Fiction

Quick Fiction Fixes – Deep POV

We’re all busy, whether working full-time or chasing/chauffeuring kids around all day. Yet we’re also writers, striving to get our words on paper and then polish it to a sparkle. This column gives quick fixes for fiction manuscripts specifically for busy writers. Pick and choose what works best for you! Deep Point of View Only…

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Visit the Carnival!

If you haven’t read through the carnival posts yet, take the time to read and comment on these great posts! And don’t forget to tell them you found them via the carnival!

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Books as Writing Teachers

It’s nice to be well-read. A good way to talk with your editor about a book you are working on is to reference another book that employs a literary device particularly well. I know it might sound daunting, but really it’s not. Let yourself read and don’t take it too seriously. Read for fun and…

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Carnival of Christian Writers #5 February 2007

It’s carnival time! This month’s carnival is sure to entertain and inform. So please keep your hands and feet inside at all times and buckle up for your safety. Enjoy the ride… Literary Agent Chip MacGregor shares Ten Changes in Christian publishing. Dena Dyer at the CAN Marketing Blog writes about surviving (and learning from)…

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Quick Fiction Fixes – Too many action beats

We’re all busy, whether working full-time or chasing/chauffeuring kids around all day. Yet we’re also writers, striving to get our words on paper and then polish it to a sparkle. This column gives quick fixes for fiction manuscripts specifically for busy writers. Pick and choose what works best for you! Too many action beats The…

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Chocolate Beach by Julie Carobini

Julie Carobini’s debut novel, Chocolate Beach, was released by Bethany House in February, 2007. She’s the writer of more than 100 articles and stories for magazines and books, such as Decision, Expecting, Focus on the Family, Key Magazine, and the God’s Abundance book series. Her work often spotlights her family, the sea and God’s timely…

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A Small Prayer Answered … and a Story to Tell

Is it worth it? This is a question I ask myself at least once a week when it comes to writing. As I’m trying to balance family life with my call to the keyboard, I sometimes wonder if maybe I’m just a little bit selfish. Shouldn’t I be more fulfilled with my duties of caring…

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Writing Historicals: Get the Details Right

Do you have a love of history and a burning desire to write? Then you may be a candidate to write historical fiction. Three of my first four contracted books involve a step back in time to the days of World War Two. I may have been born in the 70s, but I’ve always held…

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Writing Historicals: Get the Details Right

Do you have a love of history and a burning desire to write? Then you may be a candidate to write historical fiction. Three of my first four contracted books involve a step back in time to the days of World War Two. I may have been born in the 70s, but I’ve always held…

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Quick Fiction Fixes – Use your nose

But don’t just give your readers the visual descriptions—give them the experience of walking into the setting by stimulating their olfactory senses. In other words, smell. Our scent memory is incredibly powerful. We don’t necessarily remember the exact smell so much as we feel certain emotions triggered by a smell, or even the mention of…

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