Today for Fiction Friday I’m sharing my book recommendation for Fragile Designs, an excellent romantic suspense novel by Colleen Coble. Here’s the Book Description: There’s only one thing more dangerous than family secrets. Since her police-officer husband Eric’s mysterious murder, Carly Harris has been struggling to support herself and their infant son. Her career as …
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Deadlines. Love them or hate them, deadlines seem to define the life of a writer. For some, they’re a motivation. For others, they’re a source of dread. But whether we rush to meet them or let them whoosh by, deadlines shape our writing habits and productivity. A few weeks ago, I signed up for a …
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What are we doing this for, anyway? These are challenging times for authors. I’ve heard from many of my author friends about the frustrations of the past few months. So many are seeing downturns in the number of books sold, fewer Kindle Unlimited pages read, lower ROIs on paid advertising. Things that were working well …
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Welcome to Throwback Thursday! We’ve dug into our blog archives for hidden treasures and words of wisdom. Here’s a list of blog posts you may find helpful. https://australasianchristianwriters.com/know-your-genre-and-audience/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/all-authors-are-world-builders/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/exploring-genre/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/exploring-genre-roundup/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/the-benefits-of-reading-outside-your-genre/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/tuesday-book-chat-15/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/tuesday-book-chat-do-you-have-a-favourite-genre-or-book-category/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/tuesday-book-chat-do-you-finish-reading-a-book-that-doesnt-fit-your-genre-expectations/ https://australasianchristianwriters.com/tuesday-book-chat-does-it-confuse-you-when-authors-use-the-same-name-to-write-in-different-genres/ Please leave a comment if you have any thoughts or questions. We’d love to hear from you!
During a recent walk along my dirt track in the Australian bush, I came across a eucalypt tree shedding its blackish bark. The beauty of it stopped me short, and my son and I spent some time at the tree, detailing the bark-shedding process. The dry bark split and peeled off the trunk in jagged …
Numbing the connection to our feelings of self-worth and status with our busyness can be a way of avoiding the pain and discomfort that endlessly circles our thoughts. We’re so afraid that if we stop moving if we pause for just a moment, the issues that we’ve tried to keep hidden will be exposed for …
When writers think characterisation, they seldom think clothes designers. Whereas my peculiar imagination immediately connected them. Context It all began last Monday, while I fondly folded my 20-year-old Ruth Tarvydas designer dress into an envelope, wrapped it in fancy tissue paper and sealed it closed. Scene-by-scene of my life with this dress unfolded as I …
As I studied each extensive review on the Book Fun Readers Only web page, I fell into a state of humility. All these people had committed their time to read my work, to recap my stories and share their personal views with the world. I thought about the hours that went into that process, and …
What a funny old place the publishing world has become. I remember reading a classic novel Miss Buncle’s Book. In this story a middle-aged spinster, Miss Buncle, found that her annuity from her investment wasn’t making ends meet. She decided to write a book to make money. She didn’t have much of an imagination, so …
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As I studied each extensive review on the Book Fun Readers Only web page, I fell into a state of humility. A time that felt almost overwhelming. How different would your struggle have been if you had taken your focus off the day-to-day struggle, and considered your situation with a more analytical mind? What would …
