by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan We are God’s handiwork created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared for us in advance to do. Eph 2:110 NIV. What does that look like in a writer? Does that mean God gives you the words so they must not be changed?…

by A.C. Williams @ACW_Author Many moons ago, I was invited to visit a missionary down in the jungles of northern Guatemala. He asked me to write a script that would be translated and performed with puppets for a community of indigenous people. As we began the process of creating the…

by Julie Zine Coleman @JulieZColeman A while back, I was writing a devotional on angels, beginning with the well-known story about a jungle missionary who offended a tribal chief. That night, the chief sent his soldiers to the missionary’s home, intent on killing him. However, when they arrived, they were…

By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner Voice and style can make or break an author’s novel, so how can we make it stand out from all the rest? Style is the technical aspect of the story while voice relies on character, point of view, and attitude (can be referred to as tone).…

By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam Writers here in America are preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving this week. My thought for this blog post was what better month to say a prayer for all of you, my writer colleagues here and around the world. After all, writing is our jobs. While we might…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin Can you feel it? There is a noticeable shift in our world, and it happens each year after Halloween. Suddenly Christmas music appears on our TV commercials. I’m talking about the days from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. I label these days “the silent days” because…