Have you heard about the Christian Editor Connection’s Excellence in Editing Award? This award celebrates newly released books that are superbly written, well edited, and published by a CBA publisher or self-published by a Christian author. Books must be written in English, have been released in North America, and contain a Christian worldview. This year’s […]
At the upcoming Southern California Christian Writers’ Conference that I’ll be directing, we have three wonderful keynoters lined up for the three days of the conference. I’d like to introduce one of them to you. Karen Ball will be giving our Thursday keynote session, “Get Ready for the Ride of Your Life!” A publishing professional […]
Though we may not want to admit it, we writers are a fearful bunch. And who can blame us, really? The publishing industry can be downright scary! What if I spend hours, months, years of my time writing something that no one will read beside my mom and Auntie Mildred? What if I don’t have […]
Are there things we can do—or not do—to convince God to physically heal us or our loved ones? This question has plagued the hearts of many who have longed for divine healing. If I only had more faith … if I prayed more or prayed differently … if I were a better Christian … if […]
I love Christian writers’ conferences! I attended my first one in the late 1980s at Biola University in La Mirada, California. I’d been helping a friend prepare for the conference, which she was directing, and she said I’d helped so much I could attend for free if I wanted. I couldn’t imagine why I would […]
While proofreading a manuscript (mine or someone else’s), I often have to stop and think about whether a word should be capitalized or not. I get out my in-print dictionary or style guide, or go to my online subscription or CD-ROM. And after spending a while researching the various resources (not all of which agree), […]
If you read my blog (or know me at all), you know how much I value Christian writers’ conferences. No other experience provides the level of training, networking, fellowshipping, and fun with kindred spirits that you can get from a conference. At every one I’ve attended or taught at, divine appointments abound! Maybe you’ve thought […]
Because I believe in the power, impact, and influence of Christian writers’ conferences, I have held a contest for the past several years in which one lucky winner has received a full scholarship to the Mount Hermon Writers Conference. All the entrants had to do was submit the first five pages of an unpublished book […]
