By Wendy Parker I remember sitting glued to the television set when I was a kid watching The Wizard of Oz. The moment when Dorothy is told by Glenda, the good witch, that she’s had the power all along to go back home and all Dorothy needed to do was to click together the heels …
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6 Tips for Improving Your Writing Craft Without Attending a Conference
It’s almost conference time! Today I’m resharing a post I originally wrote last year, for those of you who can’t join us at the 2019 Omega Writer’s Conference in Sydney from 11 to 13 October. Can’t make it to conference? Does this mean you miss out on the opportunity to learn, to upskill yourself? Not …
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Give it, Give it all, Give it now.
By Wendy Parker Cautious, compliant writing is not only boring to read it’s boring to write. Our job as writers is to stimulate and engage our readers to not only believe what we’ve written, but to persuade them to think differently. In Annie Dillard’s book, The writing life, she’s says this, “One of the …
Hope For Tomorrow
Humans need hope. Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them. Vincent McNabb Today is all we have. There are no guarantees for tomorrow. While that is true, we also need hope that tomorrow can be better. Hope is found in the idea that …
Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs , a devotion by Keona J Tann
Mistakes, ugh, we’ve all made them. The thing that I find is that the enemy loves to remind us of the things we’ve done wrong. In the past reliving my most silly, stupid, embarrassing and awful moments would send me into a tailspin of condemnation, shame and deep regret. My failures and mistakes used to …
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Don’t Die With The Music In You
By Wendy Parker Listen up, peeps! Don’t die with the music in you. Whatever is in the deep crevasses of your imagination, don’t ever think nobody is interested in the “music” in you. You need to tell yourself that you have just as much writing ability as the next person. Sure, the other writer plays …
10 Lessons I’ve Learned From Writing
After my first book Beautiful: beauty tips for the soul was published, my family asked me when the next book was coming out. ‘What do you mean?’ I asked. ‘I’ve just published a book, I’m happy.’ ‘We think you’ve got a few more in you,’ they said. I’d always wanted to be an author. I’d …
In the Moment: How your backstory helps grow your faith.
By Wendy Parker As writers, we love to think up a good backstory to a character we’ve created. We know that without a compelling backstory our characters feel and read like cardboard cutouts on the page. But what about your own life? What if you’re trying to hide your backstory from others so they don’t …
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Throwback Thursday | Should Authors Review the Books they Read?
This week I’m resharing a post that previously appeared on our old blog. I’m addressing a question many authors ask: Should authors review? First, let’s back up to a more important question: Should authors read? Yes! “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as …
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Tuesday Book Chat | What’s one thing you’d like to see more of in Christian fiction?
It’s Iola here. Welcome to our Australasian Christian Writers Tuesday Book Chat, where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today’s question is: What’s one thing you’d like to see more of in Christian fiction? Why? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation in a …