For years, I worked in the legal field, so when I went to work as a pastor's secretary, and he asked me to draft a letter, you can imagine the letters would need a different "tone." On occasion, the pastor would return a letter and ask me to soften it. Why? Because a...

I’m not a fan of the word edgy when it refers to Christian fiction. Why does the term bother me? Edgy is a subjective word. What is edgy for some writers is over the edge for some. I find that for some authors edgy means they should push the limit. Well, yes and no....

Editors will tell you they see plenty of strong first three chapters. It’s after that that the writing may tend to become less engaging, less publishable. Writers spend a lot of energy perfecting and layering those first three chapters. Those chapters become contest...