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Staying True To Your Writing Voice

I’m still fairly new to this writing routine. I look back over the last year and am amazed at how much I have learned and experienced. I’ve been blogging consistently, and I feel like I’ve made significant progress. However, lately I have felt like I’ve been off track. I went through a time where I […]

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Citations In Non-Fiction Writing — Yes? No?

When No Higher Power was released, the advertising summary led me to believe it would be dead center in my writing niche – living Christian faith in a secular world. As soon as I received it I dived in. The content was everything I could have hoped for. The book is well-organized. The ideas are […]

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5 Tips That Will Benefit All Christian Writers

Whether you’ve stumbled onto this blog from a Google search about writing, or you’re a regular GodlyWriters.com reader, chances are you want to learn from other Christian writers about what works and doesn’t work. Maybe blogging is your main writing platform, or maybe you have the next New York Times bestseller somewhere in the works. […]

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Blog Stats: Beating The Addiction

As a Christian blogger, I started with three goals in mind: Process through thoughts and struggles about worship. Glorify God. Find and connect with others who could relate to what I had to say. The processing that has occurred has been wonderful. It’s helped put pieces together in my mind. I believe God has been […]

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The Risky Business Of Writing About Culture Conflict

My call is to write about living Christian in a secular world. That puts me on a sharp edge. The cultural conflict between Christian thinkers and secular thinkers hones a fine edge. Anyone trying to walk on a knife edge wants to find a broad, flat, comfortable place to walk and get away from the […]

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How to Get More Out of Your Rough Drafts

The most important thing I have learned about writing is the utility of a good rough draft. The rougher the better. In high school I would do all of my writing assignments at the last minute. My first draft was often my final draft. And it showed. I get could get an “A” and squeak […]