“I heard you’re writing a book?” “Well, I’m not writing it, exactly…” Its easy to get discouraged, isn’t it? The right words don’t seem to come, or a deadline looms (or passes!), or someone doesn’t “get” what you’re writing. Family emergencies arrive, bills have to be paid, crises come and go. […]
On Nature and… Nature
(“Or, a consideration of the meaning of ‘nature’ in which Joe uses many quotation marks and funny words”) Toward the end of his autobiographical Surprised by Joy, C. S. Lewis writes about meeting lifelong friend A. K. Hamilton Jenkin: “…Jenkin seemed to be able to enjoy everything; even ugliness. I […]
CWG Blog News
This year’s online conference was fruitful as always . Congratulations to all our participants who pitched to publishers this round — watch this spot for updates on the progress of those projects. Laura Lowder is already busy organizing the 2013 online conference. Mark your calendars for March 4-15, 2013. She […]
The Beauty of All Things
“God looked at everything he had made, and found it very good.” (Gen 1:31)Beauty is a prophet. It points us toward God. A flower, a field, or a sunset inspires us. These in-spire, or “breathe in”, to us something of God’s truth. The dangerous or dark inspires us as well. […]
Before You, Life and Death
I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the LORD, your God, obeying his voice, and holding fast to him… (Dt 30:19; cf […]
Welcome to the 30K for Christ
As we embark upon Holy Week, we are also opening a month of writing dedicated to our Lord. A few years ago, when National Novel Writing Month was just a November event, several of us on the Guild got to talking about how it didn’t fit our needs. Some of […]
30K for Christ Coming in April
In April, we’ll again be hosting the 30K for Christ Writing Challenge. This is a CWG Members and Guests only challenge What is 30K for Christ? In the month of April, we challenge you to write 30,000 words. In one sense, it’s like NaNo, because words count, but that’s where […]