Category: Encouragement for Christians who write fiction for children and teens

Hello Christian writers! Thanks for being here again. 🙂

On a recent visit to Chester, I went into the cathedral. (Chester is a beautiful city; I highly recommend a visit if you get the chance!) They are building a model of the cathedral from Lego, piece by piece – you can join in …

This week’s writing tip is not just a writing tip, really, it’s a life tip! But I hope it will also help you with your writing. 🙂

So often we do what we feel like, but overcomers…

Happy New Year! May 2018 be a fruitful year for you, full of blessings!

Sorry this is a bit late – I managed to get through Christmas…

Morning Christian Writer Friends,

Christmas is approaching fast and I know it’s a busy time, so you may not have a lot of time for writing your novel. But could you write a . . .

Hello again Writer Friends, and welcome to this week’s creative writing tip. Actually, this week it’s more of a bit of encouragement – at least, I hope it will be!

Sometimes we need to say no to requests from other people, so we can . . .

Creative Writing Tip of the Week: Make Yourself a Playlist!

Do you like to listen to music while you’re writing? Why not make a playlist of music you could listen to while working? You might like . . .

Hi again everyone, and welcome to this week’s writing tip: Some of the unsolicited manuscripts we receive at Dernier Publishing are full of exciting adventures, but some are really bland. …

Apologies for a very late writing tip this week – I have been away to Ireland, visiting my brother, who moved to Co. Mayo last year (and it was my first time on Irish soil – what a beautiful land!).

Ireland

Anyway, here’s a question for you – something to think about over the weekend, maybe?

What would you like to have achieved by …

Hello again everyone, and thanks for being here. I do enjoy writing these tips, and they help me, too! Before I was a publisher I was a writer, and I still like to keep my hand in, so all the things I write here I try to put into practice myself. 🙂

The first thing I ever wrote (apart from school work) were letters. As children we were obliged to write thank you letters to relatives who sent us birthday and Christmas presents – then when I was eighteen I moved to . . .