Mary Weeks Millard has written several Christian books for children for Dernier Publishing, including The Birthday Shoes, I Want to Be an Airline Pilot, Under the Tamarind Tree, Living in …
Gareth Rowe is author of ‘The Only Way’, published by Dernier back in 2011. As this was his first book (since then he has been doing accountancy exams but may …
In this regular slot of writing tips for Christian books for children/teens, I have focussed on the content . . . today I am covering slightly different but no less …
Endings to stories: don’t make them too long. Once the goal has been reached and the purpose of your story fulfilled, tie off loose ends quickly or simply leave them …
Are you in the process of writing a Christian book for children? Once you have decided on your protagonist’s key goal, work towards strengthening everything that takes them there (one conflict …
Do you write Christian books for ten-year-old children? Two stories regarding ten-year-old girls have profoundly moved me over the last couple of weeks. The first was the news from Nigeria …
Between the beginning and end of your novel, if your main character hasn’t evolved (‘moved on’ if your prefer!), your story probably lacks dynamism. It may not be true to …
This morning I read Jesus’ parable of the seeds and the sower, and as I reflected on being good soil and bearing fruit, my mind wandered to the parable of …
I have been working my way through a pile of unsolicited manuscripts over the last week or so. Some have a lot of potential! However, many have one major flaw; the lack of “showing” and lots of …
