Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 3 Focus: For Robin Jones Gunn – the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Scripture: Jeremiah 1:9–Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. Prayer: …
ACFW 2025 Conference Prayer: Day 2
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 2 Focus: For the Audio/Visual Team Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 (NIV)– We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by …
ACFW 2025 Conference Prayer: Day 1
Please join us in today’s prayer, written by a member of ACFW’s Forty Days of Prayer team. Day 1 topic: For God’s Presence and Blessing at conference Scripture: Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. ~Psalm 127:1 (NIV) Prayer: Father God, everything we …
One Woman’s Opinion on the Future of Christian Fiction
by Linda S. Glaz (Linda S. Glaz Literary Agency) One Woman’s Opinion on the Future of Christian Fiction. That’s right, it’s merely my opinion. Take it or leave it! So, there are plenty of folks who will no doubt have a better, more informed, clearer thought through opinion than mine, but from my perspective, this is how I see circumstances …
Writing that Makes a Difference
by Marilyn Turk Writers often dream about writing a bestseller and finding success. Will our writing make any difference to anyone in the world? When sisters Susan and Anna Warner started writing mainly to help their family’s financial situation. The Warner family had been well-to-do in New York City and bought a summer house on Constitution Island in the Hudson …
Are you Hiding in the Baggage?
by Ruby Cline Lee There once was a man who was the fairest in all the land. One day, his herd of donkeys went missing and his father tasked him with search and rescue. The faithful son looked for days to no avail, but just before he headed home his servant said: “Hey, let’s go ask this VIP where our …
What to Do if You Feel Like a Troglodyte After Attending a Writer’s Conference
by Ruby Cline Lee Several years ago, I crawled out of a cave to attend a writer’s retreat. Did I know I was crawling out of a cave? Nope. Upon arrival, I stepped out of my pearly-white car with my pink suitcase and high hopes of gaining affirmation that my novel was, in a word: awesome. Cut to me attending …
Events Are Worth the Extra Effort
by Allie Pleiter Let’s face it…a working author must be as much marketer as writer these days. And for a largely introverted community, the challenge of hosting an event can feel too large. Still, events have many advantages and can be worth the extra effort. And they can even be fun! Here are several thoughts on how to host events …
ACFW New Releases: July 2025
July 2025 New ReleasesMore in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Amish Romance: Caleb’s Choice by Z Peabody — Caleb Jacobson, rancher, farmer, and a first-generation veterinarian, has always loved to care for animals. When he was given his choice to either stay in the small community and become a full-time farmer or …
God’s Calling to Write
by Ruby Cline Lee Has God ever used a tedious or “dry” part of the Bible to speak to you about writing? For me, it was Exodus. This book shoots out of the gate with exciting visual pictures: the Jews in captivity. Plagues. Disaster. Thousands of slaves marching triumphantly then pining for garlic. God parting the Red Sea. Manna and …