Living the dream to educate underprivileged Indonesian children

A young author is on the fast track to fulfilling her dream of educating underprivileged children in Indonesia. A few months after our LittWorld 2015 conference, Tiur Faith Saj Purba, 25, launched her autobiographical book 0.1 Hectares School, published by Christian publisher Metanoia. She and co-author Ariska Amir tell describe Tiur’s childhood, attending a neighborhood
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We All Need An Editor

By Stephanie Rische When people hear I wrote a book after being an editor for over a dozen years, they often ask me: “So, since you’re an editor, you probably didn’t need much editing, right?” WRONG. Here’s the thing: I can be objective and incisive about other people’s stories, ruthlessly chopping out stories that need
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Producing Biblically-centered, Culturally-relevant Children’s Curriculum

Jeanette Windle is an award-winning novelist, author of 16 fiction titles, missions journalist, editor and collaborative writer. She grew up in South America, has lived in 6 countries and traveled in more than 30. Jeanette represents BCM International, whose core Genesis-to-Revelation children’s curriculum, Footsteps of Faith, and children’s ministry leadership training curriculum, In Step with
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Love Letters

By Joy Angela Valdez “Joy, girl, people don’t take time to write letters anymore. Snail mail is no longer in fashion!” My friend Marsha was lamenting once again the loss of yet another tradition. Although she is many years younger than me, like me, she has a heart for writing and mourns the death of
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Influence a Younger Generation

Do you want to be instrumental in changing a generation? Consider writing for youth. Pastor Ronald Molmisa of the Philippines authored the bestselling Lovestruck series by OMF Literature. His books about love, courtship and marriage influence teenagers and adolescents in particular. Consider these three W’s to be effective in writing for a younger generation: 1.
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Spirited Children’s Book Writing

What’s the secret of writing compelling children’s books? Learn tips from Emily Lim, an award-winning children’s author in Singapore. Watch the short video below for details. Be Less of a “Tell-Tale” Don’t narrate. Add dialogue, show action and create an emotional connection with your reader. Strong Beginning A compelling beginning will keep the reader turning
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Chile: Writers Gain Strong Foundation

Omar Cisneros had been a skeptic from an anti-Christian background.  But now he serves in his first pastorate, shepherding a small Baptist church. Pastor Omar  dreams of writing his own story to reach skeptics. (See front row in photo below.) In January he joined six other new writers for MAI’s creative writing workshop in Santiago,
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A light, switched on for the writer’s soul

By Grace D. Chong, Philippines Writing is a calling that is both happy and lonely. That statement seems to oversimplify my writing quotient. Let me illustrate through my own emotional pie chart. Writing is 100% grace, sliced into 96% happy and only 4% lonely—but that small number could be lethal. Imagine my excitement, then, when
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The Inconvenient Truth

By Josil Gonzales, Philippines Like many Christians today, first century Corinthians believed that adversity was inconsistent with the Spirit-filled life. Paul needed to remind them that affliction, hardship, persecution and being struck down are part of the normal Christian life (2 Cor. 4:8-9). Paul’s opponents claimed that God’s power is manifest best through signs, wonders
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A Legacy of Equipping Malaysian Writers

Stemmah Sariau from Sabah, East Malaysia, was a tireless trainer of writers, translators and editors in Malaysia. Even though she was nursing a bad cough, in early November she came to LittWorld 2015 in Singapore, because she was passionate about her calling and wanted every opportunity to hone her skills. Less than a week after
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