Belinda Pollard, Donita Bundy and Alison Joy celebrate four years of the podcast with another 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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In conversation in this episode:
- Belinda Pollard, author of mainstream crime novels, writing coach, accredited editor with qualifications in theology, writing and publishing blogger at smallbluedog.com, and Gracewriters founder
- Donita Bundy, writing teacher, preacher and author of the Armour of Light supernatural fiction series
- Alison Joy, romance author, former early childhood teacher and mother of 4 adult children
Topics covered in this episode:
- The value of partnering with God in our work, whatever it may be.
- Everyone’s story of how they got into writing is different.
- When the opinions of others about our writing might provide clarification, and the times when we should NOT listen to them.
- The value of community, and support from other writers.
- There will be times in your life that you don’t write, but it doesn’t mean you aren’t a writer – it’s a season.
- If you have a long-term yearning to write, it’s probably not a mistake.
- The story of Moses, who didn’t really find out that he’d fulfilled his calling until the end of the process.
- Writing vs other things we waste time on.
- The value of enjoying our writing.
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Belinda Pollard: Welcome to the Gracewriters Podcast – Christian Writers Changing Popular Culture. Hit subscribe on your favourite podcast player so you never miss an episode and find show notes, useful links and a full transcript at gracewriters.com.
Is being a Christian and a writer the same as being a Christian Writer? Are Gracewriters called to write, and if so, what is a calling? Can we write successfully without a calling? What if we don’t feel called?
In the third in our short series of Classic Episodes we revisit our discussion, “Am I called to Write?” We hope it helps with your questions and encourages you as you write.
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