by Melissa Tagg Marketing. I think a lot of writers hear the word and do a little scary-movie shudder. Or maybe a full-on horror-flick scream. Me, not so much because a) I’m more of a nervous laugher than screamer and b) I happen to work in marketing at a good-sized nonprofit. And I’ve realized something in the past few years. …
Life With Lily Recipes
On yesterday’s blog, Suzanne Woods Fisher talked about how the Life with Lily series came about. She mentioned some mouth-watering recipes that we thought would be fun to share. Mama’s Pumpkin Pie 1 1/2 cup pumpkin 1 1/2 cup white sugar 1 1/2 cup brown sugar 4 1/2 Tbsp. flour 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/4 tsp cloves 1 …
Life with Lily
By Suzanne Woods Fisher “Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.” Amish proverb I’ve often heard that there is no better childhood than an Amish one. Mary Ann Kinsinger had such a childhood. She was raised in a happy Old Order Amish home in western Pennsylvania. A born storyteller, Mary Ann started a blog, A Joyful Chaos, …
Inviting God In
by Becky Wade “Work, work from early till late. In fact, I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.” -Martin Luther Every time I sit down to work on my novel, I’m acutely aware that I’ve taken on something so big that I’m going to fail. I know it, down to the …
More of Allen Arnold, Part 2
If you enjoyed learning about former Thomas Nelson fiction editor Allen Arnold in the October issue of ACFW Journal, here is the second of two blogs that contain more information from that interview. In this segment, reporter Christa Allan and Allen Arnold look at another side of Arnold. CHRISTA: What/who entertains Allen Arnold outside of the office? ALLEN: I am …
More of Allen Arnold, Part 1
If you enjoyed learning about former Thomas Nelson fiction editor Allen Arnold in the October issue of ACFW Journal, here is the first of two blogs that contain more information from that interview. In this segment, reporter Christa Allan and Allen Arnold explore the development of Thomas Nelson’s fiction line in more detail. CHRISTA: After working with advertising agencies like …
Four Spies that Every Writer Needs and Why
by Sandra Orchard “Spies?” you say. “But I don’t write suspense.” I’m talking about spies that will give you the inside scoop on the things you don’t know, and on the things that you don’t know that you don’t know. Why? So you can write believable fiction, and give readers unexpected insider details. SciFi and Spec writers don’t stop reading. …
Writing the Author Bio
by Laurie Alice Eakes One thing authors are often asked to create is an author bio anywhere from 50 words, to 150 words. We need to introduce ourselves to a new listserve. We need to place one in proposals to editors and agents, we need one for the copy in our books, we need one on our web sites… In …
ACFW New Releases: October 2012
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Garters for Lace by Brandi Boddie — Civil War veteran and preacher Rowe Winford arrives in town intent on leaving the tragic memories of his deceased family behind. Although Rowe has no plans to fall in love anytime soon, the plans of God rarely match …
Book Review: An Amish Wedding
Title: An Amish Wedding Author: Kelly Long, Kathleen Fuller, Beth Wiseman Publisher: Thomas Nelson Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9782595549211 Genre: Amish Romance Reviewed by: Laura V. Hilton Priscilla’s upcoming wedding is stirring up trouble-and romance-in Paradise: A collection of three Amish novellas connected to one larger story. A Perfect Secret by Kelly Long-Rose Bender has always known she’d marry her …