Thursday's Tips: Preparing for Writers' Conferences

I’ll see some of you at ACFW in Dallas in a couple of weeks. Getting ready takes courage, especially if you’ve signed up for agent or editor appointments. Here are some tips to help you get ready: First, make yourself familiar with what that house is looking for. Read up on their books, especially...

Make-A-Story™ - Monday's Writing Prompt

Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term.  It means writing what the publisher wants.  Can you do it?  In our new feature - Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements.  The story can be set in any time frame, any length, must adhere to our guidelines and have...

Make-A-Story™ - Monday's Writing Prompt...

Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term.  It means writing what the publisher wants.  Can you do it?  In our new feature - Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements.  The story can be set in any time frame, any length, must adhere to our guidelines and have...

Thursday's Tips: A Likable Main Character

Do you read for pleasure? Of course, we writers are also students of books after we take on the study of the craft. I’m reading a book “for pleasure” right now that isn’t working for me. Why? Because I can’t relate with the heroine, which means I don’t sympathize with her. Why is it important to relate...

Write the Vision ~ Wednesday

Have you ever asked yourself why should I write Christian Fiction...what’s the point...should I keep going? Take a look at Nehemiah. Those close to Nehemiah probably never expected the mild-mannered man to ever step out of his comfort zone, leave the safety of the king’s palace to go on work detail....

Make-A-Story™ - Monday's Writing Prompt

Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term.  It means writing what the publisher wants.  Can you do it?  In our new feature - Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements.  The story can be set in any time frame, any length, must adhere to our guidelines and have...

Write the Vision ~ Wednesday

Ps 138 6 - 7 KJV Though the Lord be high, yet hath He respect unto the lowly: but the proud He knoweth afar off. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me:  It is very easy...