This past week, my sixth novel The Inheritance was officially released ( see my book trailer here )—and yet again, the emotions involve...

I wonder how many writers like myself spend time browsing in bookshops – sometimes perhaps too much time for my bank account. I always c...

Have you ever been turned off buying a book because the cover image didn’t appeal to you? I have. Or perhaps it was a tagline there or sub-t...

My husband, Ray, regularly shares devotional thoughts with us here on Fridays. I couldn't resist asking him to write this post for us a...

The life of an author is never dull, is it? Our writing might take some interesting turn or other we perhaps did not quite foresee, for exam...

It is nearly Good Friday followed by Resurrection Sunday.   My husband Ray has his devotions included here on our blog and I have invited hi...

About three years ago, I received an email from Andrea Grigg. After introducing herself. She wrote, “I've had a dream about writing a Ch...

A note from Mary Hawkins: Years ago when browsing the fiction shelves of a Christian bookshop, I was delighted to find another Australian a...

by Laura O'Connell I'm delighted to be guest blogger today because my debut novel will be released in April 2011. Even Before Publis...