Few authors make big money with their writing, but that doesn’t mean to say you can’t be successful. It depends…
Will You Be Successful?
Small Beginnings – Everyone Has One!
Whatever we do, we have to start small. Babies babble, then say a word or two, then gradually their vocabulary increases. We were all there once!
It’s the same for everything we do – we have to start small, learn how to do it, and persevere. There’s no other way to get anything done! You can’t just sit down…
Easter People
I was talking about Easter yesterday, with my husband. Although we celebrate Easter once a year, don’t we live in the reality…
7 Gleanings from Reading a Stack of Books
We all know that if we want to be writers, we have to read. We can glean all sorts of things from other people’s stories – both good and bad. Having recently read a stack of books I was sent to review, I’m going to share seven…
3 More Things to Beware of when Writing Stories for Children
Last week I mentioned seven writing issues I noticed when reading a stack of children’s novels, that could have been avoided. Since then, I’ve found some more! So here they are (on to something more positive next week, I promise)…
7 Things to Beware of when Writing Stories for Children
Over the last few months I have been reviewing books for a charity that puts Christian titles into libraries and other public places. So I have had the joy of having to read. 🙂 How about that for an excuse to read – sorry, can’t do that, I absolutely have to finish these books….
Jan Godfrey, a Writer for a Reason
Jan Godfrey is an experienced writer for children with many published books, mostly Christian. (Although her first published work was a Camberwick Green annual!)…
Starting from Scratch – Target Readers
Hello again writers, and once again thanks for being here!
Today we’re going to look at one of the absolute basics of writing stories…
Time to Set Your Writing Goals
Do you set goals? It’s something I’ve been doing in the last few years, instead of New Year’s resolutions, which are way too easy to break (if you’re anything like me!).
Over the last few days of December I try to take time aside to…
Important V Urgent
Hello again, Christian writer friends, and welcome once again to another creative writing tip. I hope you are enjoying the summer (unless you are reading this in the southern hemisphere, in which case, I hope you are enjoying the winter)! 🙂
This week’s writing tip is a bit more philosophical than most – don’t know …