Welcome to the March latest releases. Congratulations to all who have a release this month. Also in this post is the winner of the February gift voucher. A Hero for Miss Hatherleigh (Regency Brides: Daughters of Aynsley Book 1) By Carolyn Miller (publisher Kregel, March 19, 2019) Can a very proper noble lady find a …
Fiction Friday: Acceptable Content in Christian Fiction
Many things change in publishing, but there are some things that stay the same. One of those constants is the hot button topic of Acceptable Content in Christian Fiction. What are the rules for Christian fiction? Should there be any rules? A more important question: What do readers expect when they pick up a book …
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#ThrowbackThursday – CALEB Award Review | Camp Max by Penny Reeve
Today for #ThrowbackThursday we're sharing a 2018 CALEB Award Review of Camp Max by Penny Reeve. Omega Writers is a Christian writing group serving Australian, New Zealand, and South Pacific Christian Writers. In 2018 they held their annual writing conference on the last weekend of October in Adelaide, South Australia. One much-anticipated part of conference …
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The big lesson in being a debut novelist
By David Rawlings My debut novel launched yesterday. Among the tears, excitement, nerves and sense of satisfaction was a lesson that I’ve learned over the nine months it’s taken The Baggage Handler to go from Word document stored on my computer to an actual book I can hold in my hands. This is the lesson: …
Tuesday Book Chat | Do you like to read about characters from another race or nationality?
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 like to read about characters from another race or nationality? I know. It's kind of a trick question. Those of us who live Down Under …
Exploring Genre: Understanding Dystopia with Jeanette O’Hagan
In this month's cross-post with Christian Writers Downunder, Jeanette O'Hagan explores the history of dystopian fiction, and current trends. What is Dystopia? An imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic. - Oxford Dictionaries Dystopia is the opposite of utopia, a word invented by …
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Fiction Friday | What Readers Need to Know About “One Thing I Know”
Why One Thing I Know is Different to My Previous Books A guest post from Kara Isaac Keeping my readers' trust is really important to me and so I wanted to write a quick note (okay, maybe not so quick!) about some of the content in One Thing I Know that is different from my …
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ACW Writing Resources
Writing Resources for Australasian Christian Writers (ACW): Book Publishing Book Marketing Writing Craft Omega Writers One of the logistical challenges we've encountered in moving a five year old group blog to a new platform is how to connect the archived posts from the old site. We didn't want to lose access to the wealth of …
Author Interview – Meredith Resce
Fast Nine Here are my quick answers to the questions fired at me. I was supposed to choose five... Long black or flat white? I don’t drink coffee. Let’s do a banana smoothie. Kiwis or koalas? Koalas Mangoes or kiwifruit? Mangoes Cricket or rugby? CRICKET!! Hobbits or Mad Max? No comment Books or TV? Really, …
Tuesday Book Chat | What novel has influenced you the most, and why?
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 novel has influenced you the most, and why? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation in a comment on this post or in a …
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