Every once in awhile you’ll see articles that talk about how terrible Christian fiction is. As an avid reader (I read over 75 books a year) and writer (I’ve seen 20 books + 3 repackages in print in ten years) I avidly disagree. Christian fiction can fill a gaping hole in our world and communicate messages we desperately need. Can Christian fiction …
5 Steps to Creating Your Writing Ritual
As I peel the veil separating the writing process from the finished book, people often ask what my writing ritual is. I have to laugh, because I think it often looks like this photo depicts. “Five more minutes. Mommy needs five more minutes.” Any work at home mommies relate? I’d like to say that my desk always look like it does …
4 Reasons I Write
Writing can be a lonely journey. So many days it is me and my computer. It can be tough for this extrovert to invest the time day after day alone. Yet I love story. I really believe I was created to tell stories. I’ve felt God smile when I do write. I’ve felt like beating my head against a wall …
Celebrating Shadowed by Grace
Join @Cara_Putman as she celebrates Shadowed by Grace…on sale now! Click To Tweet Yesterday I received a huge surprise when I learned that Shadowed by Grace received Christian Retailing’s Best Award in Historical Fiction. To say I’m humbled and excited hardly begins to describe it. I think I scared the neighbor boys who were playing here when I got the …
Confessions of a Book Addict
I have a confession to make. I am a book addict. There is absolutely nothing recovering about it. I adore the feel of books, the smell of books, bookshelves overloaded with books. I LOVE BOOKS. In many ways, it’s why I became an author. My favorite authors as a teen (no offense, Janette Oke, Michael Phillips, Bodie Thoene, and Frank …
Media Mail & Books
The longer I write the more I get asked to read books for endorsement. It’s something I love to do…especially when it’s for a writer that I know I’ve enjoyed their prior books. I still get a little giddy thinking anyone really cares what I think about a book. Because of this, I receive a couple books a week. Last week …
Collection Collaborations: 4 Tips to a Successful Book
I love working with other writers on a collection. There’s such an energy that develops as we work together, bouncing ideas and details off each other, an energy that is hard to replicate in a solo project. So why did it work?
Movie Premieres and Book Signings, oh my!
I often talk about how writing is a hard career for an extrovert. So often my writing is done in front of a computer and I wait for electronic feedback from my agent, editors, friends, readers. It can feel solitary because the face to face contact usually comes once a year at ACFW. This past weekend, my daughter and I …
Cindy Thomson’s Writing System
Today, I am delighted to have my friend Cindy Thomson here. She’s taking part in the writing system blog tour, so welcome if this is your first time here! Cindy’s latest novel, Annie’s Stories, released July 1st — if you love turn of the century novels, you have got to check this one out. Here’s Cindy! Cindy, can you tell …
Standing Amazed!
Writing is a career that careens out of control. It’s a dream that sucks the very marrow from your bones and leaves you spent. I’m firmly convinced God has me in publishing because so much is so far outside of my control. Right when I am my most stressed and worried, He reminds me He’s in control of this journey. …