The Editing Process of Sharon K. Connell
Sharon K. Connell has visited 44 states and has also traveled to Canada and Mexico. Her novels reflect experiences she’s had during that time. Her genre, Christian romantic suspense, sometimes has a little mystery, but always humor. She also writes short stories in other genres. Why did you start writing romantic suspense novels? Sharon: Romantic... Read More
January 2019 New Releases in Christian Fiction
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More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Amish Romance: Seasons of an Amish Garden by Amy Clipston — Enjoy a year of beautiful seasons in this new story collection, as young Amish couples manage a community garden and harvest friendships and love along the way. (Amish Romance... Read More
Why You Might Want to Stay Away From Pies Baked by Mary Ball
Mary L. Ball is a multi-published Christian author. She lives in North Carolina and enjoys fishing and ministering in song with her hubby at various functions. Her books are about small-town romance, suspense and mystery influenced by the grace of Jesus Christ. What’s the weirdest way someone has died or been killed in your novels?... Read More
December 2018 New Releases in Christian Fiction
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Amish Romance: The Amish Sweet Shop by Laura Bradford, Mary Ellis, and Emma Miller — It’s almost Valentine’s Day at Beechy’s Sweets, where the Amish gifts of love and faith are even sweeter than the home-made candy. In The Sweetest... Read More
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
