Lisa Stilwell, a veteran of Christian publishing, shares her experiences and tips. She rose to the position of senior acquisitions editor with major Christian publishing houses, and then moved into authoring devotionals and ghostwriting memoir for Christian leaders and people from the music industry.
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Gracewriters Podcast #75: Kelly Needham on chasing our dreams vs having enduring impact
Kelly Needham – podcaster, mother of five, women’s minister and author of PURPOSEFOOLED and FRIEND-ISH – has a personal, powerful and honest message about how to resist the pressures popular culture puts on our writing goals, and where and how to find contentment.
Gracewriters Podcast #74 – Classic Replay: Am I called to write?
We celebrate four years of the podcast with a classic episode: AM I CALLED TO WRITE? – a question that confronts and confuses many Christian writers. We discuss ways to discern calling and strategies to help us choose who we listen to as we decide the way forward.
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- Gracewriters Podcast #73 – Classic Replay: Tackling imposter syndrome
- Gracewriters Podcast 72 – Classic Replay: What is Gracewriting?
- Gracewriters Podcast #71: Buck Storm on writing literary fiction from the heart
- Gracewriters Podcast #70: Romance novelist Alison Joy on using research to create authentic fiction
- Gracewriters Podcast #69: Billie Jauss on Gracewriting amid busyness, shame, and distraction
- Gracewriters Podcast #68: Poet Jodie McCarthy on seasons of the writing life
- Gracewriters Podcast #67: Donita Bundy on Gracewriting for the ‘End Times’
- Gracewriters Podcast #66: Jason Jones on book marketing, especially at Christmas
- Gracewriters Podcast #65: Belinda Pollard on publishing new editions of books
- Gracewriters Podcast #64: Jack Countryman on writing Bible devotionals and defying age barriers
Blog Posts
Christian writers: Heal your stress, find your purpose
Some Christian writers feel guilty that they can’t get on with their writing, because their minds are scrambled by pandemic stress. Many don’t want to use the word “fear” because they are afraid it sounds unspiritual or maybe even a sin. But I am willing to tell you straight out: I have experienced fear outbursts […]
Easter, behind closed doors
This week, Gracewriters welcomes guest contributor Donita Bundy, with inspiration and encouragement to point us toward Jesus during this very strange Easter 2020. Last Sunday was Palm Sunday, the day we remember and celebrate Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem riding on a donkey, an animal symbolising humility, peace and Davidic royalty. The streets of Jerusalem […]
When Christian writing is a battlefield
While I was preparing this topic for Gracewriters this week, my computer suddenly went dark and quiet and smelled like burnt toast. Stuff happens, but it’s interesting timing. Other Christian writers are facing heightened challenges at this time, from practical difficulties to flare-ups of chronic illnesses to conflict at home. It’s important not to over-spiritualise […]
When we can’t seem to stay close to God…
A thoughtful guest post by author, blogger and photographer, Donita Bundy. After spending time last week with God in isolation – curled into the foetal position from debilitating chronic pain – the intimacy evaporated as soon as I stepped back into the slipstream of life. Last week’s connection has been replaced with busyness and clutter. I […]
About Gracewriters
If Christians are the People of the Book, then why do most of the bestsellers belong to the enemies of faith? Gracewriters is about changing popular culture, one word at a time. For too long, Christians have been presented in the arts as fools or serial killers. Popular culture is powerful. It has shifted society's view about things that … [Read more] about About