Inspire Christian Writers – Equipping Writers to Inspire the World

What If You Can’t Write?

May 22, 2020 8

What if you can’t write, not because of “writer’s block” but circumstances that weigh you down? […]

Improving Your Craft: Inspire’s Online Critique Groups

March 29, 2014 Comments Off

Writers write. Usually locked in a room. Alone. For hours. We emerge for potty breaks and coffee breaks. Then we hide back in our room […]

Critique Group Etiquette

March 25, 2011 Comments Off

Successful critique groups use proper etiquette. All of our Inspire Critique Groups use the following guidelines in our meeting: When you submit a manuscript for […]

Waiting for “The Right Moment”

July 7, 2014 Comments Off

“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what? […]

Magic in Becoming

October 8, 2022 13

I can’t really tell you an exact time or place in which I “became” a writer, but I’d love to share with you the tale […]

How Writing Is Like Exercising

July 6, 2015 7

The cell phone alarm beeps me into consciousness at 5:20 am. Yes, it’s o-dark-thirty and I’m waking up to go to spin class. Why? That’s […]

Christmas Letters that Get Read

November 23, 2011 Comments Off

With the Christmas season approaching, each of us will receive our share of letters filled with family cheer. Do you wonder if yours will get […]

What Material Did You Acquire?

January 19, 2017 6

According to author Willa Cather, “Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.” Her words hit home […]

Show, Don’t Tell: Engaging the Five Senses

February 4, 2023 Comments Off

I have fallen in love with imaginative prayer, also known as Ignatian Contemplation. In the Ignatian tradition, this form of prayer meshes the heart and […]