Talk Like You’re in a Book (Building a Better Christian Novel Pt 5)

I review Christian books, mostly nonfiction ones but I do get a Christian Fiction novel or two each month. Occasionally I’ll get one that I enjoy, and frequently I’ll give 3 or 4 stars just because I know the author means well and it’s not too terrible. However, most of the time I’m just not …

Create Wonder (Building a Better Christian Novel Pt 4)

I review Christian books, mostly nonfiction ones but I do get a Christian Fiction novel or two each month. Occasionally I’ll get one that I enjoy, and frequently I’ll give 3 or 4 stars just because I know the author means well and it’s not too terrible. However, most of the time I’m just not …

In Search of the Common Good by Jake Meador

What does it mean to have a community? What does one do when it becomes clear that one needs community and isn't sure where to start? Jake Meador gets into those questions and related ones in his book In Search of the Common Good. It's an interesting mix of memoir about living in a small …

5 Tips for Getting Through NaNoWriMo

November is coming up, which means NaNoWriMo (or National Novel Writing Month) has come again. In this an annual event, you take a month to write a story that’s 50,000 words long, the equivalent of a good-sized novel. This is a big task, so here are five strategies that may help you get through NaNoWriMo: …