A Roadside Confession
by Sarah Hamaker This is part one of a short story I wrote a few years ago. Enjoy! It’s always startling to find out your mother has a secret, especially when it’s not an ordinary, run-of-the-mill secret, but an I’ve-never-told-a-living-soul secret. My mother, Norma Jane Brookings, began unburdening this secret with a simple phone call. […]
July 2019 New Releases in Christian Fiction
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Hometown Hope by Laurel Blount — In the three years since her mother’s death, widower Hoyt Bradley’s daughter, Jess, hasn’t spoken—until she suddenly begs him to save her favorite bookstore from closing. Hoyt is desperate to […]
Joe A. Bowden Uses Chemistry for Murder
Joe A. Bowden Ph.D. a former biochemistry professor, technical writer, a member of the SCBWI and ACFW. He is published in both secular and Christian fields, and has taught at national and regional writer’s conferences. An Eagle Scout born and raised in Dolores, Colorado, Joe currently lives in Corvallis, Montana. Why did you start writing […]
How Does Deb Brammer Title Her Books?
For more than 40 years, Deb Brammer has written for Christian publication and served as a full-time missionary in Taiwan and New Zealand. In her books, you’ll find realistic characters who deal with cross-cultural experiences and care about ministry. Her most recent series is the Art Spotlight Mysteries. How do you come up with titles […]