09/06/2024
Now more than ever, in our violent and uncertain world, children need wholesome literature, stories that give them hope and help them believe in their future. Stories centred on acceptable morals that teach them valuable lessons about life. Exciting, engaging stories that will intrigue them as they follow their protagonists through the plot twists of […]
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26/05/2024
It has been my great delight to write both fantasy and more realistic fiction for young adult readers. As I’m writing Christian fiction, my hope is that my readers will learn some key Christian principles as they read my books. However, I’m very conscious of the fact that my stories must fascinate my readers, so […]
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05/05/2024
You’ve been deeply hurt. Someone has blackened your name. Deserted you. Your mind is churning. You can’t sleep. Like Macbeth, your mind is full of ‘scorpions’. You’re desperate for the poison to stop doing its work, but you’re powerless to block damaging thoughts that are flooding your brain. How do you find peace? How do […]
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21/04/2024
Faced with the vast range of titles in all sorts of different genres, how do you even begin to write a book that people will want to read? What can you contribute to the world of literature that hasn’t already been done? How can you be original…unique…interesting? The good news for us writers is this: […]
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14/04/2024
In our 21st-century world, it’s very difficult to contemplate what the world was like before the arrival of the Internet. How did writers do their research? Going to physical libraries? There, too, they would have verified their facts. Or maybe some of them had huge tomes at home, like the complete Encyclopaedia Britannica in goodness […]
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10/03/2024
As the world is changing so fast, and young adults are faced with so many challenges and distractions that weren’t around merely a few years ago, I would argue that this is the most challenging group of people to gain interest. Forgive my generalisation, but I suspect that a vast majority of this group doesn’t […]
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25/02/2024
If you want to be appreciated by your readers, it’s absolutely essential that you get your facts right. Not only does this apply to non-fiction writing, but also it’s very important for fiction writers. So, whatever genre you are writing in, make sure you sound authentic. Your readers need to suspend their disbelief for a […]
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04/02/2024
If it was up to you, would you choose to live a life completely free of any suffering? No illness. No close family members dying. No money problems. Always having enough to go around.
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21/01/2024
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9,10) Why in the world would Solomon say that? Maybe because if you don’t fear God, you’re likely to go through life quite casually.
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