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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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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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 …
Narcissism https://www.google.com.au/#q=Narcissism According to the Google definition, it means: excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one’s physical appearance. extreme selfishness, with a grandiose view of one’s own talents and a craving for admiration, as characterizing a personality type. self-centeredness arising from failure to distinguish the self from external objects, either in very young …
Do you read multi-author series? Most book series are the work of a single author, and were relatively short with trilogies being probably the most common length. But the rise in the popularity of ebooks, the resulting increase in the number of self-published authors, and the introduction of the Kindle Unlimited subscription programme has meant …
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By Josephine-Anne Griffiths Imagine trying to water your garden with a hole near the bottom of the watering can. It would be just as foolish as trying to run our car on an empty fuel tank, wouldn’t it? I was all ready to submit my post on ‘Unconditionally Loved and Forgiven’ which I shall do …
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By Wendy Parker I recently purchased a new office chair from my favourite stationery store. Mind you, I only went in for ink cartridges, but somehow in my excitement of seeing all those pens and notebooks, I became so delirious that I am now the proud owner of an archer chair. I know, I couldn’t …
How Readers Bless Authors How Readers Bless Authors is the follow up to How Authors Bless Readers. This came about from some of the comments to the blog post. I asked several Authors and below are some of the answers. How have readers blessed you? I love that readers contact me either through social media, …
Writer’s Retreats Fifteen years ago, I decided that writing was my thing and, ever since then, I’ve taken myself away. Away to a library; a café, Oxford University, Tuscany, Massachusetts, London, and Colorado. Away from the responsibilities of home and family, away from other work, to invest in my writing. In 2017, I spent the …
By Wendy Parker When a bushfire starts the job of a fireman is to contain and control the blaze with containment lines. Eventually the fire will run out of fuel or finally be snuffed out by a change in weather conditions. That’s when containment lines are good. But what if you feel restricted and confined …
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