It’s January 2025, a new year, when many people make resolutions, plan and set goals, or decide on a word, phrase, or verse for the year. (Most people set aspirational goals, such as getting fit, losing weight, or reading their Bible more. But I have seen–and been amused by–the reverse: resolutions like sit on the …
Category Archives: Writers Life
Devotional | Truly, truly
This year saw the release of many wonderful books, among them Lynne Stringer’s Keeper of the Archives. Lynne is fantastic at world-building, characterisation and plot. A fascinating YA read, she posed the question: what if you could truly read everyone you met? Buy this amazing book here! This, of course, got me overthinking in directions …
Writers Life | Guiding Questions
By Louise Crossley I recently ran a workshop on Guiding Questions for my teacher peers. While the aim was to teach fellow educators how to support English as Second Language (EAL) students across disciplines, I thought later that this tip may also be handy for writers. So, I dedicate this blog to teaching it to …
An Author’s Confession
I had a hard conversation with my youngest the other day about being honest. He’d done something at school and gotten in trouble. I already knew most of the story from the teacher, but I wanted him to tell me what happened. Oh, he didn’t want to. But then no one enjoys confessing our faults …
Tuesday Book Chat | 3 December 2024
Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat. This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today’s question is: What authors are an automatic buy for you? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation by commenting on this post or on the blog post shared in …
Biblical (era) fiction – a PR problem?
I said to a friend, “I’m going to write some Biblical fiction.”She looked at me. “If you do that, I won’t read them.”I was dumbfounded. This was a close friend who had been tremendously supportive of my contemporary Christian novels.“I don’t want to read anything that leads me away from the Bible,” she added.Therein lies …
New Release | A Wind in the Hebrides Coming Soon—30 years in the Making
By Donna Fletcher Crow I knew in 1995, as soon as I heard about the Lewis Awakening—a mighty movement of the Holy Spirit in the outermost corner of the Hebrides Islands after World War II—I needed to tell that story. In 2001 I set about my on-site research—taking one of the first planes to leave …
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Fiction Friday | Fatal Domain (Travis Brock #2) by Steven James
Fatal Domain by Steven James is a tightly plotted yet thought-provoking thriller that lands some solid observations about life and faith.
From Book Famine to Feast
I spent most of my high school years in an all-girls’ boarding school in Uganda, East Africa. The country was just coming out of years of civil war and the economy was in tatters. It was hard to get hold of interesting reading material, and fiction was a luxury. Our school library was full of …
Fiction Friday | Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble
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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