For thousands of years, writing has been one of the primary ways we communicate. Story has existed even longer. Even if youโve never written, youโve been telling stories for your whole life. Stories to mum about how your sibling pushed you, stories about princesses and princes, stories to your friends about what happened to you…
How to please the Spirit of God? How to create something He delights in? Iโve had many beautiful moments of the Spirit telling me how much He loves what Iโm creating. Thereโs no feeling quite like it: knowing the Holy Spirit is enjoying what you have made. How to do this though? It doesnโt seem…
Itโs hard to believe sometimes that the creator of the universe would stoop so low to use us and our work. But the thing is, we arenโt low when weโre in Christ, He sees us as partners and his own children. Princes and princesses in the greatest kingdom of all. He wants to use my…
Letโs start at the very beginning. When did I start writing stories? My earliest memory of story writing was likely when I was four. I was stood by our deep blue couches with the green striped arm covers while mum sat with a pen in her hand. I dictated a story about a group of…
To me, a description is something that paints a place, person, emotion – and so much more. It can either leave your reader feeling bored and with a blank page, or can spark pictures in their brain and begin to reveal the aesthetic and mood of your book. Of course, we all want the former…
There are hundreds of ways for a book idea to spark in our minds. For me, dreams play a big part in this. I can think of three or four book ideas which started from dreams, just off the top of my head. I believe they are a gift from God, a sort of vision,…
A few years back I finished writing the first draft of my second novel. It was done and dusted, and (as I had no intentions of editing said novel) I was ready to dive into writing my third book. The ideas were plentiful, from period dramas to adventure sci-fi, I had plenty to go off….