Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Writing Christian Fiction”
Writers love words. That’s why we write. We like rolling words around on our tongue. We like the mental imagery we can create with words. It humbles us to know that our words change lives–that our stories stay alive long after we’ve finished telling them. Writing may seem like such an intangible thing, but when you stop and think about it, …
Putting ourselves “out there” is hard. Harder still is knowing whether or not we’re really connecting with our audience. With Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and a dozen other ways to communicate, the possibilities are endless. We can share through a variety of mediums that best suit our personalities, time allowance, and interests. For authors, an effective way to connect is through a blog. A website’s great for informational …
One sure-fire way to strike a nerve with writers is to diss what they do. Intentional or unintentional, it rattles the doors of debate within the writing world. Some folks try to temper their stance with awkward pleasantries while others are embarrassingly rude about their opinion. I think what’s disturbing is the fact that so much of their logic is based on …
*Today I’ll be talking about adult issues that may jar some comfort zones. It’s not my intent to shock, but I believe there are times we must be brave enough to confront the elephant in the room. If you’re uncomfortable with this idea, you may want to click past my post, though I really hope you’ll continue reading. Since I write Christian fiction, specifically contemporary …
What were they thinking? Have you ever wondered that as you plowed through a much-anticipated novel and it not lived up to your expectations? On the other hand, maybe your reaction was one of elation. Wow! Annie Author hit it out of the park again! Since Heartfelt, Homespun Fiction is my tagline, I’m keenly aware that’s what my readers will …
Some professions are more taxing than others. No matter how much we adore what we do, any career will leave us emotionally and physically spent if we don’t take a break from time to time. For those of us who write, all work and no play can also be creativity-killers. I know from my own experience, spending endless days planted …
Today I wanted to tackle a subject that’s almost a non-issue in the general fiction market today: intimate relationships outside of marriage. One quick click-through our television channels and we’ve no doubt what grabs the highest ratings. It’s everywhere. From the popular tween series to adult nighttime soap operas, the sanctity of marriage and all that it stands for is sorely tested, and sometimes, …
Today I’m the featured guest on Jill Kemerer’s blog. Please join me as I dish! I became acquainted with Jill last year as she gave me a quick lesson in Twitter 101. As well as being friends, we’re agency mates at Books and Such Literary Agency. Jill is an inspirational romance author. She’s one of those people who never met …
What are your feelings on “airing our laundry”? Does it make you uncomfortable if you witness this in public? Does it depend on the circumstance or the situation? In Wednesday’s post I relayed a childhood memory from a humorous perspective. You may remember that I couldn’t look at old “Mr. Fletcher” quite the same way once his wife started hanging …
Sheesh. There they were again. Blue ones. Striped ones. Even…banana yellow ones. And let’s not forget the faded green ones with brown (or were they purple?) polka dots. Hung with calculated precision next to the flapping brassieres, but wedged delicately between an assortment of bath towels, dish rags, and knee socks, were Mr. Fletcher’s boxer shorts. Again. Over on the next clothesline was another visual …
