by Jodi Hendricks When I first dreamed of becoming an author, I pictured long mornings with a steaming cup of coffee, quiet hours of uninterrupted study, and afternoons spent at my desk letting words flow free onto a page. In my imagination, the life of a writer looked peaceful, contemplative, and wonderfully distraction free—a rhythm where inspirationand productivity danced hand in hand. The reality couldn’t be further from that picture. I am a mother of four. I homeschool each of them, which means my days are filled with math lessons, science experiments, and history discussions often conducted while folding laundry…
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2025 CAN Excellence in Marketing Awards: Second Place in Fiction Online Presence
2025 CAN Excellence in Marketing Awards: Second Place in Fiction Online Presence Next in a series of posts featuring the winners of the 2025 Christian Authors Network (CAN) Excellence in Marketing Awards. Julie Lavender won second place in the Fiction Online Presence category and describes her activities in this interview. The 2026 marketing awards will open in November 2025. CAN members, be thinking of how you can enter the awards. See the guidelines at: https://christianauthorsnetwork.com/marketing-award/ 1. Congratulations on your second-place win in the Fiction Online Presence of the CAN Excellence in Marketing Awards! What book were you marketing? A Gingerbread…
2025 CAN Excellence in Marketing Awards: First Place in Nonfiction Online Presence
2025 CAN Excellence in Marketing Awards: First Place in Nonfiction Online Presence First in a series of posts featuring the winners of the 2025 Christian Authors Network (CAN) Excellence in Marketing Awards. Janet McHenry won first place in the nonfiction Online Presence category and describes her activities here. The 2026 marketing awards will open in November 2025. CAN members, be thinking of how you can enter the awards! See the guidelines at: https://christianauthorsnetwork.com/marketing-award/ Author, title, and genre of your book? Janet Holm McHenry Praying Personalities: Finding Your Natural Prayer Style Nonfiction/Christian living Award category? Christian Author Network (CAN) Excellence in…
Fascinating Friday Feature – A Podcast, a Prayer Journal, and a Plan I Never Saw Coming
by Dawn Sanders I thought I was just writing a book. In 2020, the world shut down, and I found myself in Genesis 1, staring at a formless, empty,dark earth—and with tears in my eyes, I realized, that’s me. What began as a quiet Bible study revealed a deeper truth: God wasn’t just showing His creative power through Scripture—He was preparing to work creatively in me. What started as a private prayer journal transformed into a platform. And I never saw it coming. From Grief to a Calling After Reggie died, my world ended. I shut down, much like the…
Fascinating Friday Feature with Karin Beery – Most Valuable Lesson Learned Through Writing
Writing a novel is easy. Writing a good novel that people enjoy and want to share with others is anything but. Based on TV shows and other novels, however, you’d never know that. Fictional novelist Richard Castle somehow managed to write best-selling novels without actually doing much writing. I can’t tell you how many novels I’ve read where a character’s debut novels sell millions, making them instant celebrities without any training or experience. But those authors know better—it’s never that fast or easy. Even though I know fiction isn’t reality, that didn’t stop me from imagining my first manuscript was…
Fascinating Friday Feature: More than a Tagline with Ava Pennington
How often have you ended a prayer with “in Jesus’ name”? We say it so often, it has almost become a tagline. But how did this practice begin? Several verses in the New Testament tell us to pray in Jesus’ name, including: However, this phrase may not mean what most of us think it does! In ancient times before planes, trains, and automobiles, rulers did not have theconvenience of making a phone call or sending a telegram to convey their orders.Instead, the king would send his emissary to a distant location. And the emissary wouldsay, “I come in the name…
Fascinating Friday Feature – How Fascination Fuels Sarah Hamaker’s Writing
I’m often asked where my ideas for my romantic suspense books come from, and the answer isinevitably “everywhere and anywhere.” I’m always collecting ideas on what-if questions basedon current events or something I read or heard. I never know what will spark an idea or plotline.Sometimes, those ideas never go anywhere because once I start thinking through the situation, Irealize it’s not enough for a book or it’s too flimsy. Since I write realistic fiction, I also want the storylines to be believable. I’m more of panster (one who writes without outlining the entire book), so I try to spend…
A Chat with Author Carol Grace Stratton
Greetings from Sarah Sundin in California! Today I have the joy of interviewing multi-published author Carol Grace Stratton. Carol’s here to tell us about her latest novel! Welcome, Carol! Please tell us about your book, Deep End of the Lake. Ally Cervantes has all she wants in life—an upcoming wedding, a chance to prove herself with writing gig, and two great kids. But her life turns for the worse when the unexpected happen and she soon finds herself struggling with a rebellious teen daughter, a shaky job, and a shakier engagement. What inspired you to write this book? I know…
A Chat with Author Ellen Fannon
https://ellenfannonauthor.com/Greetings from Sarah Sundin in California! Today I have the joy of interviewing Ellen Fannon, a multi-published author, retired veterinarian, and former foster parent! Ellen’s here to share about her latest novel set, Honor Thy Father. Welcome, Ellen! Please tell us about Honor Thy Father. Honor Thy Father Episodes One and Two is the story of a family torn apart through a series of unfortunate events. The story follows each main character’s life through twenty-five years. When the patriarch of the family needs a life-saving bone marrow transplant, the family must come together and put aside misunderstandings and bitterness. It…
A Chat with Author Angela Breidenbach
Greetings from Sarah Sundin in California! Today I have the honor of interviewing author, genealogist, former CAN president, and former Mrs. Montana—Angela Breidenbach! She’s here to share about her latest novel, Song of the Rockies. Welcome, Angela! Please tell us about Song of the Rockies. With no prospects of being a mother, eleven boys landing in her lap created chaos. But when one boy goes missing, and his unexpected father shows up demanding help, can love and hope overcome fear and doubt? A beautiful tale of compassion, mothering, and unexpected love as the Wild West turns toward the new century….
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