Category Archives: Honored Alumni

Spiritual Impact of Pretend People by Kristen Heitzmann

Posted on October 4, 2013 by kristenheitzmann

“If travail has a purpose, let me find it now. If honor needs a taker, O Lord me endow. If wisdom is a garment, let me wear it well: if goodness needs a champion, help me dark dispel.”  ~ Quillan Shepard … Continue reading →

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Don’t Make Me Cry by Elizabeth Goddard

Posted on October 3, 2013 by bethrachg

When I’m reading a good book, I’m sorry, but I don’t want to cry. Except isn’t that the sign that a book is good? When the tears come on? Don’t misunderstand, I still want a good book to bring on the … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong with My Taste in Novels? by James L. Rubart

Posted on October 1, 2013 by James L. Rubart

What’s wrong with me? Out of the five novels I’ve read over the past month, I would only recommend one of them to friends. (The one I really liked was A Cast of Stones, a fantasy novel from Bethany House.) The … Continue reading →

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A Love for Books? by Kathi Macias

Posted on September 30, 2013 by alandkathi66

Almost all writers are also readers, though not all readers are necessarily writers. But writers, readers, or both, I think we can all agree that we are thankful for books. I’ve been thinking about that a lot as we approach … Continue reading →

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Writers and Their Ilk by Maureen Lang

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Maureen Lang

This past weekend a few of us here at Christians Read attended the American Christian Fiction Writers conference in Indianapolis. It’s hard to describe the blessing of being in a room (a crowded room!) filled not only with others who … Continue reading →

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Maybe I Don’t Hate My Kindle by James L. Rubart

Posted on September 17, 2013 by James L. Rubart

I never hated it. I just didn’t like giving up the tactile sensation of feeling a book in my fingers. Being able to turn back ten pages in a blink, not a series of clicks. I liked being able to … Continue reading →

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Word Treasures by Kathi Macias

Posted on September 9, 2013 by alandkathi66

I recently had the most enjoyable experience of going to see an old friend—“old,” as in older than I am, and those friends are becoming few and far between these days. This friend’s name is Linda, and to be truthful, … Continue reading →

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What’s My Line?

Posted on September 9, 2013 by lynettesowell

   My husband and I play a game sometimes when we’re watching a movie we’ve never seen before. I was the one to start initiating this little game. At first, he told me, “Stop it, Honey. That’s not funny. Hush.” … Continue reading →

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Discovering Books

Posted on September 5, 2013 by bethrachg

In a world of millions of authors and even more books, discoverability has never been easy. While the shift into the digital age has created new avenues of promotion, anyone can get published and everyone is promoting—more than ever.  But … Continue reading →

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Sanga Na Langa! by James L. Rubart

Posted on September 3, 2013 by James L. Rubart

Sanga Na Langa means, No Worries, in the Fijian language. Yes, I was in Fiji with my family for the past ten days. My friend and fellow author, Beth Carson hosted my wife and two sons at her resort home, … Continue reading →

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Love in the Air Releases today!

Posted on September 1, 2013 by bethrachg

I’ve always wanted to write a hot air balloon story, and I finally got that chance last year. I’m pleased to share that LOVE IN THE AIR releases today! If you enjoy sweet romances–this is your kind of story.  Back … Continue reading →

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Musings from the Evergreen State by Kathi Macias

Posted on August 26, 2013 by alandkathi66

As I write this I’m looking out the picture window at gray Washington skies, blanketing green trees, green ferns, green grass…well, you get the idea. Washington is known as the Evergreen State for a reason, right? And that fact has … Continue reading →

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Where Do We Get Ideas? by Elizabeth Goddard

Posted on August 22, 2013 by bethrachg

Novelists often get ideas from what intrigues us. We’re all different, so what intrigues me will be different than what catches your interest. As a novelist, I hope I find an audience—a group of people with whom my stories resonate—preferably … Continue reading →

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Death by a Thousand Cuts by Maureen Lang

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Maureen Lang

Okay, the title of this blog post may be a slight (no, huge) exaggeration to describe my last couple of weeks, but hey, being a writer I’m drawn to the dramatic. It all started with my family vacation to Nashville. … Continue reading →

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What Novelists REALLY Do When You Think They’re Writing by James L. Rubart

Posted on August 20, 2013 by James L. Rubart

So you want to know what novelists are doing when their novels aren’t being written? Some friends of ours (Robin Lee Hatcher, Kristen Billerbeck, Terri Blackstock, and Angela Hunt) put this vid a few years ago, but the message remains … Continue reading →

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