What Are You Craving?
Spiritual (and other) Cravings… It’s a brand-new year, full of new opportunities. A clean slate. Maybe even a clean diet. A funny thing happens around the end-of-year holidays. Before the holidays arrive, I have fairly good eating habits. I limit processed foods, I avoid snacking, try to eat more fruit and veggies, and I track my water so I can increase what I drink. If I do all that, I don’t really crave the bad stuff. My palate is oriented towards better food. Then...
What did you Love as a Kid?
What did you love as a kid? Do you remember? I loved playing hide and seek with water balloons and a game called Kick the Can. We lived on a hill in a Pennsylvania neighborhood. The house at the bottom of the hill. The most fun was getting inside a cardboard refrigerator box and rolling down the hill. (Can you picture that?!) In winter, we tried going down on sleds, but the house was in the way. It was still fun, though we had to roll off the sled before hitting the house. That wouldn’t have...
A Christian Fiction Series …Or Not?
Do you usually read Christian fiction series? Secular series? Do you prefer stand-alone books? Have you ever thought about why you gravitate to one or the other, even if you like both? There are all kinds of readers and all kinds of series. What is it that draws us to series? First, what kinds of series are there? If you’re a series reader, you likely know that there are different kinds of series. For example, one overarching story through the series with mini-goals...
What is Inspirational Fiction?
For Christian authors, the phrase means something deeper. Narrower. An inspirational novel shows a character who believes in Christ as Savior (or is on the way). She (or he) faces weaknesses in herself as she encounters the challenges of life.