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Living the Story of America’s Birthby Christine Sunderland Today is Independence Day, our annual celebration of the Declaration of Independence, unanimously signed by the Second...
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Let Freedom Ring, Now and Forevermore!by Ifueko Ogbomo @inspirologos No one enjoys captivity of any kind, but it stings ever so much more when the captive is innocent of the crime...
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You Think Your Editor Was Harshby Jenny Powell MD Let me tell you the story of the Great American Editing Project. On June 7, 1776, a fellow by the name of Richard Henry Lee...
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ACFW New Releases: July 2023July 2023 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary...
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The lesson of all those boxes…by Allie Pleiter @alliepleiter “We have a lot of books,” I warned the man from the moving company. He smiled and waved a hand in the air in a...
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Tips on Writing a Counseling Sceneby Kathy Maresca @so_tweet Write what you know. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings took this advice from her agent to heart. She wrote a story set in...
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Seeing the Bright Side of RejectionBy Lori Domingo @loridomingo22 To say that I was beyond excited to be nearing the finish line of my MFA program would be an understatement. I...
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The Poetry in our Fictionby Susan Lyttek @SusanLyttek On the day I’m writing this, I just wrote a personal blog post about our poetic God and how God uses poetry to...
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Travel Inspirationby Marguerite Martin Gray As a reader I can travel to the ends of the earth in nay era through the pages of a good book. Imagine how many...
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What’s In Your Corner?by Chandra Lynn Smith Writers are a different sort. If you disagree with me, ask your family what they think. In our family of six, my oldest...
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ACFW Storyfest (Takeover Blitz and GIVEAWAY!)Welcome to the Takeover Blitz for ACFW Storyfest , hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours ! You are Invited ACFW Storyfest...
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Gary the Groundhog Saved My ColumnBy Jenny Powell It all started when I moved my medical office into the second story of a professional building with giant windows facing Highway...
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2023 ACFW Lifetime Achievement Recipient James Scott BellFor immediate release ACFW Announces 2023 Lifetime Achievement Recipient James Scott Bell Palm Bay, FL: The American Christian...
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Unexpected Perks (or Blessings) from being an Authorby Marilyn Turk @MarilynTurk Someone once said, “I don’t enjoy writing, but I enjoy having written.” I have to agree with that statement. While...
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What I Learned Selling my Books in a BarBy Sara Davison @SaraDavison19 As soon as we walked into the room, we knew we were wasting our time. A friend of mine and I had been invited to...
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Pitching With Grace and PerseveranceBy Barbara M. Britton @BarbaraMBritton My pitching days began in 2008. I have pitched to agents and editors in the General Market and to those...
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ACFW New Releases: June 2023June 2023 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary...
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Championing the Next (Current?) Great Awakeningby M.D. House @Real_HouseMD I’m no expert on the periods of Christian revival in North America (often spreading farther than that), but there...
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What Makes a Good Novel?By B.D. Lawrence @BDLawrence3 “There are bad novels and good novels…but that is the only distinction in which I see any meaning…the only...
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Why Poetry Can Make You a Better WriterBy Glynn Young @gyoung9751 Like most of my generation, I read poetry in English classes in high school. It wasn’t until I was a high school...
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Step Outside You Comfort Zone and Writeby Terry Overton Listening to my Bible Study leader speak in our recent study of Rahab, the point was made very clear to me. God asked Rahab to...
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Why I Love Critique GroupsBy Cindy Ervin Huff @Cindyhuff11Huff One of the best ways I’ve improved my writing over the years is in my critique groups. I’ve learned so...
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What is Stronger than a Mother’s Love?by Ifueko Ogbomo As a writer of Biblical Fiction, I often ponder about the lives of the Bible’s heroes and heroines. Given that it’s Mother’s...
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How I Started Writingby Angela Hunt Hel-looo, ACFW! This is my first blog post here, so I thought I’d introduce myself to those of you I’ve not had the pleasure of...
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The Strength of WaitingBy Tara Johnson @TaraMinistry “A watched pot never boils.” I heard that phrase a hundred times while growing up, and every time I was chided...
