by Michael Hicks Thompson I’ll let you decide. Not only has Brandilyn Collins been on the ACFW Executive Board since 2001 (one year after its founding), she’s the emcee for the annual conferences. She’s won the Carol Award three times, the Inspirational Reader’s Choice, Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice, the Inspy, the Christian Retailer’s Best Award (twice), and finaled in numerous …
ACFW New Releases: December 2017
December 2017 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary: Rebecca’s Redemption by Lee Carver — A nurse seeking redemption for past sins joins a doctor contending against the jungle. Both healers need healing. (Contemporary, Independently Published) Contemporary Romance: The Christmas Baby by Lisa Carter — Mistletoe Mommy Anna Reyes …
ACFW New Releases: December 2017
December 2017 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary: Rebecca’s Redemption by Lee Carver — A nurse seeking redemption for past sins joins a doctor contending against the jungle. Both healers need healing. (Contemporary, Independently Published) Contemporary Romance: The Christmas Baby by Lisa Carter — Mistletoe Mommy Anna Reyes …
Nurturing Creativity
by Jan Drexler When I was a mother of young children, I ran into a problem. I call it deficit spending. I was spending my creativity as I cared for the needs of these helpless children. There is a ten-year age span between my oldest and youngest sons, so I was dealing with pre-adolescent angst at the same time I …
Nurturing Creativity
by Jan Drexler When I was a mother of young children, I ran into a problem. I call it deficit spending. I was spending my creativity as I cared for the needs of these helpless children. There is a ten-year age span between my oldest and youngest sons, so I was dealing with pre-adolescent angst at the same time I …
Why I Tried to Quit Trying
by Victoria Buck The last book in my trilogy released in October. Soon after, panic struck. Had I wasted years writing three books for the Christian market on a subject not widely understood or appreciated by Christians? Why would I do that? Why couldn’t I just write sweet romance or Amish fiction or one good historical saga? My WIP, though …
Why I Tried to Quit Trying
by Victoria Buck The last book in my trilogy released in October. Soon after, panic struck. Had I wasted years writing three books for the Christian market on a subject not widely understood or appreciated by Christians? Why would I do that? Why couldn’t I just write sweet romance or Amish fiction or one good historical saga? My WIP, though …
A Writer’s Prayer
By Deborah Raney A few years ago—more than fifteen years ago, to be exact—for the first time since I’d begun writing in 1994, my job as a novelist was beginning to be more than a part-time pursuit. I had several contracts to fulfill, and my calendar was filling up with speaking engagements. Our oldest son had his degree, but our middle son and …
A Writer’s Prayer
By Deborah Raney A few years ago—more than fifteen years ago, to be exact—for the first time since I’d begun writing in 1994, my job as a novelist was beginning to be more than a part-time pursuit. I had several contracts to fulfill, and my calendar was filling up with speaking engagements. Our oldest son had his degree, but our middle son and …
Work of Art
by Elizabeth Musser I had the joy and privilege of visiting The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. a few weeks ago. As I stepped into the museum on that surprisingly balmy October afternoon, I thought back to my first visit to National Gallery. In 1989, I flew from Columbia, South Carolina to D.C. to spend a few days …