From the Archive
Spiritual Life
Joy Comes in the Morning
How can God bring joy from a parent’s worst nightmare, the death of a child? It seems impossible, doesn’t it? That’s what I thought, until […]
Writer's Journey
Magic in Becoming
I can’t really tell you an exact time or place in which I “became” a writer, but I’d love to share with you the tale […]
Writer's Journey
Embracing the Thorns
My son was on his honeymoon in Costa Rica a couple of years ago. The newly married couple decided to do an adventure excursion involving zip […]
Writing and Technology
Tools for Writers: Evernote (Part 3)
How to use Evernote to organize your research and your writing projects: structuring your research, online research, managing your writing projects, including templates, checklists, and collaboration tools within Evernote. […]
Craft of Writing
Matching Our Message to Our Audience
Match the Message As I was working in my home office, I heard my wife, Alean, shout from somewhere down by the kitchen, “Hey! No […]
Writer's Journey
Waiting for “The Right Moment”
July 7, 2014
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“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what? […]
Writer's Journey
Writers Need Writers: In the Footsteps of the Inklings
Tolkien, Lewis, Barfield, Williams … what did they have that I don’t? I’ve been reading the book, Bandersnatch by Diana Pavlac Glyer.1 I’m a bit jealous […]
Writer's Journey
Tackling the Not-So-Dreaded Synopsis
March 9, 2012
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It happened quite by accident. I’m not the genius Angela Hunt, award winning author and speaker, proclaimed me to be, two years ago at a […]
Inspire
Vision and Values: Key to Achieving Our Mission
February 10, 2013
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An important part of our Strategic Planning session involved clarifying Inspire Christian Writers’ vision. To determine our vision, we asked, “What is it we want […]
