Writing for Social Justice and Community Development

Learn how to address issues facing your community, such as: health, injustice, addictions, migration, unemployment, conflict, violence, etc. Alice Philip of Tearfund will share examples from her work and offer input to those wanting to write books, resources or creative work. She is passionate about seeing Christians reflecting on challenges communities face with the mind
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Write for the Web

How can writers maximize opportunities for writing online that complement traditional publishing models? You’ll learn from a veteran journalist about the difference between writing for web and print, niche writing, covering trending topics, and options for reaching a global audience. You’ll also hear from an avid blogger about how to start and sustain blogging, and
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How to Write Biblical Fiction

You’ll learn how to write biblical fiction in this webinar with award-winning author Mesu Andrews of the USA. Mesu Andrews’ deep understanding of and love for God’s Word brings the biblical world alive through her bestselling novels. She and her husband, Roy, live in a log cabin snuggled into the beautiful Appalachian Mountains with their
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Master MS Word, Save Hours Editing and Formatting

Authors and editors work every day in word processing programs like Microsoft Word, but they often fail to take advantage of the software’s complete capabilities to edit and format their manuscripts. Learn tips on these features of Word that will save you valuable time: • Paragraph and Character Styles • List and Tables • Footnotes
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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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A Chinese Girl’s Christmas in Asia: No turkey died in the process

By Sofina Tan, Singapore I only began to truly celebrate Christmas when I was 16 years old. And I am glad to say that no turkey died in the process. You see, I became a Christian at age 16 in a Hakka Church in Singapore. Hakka is a Chinese dialect that I never learnt to
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I Knew Nothing

Meet Nur Un Nabi, one of many worthy candidates for whom we are seeking to raise scholarships to attend ‪‬‬LittWorld 2015, our unique Christian publishing conference. By Nur Un Nabi, Bangladesh “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to
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Waking the Dragon

Last month Jenny Young attended “My Story for His Glory,” a Christian writer workshop and retreat in South Africa. Led by fiction author and MAI trainer Joan Campbell and author Mandy Hackland, the week-end retreat was attended by 13 writers. They chose between two tracks: fiction and devotional writing. Jenny, who works in a secondary
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No One Cried at My Friend’s Funeral

By John Gathuku, Kenya Yesterday we lay to rest the man who literally took me to church. No one cried at the funeral; his wife and children didn’t shed a tear. He was our neighbor and a faithful choir member at a church in our hometown. He brought me along when he went for choir
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The Nativity Painting

By Sharon Rose Estores Montojo, Philippines/USA For the last six years, my family and I have been decorating the house in preparation for Christmas. We usually start with putting up the Christmas tree. This means bringing out items I have stored since last year like the stockings, tree-shaped candles, snowman cookie jars and Christmas village
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