By Wendy Parker If you want to see your calling fulfilled, you have to stop with the lame excuses. Trust me, you won’t get far carrying that bed. The mattress is cumbersome and awkward, full of all the lame excuses you’ve justified to yourself and to God over the years. I know all about lame …
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By Josephine-Anne Griffiths Many non-Christians around the world may question as to why we call this day Good Friday. After all, today is a commemoration of the day that Our Lord Jesus was sentenced to death, viciously tortured and nailed to a cross. What on earth could be good about that? But we as Christians …
For some time now I’ve been reflecting upon the Garden of Gethsemane and there is just SO much I could say and unpack, but what really hit me was Jesus-the-surrendered-One. The prayers that Jesus prayed in garden were things like: “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from …
I'm a flawed person. This revelation likely isn't a surprise to anyone, except maybe my mamma, who happens to think I'm the most amazing woman to ever walk the earth (thanks, Ma!) Like most people, I have many flaws and faults. I've said and done things that have left me questioning my own sanity. I've …
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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: How do you define Christian fiction? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation in a comment on this post or in a comment on the …
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Today we have a guest post from May-Kuan Lim, introducing the 2019 Stories of Life competition for Australian narrative non-fiction writers. But first, a reminder: entries for the 2019 CALEB Award from Omega Writers are now open. Click here to find out more and enter. And we're looking for readers to judge! Click here to …
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Welcome to Fiction Friday. Today we are going to have a little fun getting to know D. J. Blackmore. At the end of the post we you will have a chance to win one of two copies of Central to Nowhere. Can you tell us a little about yourself? Up until fairly recently I milked …
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By Josephine-Anne Griffiths As moments turn into days, days to weeks, and weeks to months, I ask myself the same questions, 'Who am I really? Am I just a fraud? Do I truly have a talent for writing, or should I just return to reading the wonderful writings of others?'. And then there are those …
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I first wrote this article a couple of years ago about ways to lose a reader. It came about due to chats with other readers. Its a good reminder for today as authors rely on readers. This post has been revised due to some of it being out dated. This post first came about because …
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 view on grammatical errors in novels? I will admit that my view is biased—I'm a freelance editor, which means I spend most days picking up …
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