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For Those Who Write: Three People Who Steal Your Writing Joy

You can pour yourself into what you write and leave a trail of blood, sweat, and tears along the way, only to produce low sales numbers and tepid responses. · Paul Regnier

Where There’s a Will

If Christian authors allow their voices to be silenced, fantasy readers will feed upon an appalling worldview. · Janalyn Voigt

Since Reading Changes Us . . .

Christians have a great opportunity to serve as prophetic voices, as voices of warning, that these trends don’t end well · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Biblical Encouragement For The Struggling Author

Marion Hill, author of the United Kammbia series, urges a struggling author to rediscover biblical purposes. · Marion Hill

A Whole New World

One of the most common pieces of writing advice is “Write what you know.” I took a big risk and wrote about something I didn’t know, and my eyes and mind were opened. · Mark Carver

Getting The Most Out Of Conferences

What makes the expense of traveling to a conference, paying for tuition and room and board, spending two or more days away from family and the regular routine of life, worth it? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Plowing Of Hades

When we speculate, it becomes a story. When God speculates, it becomes reality. · R. L. Copple

How To Do “New”

What will be the next work of speculative fiction to capture the world’s imagination? And perhaps, more importantly, what role will Christians have in the speculative fiction literary universe? · Wayne Thomas Batson

Winter Challenge Winner; Fiction Goals

Special thanks to all who participated in the 2013 Spec Faith 2013 End-of-the-Year Writing Challenge–those who entered, who voted in either or both first rounds, who gave feedback to the writers, and who were part of choosing our winner. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Real Life Meets Fiction

If we are to speak the truth in real life, then we should be speaking the truth in our stories. If we are to edify one another in real life, then our stories should edify. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

No Pressure

Writers live on the edge of expectation. Unpublished authors live with the expectation of editors for crisp writing, fresh stories, yet ones that aren’t so far “out there” that readers will not want to go on the reading journey with them. The expectation is that writers will find that razor thin balance between the comfortably familiar and the inventively original. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Inspiration From Surprising Sources

While back, I read a used copy of Ursula K. LeGuin’s The Left Hand of Darkness. And thought, Oh-oh – have I read this already? Parts of it look familiar. · Yvonne Anderson

11 Ways To Stalk Inspiration

One of the most asked questions I get when speaking to schools about my writing is “Where do you get your ideas?” and similarly, “How do you find inspiration to write?”. It’s a fun question to answer because my answer […] · Christopher Miller

Perseverance and Philippians 2:12-13, Part 2

If you are at all familiar with the difficult time Christian speculative fiction has had getting a foothold in the market, you understand our need to persevere—both as readers and as authors. · Robert Treskillard

The Mystery Of Love and Writing

Writing a book, like finding love, is a sacred pursuit. No one can tell you how to do it any more than they can tell you how to fall in love. It just doesn’t work that way. It’s not a […] · Christopher Miller

The Sincerest Form Of Flattery

When we strum chords to accompany the song in our hearts, or sand a tabletop to release the wood’s beauty, or write a story that echoes God’s, I expect He’d call that the sincerest form of flattery. · Yvonne Anderson
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