How Carole Brown Picks Her Book Settings
A member of many writing groups, Carole Brown enjoys mentoring beginning writers. An author of 10 books, she loves to weave suspense and tough topics into her books. She and her husband reside in Ohio but have ministered and counseled nationally and internationally. What’s the hardest part of writing romantic suspense? Carole: Keeping instances in... Read More
Where Linda Shenton Matchett Gets Her Best Ideas
Linda Shenton Matchett is an author, speaker and history geek. A native of Baltimore, Md., she was born a stone’s throw from Fort McHenry and has lived in historic places all her life. She is a volunteer docent at the Wright Museum of WWII. When do you find time to write? Linda: I’m a very... Read More
What Was Ada Belle Brownell’s Dream Job?
Ada Belle Brownell is the author of nine books. She loves inspirational historical suspense. When she plots, it’s all about putting challenges and disaster into the lives of fictional characters, and it sometimes hurts her as well. She wept three times over one section of Love’s Delicate Blossom. What’s the hardest part of writing romantic... Read More
November 2018 New Releases in Christian Fiction
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Christmas in Jingle Junction by Tabitha Bouldin — In the small town of Jingle Junction, Holly Winters owns the local coffee shop, Jolly Java. It’s here that she meets Patrick Cooper and promptly throws coffee everywhere. Not only... Read More
Where Does Virginia Vaughn Find Her Inspiration?
Author Virginia Vaughan was a lover of books from a young age, devouring tales of romance, danger and love. She soon started writing them herself. Her current release, Deadly Christmas Duty, is her ninth book for Love Inspired Suspense and the second in her Covert Operatives series. What’s the hardest part of writing romantic suspense?... Read More
Resolving Tension
This post originally ran on the ACFW blog in June 2018. As writers, we work with tension all the time—without tension, our stories would sag and our heroes and heroines would have very boring relationships. But this blog is about the tension we experience between what we want to work on and what we have... Read More
Which Character Did Anne Baxter Campbell Regret Killing?
Anne Baxter Campbell is a multi-published author of Christian books which contain abundant romance in the pages of historical conundrums. She’s a mom and grandma active in church and community as well as a writer of blogs and books. Have you ever regretted killing off a character? Why? Anne: Yes. Loukas (the one I figured... Read More
Find Out Amy R Anguish’s Writing Essential
Amy grew up a preacher’s kid, and has lived in seven southern states. Currently, she resides in Tennessee with her husband and children. Amy graduated from Freed-Hardeman University and intends to glorify God by writing stories that show while Christians face real struggles, it can still work out for good. What is your favorite spot... Read More
October 2018 New Releases in Christian Fiction
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: A Christmas to Remember by Julie Arduini, Valerie Comer, Janet W. Ferguson, Kimberly Rose Johnson, Deb Kastner, Elizabeth Maddrey, Lindi Peterson, and Ginger Solomon — Eight authors from the popular blog Inspy Romance each share a Christmas-themed novella... Read More
Coffee and Chocolate Power Tanya Eavenson
Tanya Eavenson is an international bestselling and award-winning inspirational romance author. She enjoys spending time with her husband and their three children. Her favorite pastime is grabbing a cup of coffee, eating chocolate and reading a good book. What’s the hardest part of writing romantic suspense? Tanya: I think the hardest part is writing the... Read More
