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 …
Tuesday Book Chat | What’s the one genre you can never read enough of?
Welcome to the 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 the one genre you can never read enough of? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation in a comment on this post or in …
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Omega Writers | Introducing the Secretaries
Australasian Christian Writers, as part of our affiliation with Omega Writers as their partner Facebook group, has invited the leaders of Omega Writers to write a series on Omega Writers, who they are and how they operate. At our last AGM, the committee and members of Omega Writers agreed to split the Secretary role in …
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Book Review | Miss Serena’s Secret by Carolyn Miller
How can a wounded young woman ever trust a too-flirtatious earl with her heart? With devastating scars in her past, Serena Winthrop is sure no man can be trusted—especially not a man like the too-smooth Viscount Carmichael. His reputation as a flirt and a gambler is everything she despises. And the young artist makes sure …
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Containment Lines – Confidence to step into your calling
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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Tuesday Book Chat | What’s your favourite romance trope?
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 your favourite romance trope? First, what's a trope? Reedsy says: Tropes are plot devices, characters, images, or themes that are incorporated so frequently in a genre …
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May New Releases and Giveaway Winners
Welcome to May's new releases and the announcement of monthly winners. Congratulations to all authors of the new releases and to all winners. Having Faith: One Woman's Nine-Year Faith Journey From Infertility to Motherhood by Nicole Zoch (Publisher Lionize Press: Date releases Mar 2019) Having Faith is a love story between an ordinary Aussie girl …
Fiction Friday | Getting to know Cecily Paterson
Cecily Paterson is out guest for Fiction Friday. Please welcome Cecily as we get to know her better. Cecily Paterson's new book is How Not To Be Popular. 1. Can you tell us a little about yourself? I grew up in Pakistan as the children of missionaries and went to boarding school in the Himalayan …
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When Mother’s Day is not Happy
By Meredith Resce In recent years I have become acutely aware that the Mother’s Day I celebrated as a child and my early years of mothering—breakfast in bed, flowers and home-made cards with hand drawn love hearts—was not a total representation of how all mothers spend this day. Situations close to my own heart have …
Tuesday Book Chat | Do you buy and/or read books from debut authors?
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: Do you buy and/or read books from debut authors? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation in a comment on this post …
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