture. If I twist my neck at just the right angle, I can sometimes make out a slight shimmer that I’m sure is completely unintentional for such a utilitarian object. But I do love …
Author Interview and Book Recommendation | Creating a Writing Life: Encouragement and Advice for Authors by Jill Kemerer
Today I’m sharing an author interview with Jill Kemerer and my recommendation for her new writing resource book – Creating a Writing Life: Encouragement and Advice for Authors. What inspired you to write this book? My journey to publication was long and filled with potholes. I felt like I learned everything the hard way. I …
Devotional – Here Am I
Ever had a nagging voice over your shoulder as you write? You know the one. The one that comes up with all the unflattering reasons why you should just give up. ‘You’re unoriginal. You’re reinventing the wheel, and not well. It’s Been Done. You’re mediocre. This isn’t coming together. You don’t have what it takes.’ …
Writers Life | Book Clubs
For most authors, it would be a dream to have one of our books read by a book club. I have had this happen five times that I am aware of. Three times for my non-fiction book, Sword Fighting: Applying God’s word to the battle for our mind, and twice for my Grace series. I …
Why do readers love small-town romance?
A few weeks ago in church, we were shown a video instead of receiving a sermon. The video was Godspeed, and it’s the story of Matt Canlis, an American pastor whose desire to change the world grinds to a halt in a Scottish parish. The tagline is “the pace of being known”. The video talks …