Some editors are truly good people. They encourage new writers and inspire all of us to walk a little closer to the Lord. There are some who have the gift of humor, anesthesia that numbs the pain of a hard topic so... Read More
In a day where technology is racing along at the speed of light and publishing houses are playing the odds on e-books—while scrambling to stay one step ahead of the Twilight-Hunger Games audience, I’m here to make a public... Read More
“A writer who does nothing but talk about writing is not a writer. When anyone comes to me with stars in their eyes and asks, “How do I know I’m a writer?” I often give this advice: “Try not writing. If you can put... Read More
When Joanne Kraft walked into an Inspire Christian Writers critique meeting a few years ago, she brought with her a two-page article about her family's radical sabbatical and a lot of spunk. We all knew she was on to something big... Read More
by Sue Tornai Laura Christianson, the featured speaker at The Christian Writer’s Conference at Redwood Chapel this year inspired writers with great information. Here are some great tips from her last session on developing a web... Read More
Joanne Kraft will discuss and sign Just Too Busy, Taking Your Family on a Radical Sabbatical Drawing from her family's head-on collision with busyness and the twelve-month experiment that changed their liv es, Joanne Kraft encourages parents... Read More
by Sue Tornai When we write with passive verbs, we make our stories boring. Effective writers weed out forms of the verb "to be" by choosing more active verbs. Passive Verbs: is, am, are, were, has, had, will be, will have been, has been... Read More
Heard of late bloomers? I have, all my life, because I am one. Social skills came slow and late. Likewise learning how to deal with depression. But God made the almond tree exceptional. At the merest hint of spring, it bursts into full and... Read More
Here's a poem on writing by Inspire's own Dee Aspin. Enjoy! A Raw Pearl Writing a book is nothing less, Than a personal spiritual mystery— A fantastic discovery. We write—words flood and tumble out, Sometimes from a... Read More
by Sue Tornai Successful critique groups use proper etiquette. All of our Inspire Critique Groups use the following guidelines in our meeting:. When you submit a manuscript for critique Self-edit and rewrite until your work is as good... Read More