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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

Just do it = just say no?

May 26, 2014 By Deborah Raney

Wishing all of our friends and readers a very special and meaningful Memorial Day, and offering our deepest gratitude to those who have served our country and given their lives that we might enjoy the freedoms we are so privileged to enjoy. May we never forget the sacrifices they and their families have made. I am on a deadline crunch this month, with my first draft due to my editor on May 31. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Writing

In the Works: WWII Fiction + Friends + Cover Reveal!

May 21, 2014 By Tricia Goyer

One thing readers maybe not realize is the friendships between Christian authors. Some of my best friends are fellow authors. We help each other, we support each other, and we UNDERSTAND each other! A few years ago my friend Cara Putman said, "A few of us should come together and write a World War II novella." This is Cara and me . . . aren't we cute?   A third friend join … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: cara putman, historical fiction, sarah sundin, Tricia Goyer, wwii

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