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Contest Winners
Summer Dreaming Contest Winner: How to Get Back in the Water
Congratulations Malcolm Mackinnon on your winning entry in our Summer Dreaming Writing Contest. “Will there be sharks?” My daughter’s question interrupted me as I gazed […]
Craft of Writing
10 Ways to Strengthen Our Characters
March 3, 2012
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Readers want strong main characters. No one wants to read a story with a weak one. I knew that. Really I did. Why, then, did […]
Editor Interview
Dana Sudboro: Excellence in Editing
August 12, 2014
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Inspire Christian Writers member Dana Sudboro joined the group in 2007 and fondly remembers the days when all of Inspire was one tiny group, moderated […]
Contest Winners
Great Openings Contest Nonfiction 3rd Place: Never Far From Home by Mabel Ninan
Never Far from Home I opened my eyes and fought back the dread as I watched my husband pack his laptop. It was a typical […]
Getting Published
Cinderella: a Writer’s Journey
July 23, 2011
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In a day where technology is racing along at the speed of light and publishing houses are playing the odds on e-books—while scrambling to stay […]
Spiritual Life
Writing Is a Joy—and a Discipline God Uses
Writing is a joy. When the ideas are coming and the words are flowing, minutes slide into hours and I am lost in the joy […]
Spiritual Life
What’s In Your Hand?
Not long ago, I spent a week at the Oregon Christian Writer’s Conference. I flew from Portland straight to San Diego, where my husband, Mike, […]
Writing and Technology
Overcoming Tech Fears: A Personal Voyage of Discovery (Part 1)
Navigating the web and the dark void of the Internet terrified me. Like hiking through a cave with spider webs brushing my face. I wasn’t a web explorer, I was a muralist […]
Author Interview
From Tears to Triumph: An Interview with Linda Bello-Ruiz
March 18, 2014
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Christian author Linda (Cassells) Bello-Ruiz has written an award-winning memoir called From Tears to Triumph, My Journey to The House of Hope. Originally from Redwood […]
