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If you’re working on a novel, current events can either be a help or a hindrance. Writing Tip for Today: Here are some tips on writing about current events: Link to the Goal If your protagonist’s goal is to find the One, current events can inform that goal in positive or negative ways. Your novel’s […]
Writers of fiction must create a believable character, no matter the genre. Yet some interesting dilemmas arise when the character is constrained by history, by the future or even by contemporary standards. Writing Tip for Today: How can writers create believable characters, yet still appeal to present-day and future readers? Let’s look at some ideas: […]
This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingUnending DevotionBethany House Publishers (September 1, 2012)byJody Hedlund ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jody has written novels for the last 20 years (with a hiatus when her children were young). After many years of writing and honing her skills, she finally garnered national attention with her double final in the Genesis […]
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Captive Trail Moody Publishers (September 1, 2011) by Susan Page Davis ABOUT THE AUTHOR: From Susan: I’ve always loved reading, history, and horses. These things come together in several of my historical books. My young adult novel, Sarah’s Long Ride, also spotlights horses and the rugged […]
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Within My Heart Bethany House; Original edition (September 1, 2010) by Tamera Alexander ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tamera Alexander is the best-selling author of Rekindled, Revealed and Remembered, the critically acclaimed Fountain Creek Chronicles historical series with Bethany House Publishers. Her second historical series, Timber Ridge Reflections […]
I’m quite caught up in historical research–my first fictional foray into the genre. My era is post-Civil War, but just before many of the touchstones of the late 19th century.The advice to “junk it through” slows considerably when you’re not sure about attitudes, objects or other details in your work-in-progress (WIP). What to do?Writing Tip […]
Last Thursday I posted the opening of the Historical novel, set in 1880s Idaho, that I’m working on.Here’s the next segment of From Where the Sun Now Stands:By the time the rain let up, another day had passed. In the late morning, sun lit up the brightest blue sky I’d ever seen, above vast golden […]
Write what you know, right? For most writers, chasing down the current fad by trying to write what’s “hot” usually takes far too long or lacks the passion evident in the work you aspire to in the first place. YET, if you stick to only what is comfortable and never try anything new, you may […]
I’ve had a “prequel” to my novel, The Fence My Father Built in mind for several years. I conjured up the storyline to account for the life of Joseph Pond, who, in the Fence novel, has died as the book opens. Since Joe was half Nez Perce Indian, I became fascinated with what life could […]