Podcast

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.

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.

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.

Belinda Pollard, Donita Bundy and Alison Joy celebrate four years of the podcast with this short series of classic episodes. Today, we go back to our discussion of TACKLING IMPOSTER SYNDROME – that feeling that we are maybe not very good writers and may also be letting God down. The problem with self-doubt is not so much how it makes us feel – although that does matter – but how it can deter us from following our calling as Gracewriters. We share some strategies that might help.

Belinda Pollard, Donita Bundy and Alison Joy celebrate four years of the podcast by going back to the beginning… our very first episode, What is Gracewriting?, which continues to be one of our most popular. At this time in history, for some reason God seems to be moving in a new way among creatives, using us to reach places and people that might not be open to other forms of communication. Whether you’ve joined Gracewriters recently or been with us from the start, we hope you enjoy touching base with who we are and what we’re all about.

In this episode, Belinda Pollard and Donita Bundy interview romance novelist (and podcast co-host) Alison Joy. Alison writes romance novels set in Australia and the South Pacific. She shares a variety of research techniques she has developed to help her create fictional locations, events and characters that ring true.

Billie Jauss is author of the books MAKING ROOM and DISTRACTION DETOX. She speaks across America and hosts the Family Room Podcast. Billie shares what she’s learned about finding God’s purpose in our writing – even when it’s surprising – and finding real solutions to toxic busyness, self-doubt, shame and distraction.

Jodie McCarthy writes quiet, contemplative words in the midst of a noisy and painful world. Her books of poetry and prayers are transparent expressions of grief and loss, but also hope and healing. Jodie is also honest about the times when creative writing needs to take a back seat for a season.