Today on Writer Wednesday we welcome Mesu Andrews, author of Of Fire and Lions. Enter below for a chance to win a copy of Of Fire and Lions! Winner announced right here next week. Congratulations to, Heidi Robbins, the winner of Kristy Cambron’s Castle on the Rise! Please e-mail my assistant Christen with your mailing address! Note: This… [Continue Reading]
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Want to Hang Out with Me and My Writer Friends?
So I got to hang out with some really cool writing friends this week. (Read to the end to find out how you can have days like this.) First, I hung out with author and editor Robin Patchen. She shared a ton about editing fiction. She took me step-by-step through how to edit my next novel…. [Continue Reading]
Behind the Scenes of a Prolific Writing Life
I wish I could tell you that my writing life was just as you expected it to be for one to be as prolific as I am. That I lived a simple life centered around nurturing my soul, getting inspired, and slipping away to a tidy office each day to pour out meaningful words through… [Continue Reading]
The Gift You Give God This Christmas
I have a favorite Christmas memory. I was in the sixth grade, and I received a cassette tape player that could record. After spending time at my grandparents that afternoon, my mom, step-dad, brother and myself sat around our dining room table and told stories into that recorder. It was special because it was one… [Continue Reading]
Homeschool Basics: Balancing Your Own Goals and Dreams
Congratulations to last week’s winner: Jessica Lippe — please e-mail your mailing addresses to my assistant (amy@triciagoyer.com)! Enter below for your chance to win a copy of Homeschool Basics! Balancing Your Own Goals and Dreams (from Homeschool Basics) It’s easy to think about focusing on relationships with others. It’s harder remembering that we also need to nurture… [Continue Reading]
Inspiration behind A Daring Escape
Scroll below to enter to win a copy of book one in the London Chronicles series, A Secret Courage! Growing up I never had a desire to be a missionary. In fact in church when missionaries to share I always prayed that I wouldn’t feel God’s tap on the shoulder. Honestly, I didn’t want to… [Continue Reading]
How to Encourage Your Kids to Write | Kristin L. Hanley
As an online English professor I know what it means to teach “the dreaded class.” Aside from public speaking courses, composition seems to be the most intimidating class students take. The way they tremble during introductions, you’d think I’d asked my students to swim with sharks. Although writing well can feel like jumping into deep… [Continue Reading]
How do you build deep friendships? T-I-M-E
Last week I was blessed to hang out with some of my favorite friends for four days. As I’ve mentioned before, every year I get together with a group of Christian novelists to plot, play and pray together. Each person gets one hour and fifteen minutes of plotting time. They share their book ideas, and… [Continue Reading]
You’re not just eating bon-bons! | Susan May Warren
What are you reading? I asked this question to approximately 40 aspiring writers this weekend as I sat across from them at a table during our private one-on-one sessions at the Northwestern Christian Writers Conference. A few of them would tell me of a story that they were reading, a bestseller perhaps or some obscure… [Continue Reading]
God’s Grace and Getting Rid of Stinking Thinking
As I type this note I’m heading back from the 15th annual Plot, Play, Pray retreat that I attend every year with a group of Christian novelists that I consider some of my dearest friends. Every year at the retreat we each go around and share deeper what’s been happening in our lives throughout the… [Continue Reading]
Ask Tricia: Doing it All
I get asked questions all the time. As a wife of twenty-six years, a mom of ten—seven having been adopted, a homeschooler and a writer of over 60 books people want to know how my life works. Here is one of those questions and my short answer. More to come in the coming weeks! Doing… [Continue Reading]