by Tessa Afshar Have you ever wondered why Esther’s initial response to Mordecai’s cry for help was essentially, “I can’t”? She may have come to her position for just such a time as this, but Esther was so focused on the impossibility of her situation that she almost missed her calling. I have often wondered if Esther’s childhood had something …
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by Peter Leavell You’ve been writing your first work like a crazy woman or a madman, and suddenly, you wonder what happens next. Doubt in your writing is like cruising your bike along a trail and someone shoving an iron rod through the spokes. Or thinking the earth is a giant Peanut M&M and you dig a hole through the …
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The Annual Cascade Writing Contest recognizes excellence in writing and encourages both emerging and published writers. by David Rawlings How Entering Writing Contests Makes You a Winner It goes against our Western ethos to say you don’t need to win a competition you’re entering. But if you focus just on winning a writing contest, you may be overlooking the many …
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Mesu Andrews Newsletters, blogs, social media or podcasts? Which one of these should you focus on? When God created time, He gave all of us 24 hours in a day. Abraham, David, and even Jesus had the same 24 hours we do—but they never had to market indie books or impress a literary agent! I’ve tried all four of the …
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by Roseanna White There are so many things in the writing life that we don’t get to decide, that we have no control over—chief among them being how other people react to our work, whether they’re agents, editors, or readers. We can’t control whether we get contracts or good reviews. What we can control is how we react. We decide …
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Oregon Christian Writers Founded in 1963, we are an organization of writers, both amateur and professional, who are Christians. Our members write for both ministry and markets.
