#writingchristianfiction – Write for a Reason

Beginnings of stories.

I know you know that it’s vital to get the beginning of your story right, so your readers are gripped and just HAVE to keep reading! Another thing you know is that reading is vital for your writing… I follow

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Wise Word Choice

Last week I read a biography of a lady whose friend suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Every now and then this author used language which was very much ‘university language’, if you’ll forgive the expression. Most readers, I feel, would have

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Fun Writing Prompts for All the Family!

I hope you found last week’s writing tip useful, on the different publishing models; what to look for and what to avoid? Let me know if you found it helpful, or if you have a question of your own you’d

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Book Launches – the Real Reason they Need to Work

Dear Writers for a Reason, As I have been preparing the material for this evening’s Zoom training (it’s not too late to register – here’s the link) I have been thinking a lot about book launches. And here’s something really

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Getting Ready to Launch Your Book

Dear Writer Friends, I had some interesting feedback from a previous writing tip, about book launches (thank you for your time – always love to hear from you). I had been thinking about what topic to cover for the next

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Planning Your Book Launch

Hello my Writer Friends. I hope you found last week’s writing tip, about big picture editing, useful. This week we’re doing a quantum leap… from editing, to planning your book launch! But what if you haven’t finished your story? Seems

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Who Is the Greatest?

Dear Writer Friends, I hope you had a wonderful Easter, celebrating new life in Christ. Unfortunately I came down with Covid at the end of Easter Sunday, so I missed writing to you last week… But here I am again,

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International Women’s Day

This week, on Thursday, people all over the world will be celebrating International Women’s Day. This isn’t the place to discuss women’s rights, but it is definitely a place to think about writing books for our girls! It has long

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A Quick Way to Add Atmosphere to Your Story

Good morning my writer friends, I’m writing to you today from a snowy London! The snow reminded me of something that will definitely help your novel with atmosphere – make sure you talk about the weather! You don’t have to

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Why Choose the First Person Narrative Voice?

There are many and varied reasons for choosing to use the first person voice (I, we, she/he) instead of the third person (he, she, it/ they/them). Here I’ve looked at five reasons you might wish to use the first person.

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