22 July 2025
In this blog post I am talking about some of the characters in my books who have found joy. I’m currently writing mainly for young children and young adults, so I am going to reference characters from these genres in my fiction, plus an additional character from one of my adult novels.
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7 July 2025
I want to share a story about finding joy in hardship. Decades ago, I was traveling through Scotland with a friend from university in her father’s little Mini Cooper. I remember visiting one of her aunts in a small village. The names of both the aunt and the village, escape me now, but I vividly remember, my encounter with that woman.
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18 June 2025
Were it not for the pages of the Bible, I would not have been able to write any of my Christian books. From the very beginning of my journey as a Christian author, God’s word has guided and inspired me to write the kind of fiction that, hopefully, is honouring to Him. In one of my posts this month, I speak about the still-small-voice of conscience. In a similar way, I believe the regular reading of the Bible is filling my brain with wholesome thoughts and life-giving messages that I attempt to capture in my writing.
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2 June 2025
There are many promises in the Bible that God will lead those who seek Him. Jesus exhorts His disciples to ask, seek and knock. He promised them that after He had been taken up into heaven, He would send a Counsellor, the Holy Spirit.
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12 May 2025
The Link Between Inspiration and My Books - Ever since I was a vague, dreamy, young girl, I have been blessed by God with an active imagination and I have often found inspiration for my writing in the ordinary, the everyday.
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1 May 2025
I have drawn on so many sources of inspiration throughout my life, but for the purposes of this blog, I would like to talk about Four Amazing Springs which have nurtured my creativity for decades: Natural Beauty, Gloriously Powerful Music, Courageous Biblical Characters and Stand-Out Bible Verses.
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22 April 2025
In April 2024 in celebration of World Book Day, I was very privileged to be invited to speak to the learners of Grace Primary School in Pinelands, Cape Town about my Christian books, and about Christian writing in general. The invitation came from the librarian, Judy McCromb, but it was the Headmaster who had searched for Christian writers on google and came up with my name, who had requested the invite.
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10 April 2025
How embracing the good news has helped me in my writing Good news makes us very happy. Sometimes ecstatically so. The Springboks lift the Webb Ellis World Cup rugby trophy. All over the country, fans celebrate uninhibitedly. They come out in their numbers to cheer the Boks who are bussed through their streets. A student […]
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2 April 2025
Photo courtesy of Freeimages.com I have an important question for you to consider: Is Christianity inclusive or exclusive? What do we mean by this? We are considering Christianity in the religious context, and asking whether this religion includes all people, or whether it excludes some people. There is a misconception here that I would like […]
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