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Novelists bound by the pen, sisterhood, & more

What’s In A Name?

June 19, 2014 By Karen Witemeyer

  For those of you who have children, do you remember the excitement (and perhaps the anxiety) that filled you as you began selecting names? It's a weighty responsibility, knowing your child will be saddled with whatever you choose for the length of his/her life. No pressure. Ha! Names are so important. We want our girls' names to be beautiful and our boys' names to be strong. Yet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Character Names

Books to Movies: With God All Things Are Possible!

June 18, 2014 By Tricia Goyer

When I became a novelist there was a comment that I received often, but one I hadn't expected. "Wow," readers would tell me. "This novel would make a great movie!" That's something a novelist likes to hear, but it carries about as much weight as when your son hits a home run for the first time. "Wow, your boy's going to be in the Big Leagues," spectators say. It's a nice dream, but the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Movies & TV, Writing Tagged With: authors, Christian books, Christian fiction, Christian movies, Hallmark

Giveaway: Karen Witemeyer (6/14/14 – 6/18/14)

June 15, 2014 By Karen Witemeyer

I'm thrilled to invite you to enter a fantastic drawing. Relz Reviewz is dong a drawing this week to honor the Christy Award finalists in the Historical and Historical Romance category. Stealing the Preacher is a finalist in the Historical Romance category, so you will have a chance to win a copy of Crockett and Joanna's story as well as five other superb titles that you are sure to love. To … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Past E&G

Collaborating on a Novella Collection

June 11, 2014 By Robin Lee Hatcher

Over the course of the last 30 years, I've written a number of novellas that were part of multi-author collections (sometimes called anthologies). For most of these, the publisher picked the authors who would write the collection and told those authors what was required in all of the stories (they have cats, they have dogs, they have horses, they are set in the West at Christmas, etc.). And then … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Debra Clopton, Four Weddings and a Kiss, Margaret Brownley, Mary Connealy, Robin Lee Hatcher

The Plot Thickens | Ruth Axtell

June 8, 2014 By Deborah Raney

Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares with our readers a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration.   Ruth Axtell loves writing about the 19th century, whether it’s Regency or late Victorian England. Ruth studied comparative literature at Smith College, spending her junior year at the Sorbonne in Paris. After college, she … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Writing Tagged With: author gardens

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