by Sarah Van Diest @SarahVanDiest When I was a young, romantic, teenage girl, I learned to play the theme from Romeo and Juliet on the piano. A Time for Us echoed through our living room walls and out our windows many dreamy evenings. In my mind, there would someday be…

by Aaron Gansky @adgansky You hear writers often mention the “fictive dream.” John Gardner called it a “vivid and continuous dream.” It’s a term used to describe a simple principle: no one wants to read a book. There, I said it. Man, it feels good to get that off my…

We are excited to announce our second annual Mountainside Marketing Conference. This was the first Christian marketing conference for authors. Because of the overwhelming response from last year, we’ve added an extra day. So join us January 18-22, 2019 (over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend) for a time to…

by Brad Bloom Faith and Fitness When I first started Faith & Fitness Magazine nearly fifteen years ago, I had an advisory board member (who did print advertising for CCM Magazine) tell me, “Brad, whatever you do, don’t do print!” I was like, “Oh, come on, really? It’s going to…

by Deborah Clack @deborah_clack "Hey, Matt, this is Deborah. I, uh … we just met. In the restaurant. With my friends. It’s Deborah. Um... (Clears throat.) I just wanted to say that I’m sorry that didn’t go so well. I’m not really sure what happened. I just, uh, wanted to…

by Lindsey Brackett @lindsbrac Recently, I returned home from leading critique sessions at the inaugural North Georgia Christian Writers Conference. We had an amazing retreat right in my backyard—the lovely North Georgia Mountains. But, as I prepared to offer a short word at breakfast on Sunday morning, I knew so…