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A note on revising
Revising. We all must do it. A writer's work is never truly finished. Ask any author and I'm sure they'd agree. Lately I've been polishing up my manuscript from the NaNoWriMo. There is simply so much to do. However, with each new draft, each new word or phrase, the...
Review: Bonhoeffer
Pastor, Prophet, Martyr, Spy. That truly says it all. Out of a host of thousands upon millions of inspirational stories from those who defied Hitler during his reign of terror, comes the biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man who was a constant student of life,...
Christian Historical Fiction Challenge
So apparently I'm a little behind on certain things... Like this Historical Fiction Challenge I found a while ago - the goal is to read 24 Christian Historical Fiction books in a year. So we're to month 5 already, but I think I'm pretty even! Here's a list of what...
Congrats to Jill, Christina and the rest!
Christy Award Nominations were released today - two of which included the amazing and talented Christina Berry and Jill Williamson from OCW and the Portland ACFW chapter. Both nominations are well deserved! Here is the full PDF press release:...
Review: Wildflowers at Terezin
Summary: When nurse Hanne Abrahamsen impulsively shields Steffen Petersen from a nosy Gestapo agent, she’s convinced the Lutheran pastor is involved in the Danish Underground. Nothing could be further from the truth. But truth is hard to come by in the fall of 1943,...
Blog, Interrupted…
By life. It's 10:14 p.m. and I realized I'd forgotten my regularly scheduled Thursday blog. I apologize. Had planned on writing about the Christian Historical Fiction Challenge that I just now learned about (that started in January)... But I cannot devote my full...
Author Interview: Tiffany Amber Stockton day 2
Welcome back, Tiffany! Liberty’s Promise, a repackaging of her three historical Delaware novels: Promises, Promises; Quills & Promises; Deceptive Promises, released last month. Publisher's description: Relive the birth of a new country as three women battle for...
Author Interview: Tiffany Amber Stockton
Welcome Tiffany Amber Stockton, from Colorado Springs, author of Patterns and Progress, Hearts and Harvest, Copper and Candles and more! Liberty’s Promise, a repackaging of her three historical Delaware novels: Promises, Promises; Quills & Promises; Deceptive...
Study on WWII Germany
Are there ever periods where you seem to have a common thread in all the books you're reading? Lately, it's been a thread linking the movies I've seen and the books I'm studying. What's that tie? Germany during and after World War II. It began with The Good German by...
For writers…er…revisers
Wonderful post today on agent Nathan Bransford's blog about how cocktail parties should really go: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/04/way-cocktail-parties-should-really-go.html It's true! I'm a reviser. Question for you: What other "-ers/-ors" would a writer be?...