By Til Turner Literature is filled with powerful settings, such as forests, seas, deserts, islands and cathedrals. But no setting is more ubiquitous than the house. Yes, home is a familiar location loaded with memories, anxieties, successes and failures. It is the shelter of family values and often the location for coming of age. For…
Guest Blog from Linda J. White, 9/22 Webinar Speaker Writers upload seventy million new blog posts every month to WordPress. Each has the potential to reach the 409 million readers who regularly access blogs on that platform. That’s just one platform, and one type of online writing. The Internet is truly an ocean of readers…
I’ve been thinking a lot about prayers and writing these past few years. I’ve always loved that ACFW has a prayer room staffed with volunteers during the conference, and I’ve taken advantage of both praying and volunteering. Prayer is also top of mind because CCWF recently published an anthology of prayers for writers, which we…
By Sarah Hamaker, CCWF President Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about my ideal reader. Who is she? What does she like to do? What does she read? Where does she live? What is her family life like? What draws her to pick up a book? What does she like to feel after reading a…
