by Ane Mulligan What makes a fictional character believable? It’s how real they are. Does the writing pull you, the reader, into the story enough for you to experience it? Do you feel like you’re part of it? That this character is your friend? That comes a lot from deep POV. And to get deep, you have to know the …
One Message – Many Stories
by Lillian Duncan Writing Stories of Faith…Mingled With Murder And Mayhem is the tagline on my email signature and my website. I like it, but when I tell people I write murder mysteries and suspense that are Christian Fiction, I often get a blank stare or one of disbelief. After all, how can a book where murders, mayhem, and bad …
ACFW Book Review
Title: Christmas at Barncastle Inn (Romancing America) Author: Susan Page Davis, Darlene Franklin, Janelle, Mowery, Lynette Sowell Publisher: Barbour Books Date: Sep 2011 ISBN: 978-1616264383 Genre: Contemporary Romance Reviewed by: Laura V. Hilton Four couples find romance at Barncastle Inn in Vermont. Love Comes to the Castle by Susan Page Davis. Jayne Barncastle has earned her MBA in marketing and …
ACFW Book Review
Title: Christmas Belles of Georgia (Romancing America) Author: Jeanie Smith Cash, Rose Allen McCauley, Jeri Odell, Debra Ullrick Publisher: Barbour Books Date: Sep 2011 ISBN: 978-1616264802 Genre: Contemporary Romance Reviewed by: Laura V. Hilton Four sisters, identical quadruplets, find out they are adopted and heirs to a historical plantation. Christmas in Dixie by Jeanie Smith Cash – Holly Davenport is …
My First Booksigning Tour
by Rose Allen McCauley As I began this piece about the Georgia trip my husband I made Oct. 28-Nov. 6, 2011, I was reminded of how well our trip turned out, in spite of the many changes along the way. I know that was because God had His Hand over our trip guiding us much better than our TomTom did! …
Keeping Our Focus
by Janet Lee Barton April 2005 we got news that was the beginning of a very hard year’s time for my family. We found out my brother-in-law had stage 4 cancer in both lungs that month. He declined treatment. In June, one of my best friends passed away from cancer and by the end of the month, my brother-in-law passed …
ACFW Volunteer Spotlight
When Robin Patchen was new to ACFW, she jumped right in as Chapter Secretary for the OCFW chapter when they needed her! Robin keeps up with their membership reports, as well as moderating for some of the online courses. She has also volunteered her time with the OCFW chapter quarterly newsletter. She is an awesome volunteer who helps out at …
The Blessing of Using Beta Readers
by Keisha Gilchrist-Broomes You don’t know what you don’t know. Motivational speaker Les Brown teaches that truth-filled statement in several of his spirited talks. I had never considered what it might mean for my own work until I crept closer to writing “The End” on the fourth draft of my novel. By the time I reached the end of my …
ACFW Book Review
Reviewed by: Laura Hilton An Amish Heart is a collection of three novellas written by three Amish authors. A Marriage of the Heart – by Kelly Long. Abigail Kauffman told a lie. Angry that Joseph Lambert ignored her beauty, she lied about him making inappropriate moves toward her, and they are forced to marry. Joseph knows it’s a lie, but …
Deadlines: The Good, the Bad, and the Divine
By Kathy Harris What better time to talk about deadlines than during the holidays? In contemporary society our lives are fret with hurry most every day. But this time of year compounds those commitments, from holiday parties to shopping for gifts to end-of-the-year work and/or school obligations-not to mention the added expectations and desires to spend time with our families. …