This year our Thanksgiving ~ though different ~ Is STILL alive! I write fiction, but never in my wildest story-building has God given me a story that would depict what 2020 has been to so very many individuals! When God called me to write Contemporary Christian Women’s Fiction, I knew it meant I’d be writing…
A Cup of Water
When Telling the Truth Ruins Lives by Ann Brodeur ~ Truth in Fiction Blog
Have you ever told the truth and by telling it, you lost someone or something precious to you? When I started writing SNOWBOUND IN WINTERBERRY FALLS, questions similar to this one spun through my mind. When is it okay to keep the truth from someone? Is it okay? The more I began to attack the…
The Hardest Person to Forgive is Yourself by Gina Holder ~ Truth in Fiction Blog
Have you ever messed up? I know, I know. That’s a rhetorical question. Of course, you’ve made mistakes. We all do. It’s an unchangeable part of our human existence ever since the Fall of Man in Genesis 3. Here’s a better question. Have you ever messed up to the point you can’t seem to let…
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Jennifer Chastain ~ Truth in Fiction Blog
What is your favorite holiday? Mine? Hands down, it would have to be Christmas. I love a cheery fire in the fireplace, turning off all the lights in the house, except the lights on the Christmas tree, and watching a Christmas movie. The scents of pine and cinnamon permeate the house. After I attended a…
A Lifelong Goal Fulfilled by AnnaLee Conti ~ Truth in Fiction Blog
As a young teenager growing up with no television in Alaska in the fifties and sixties, I fell in love with fiction when my father subscribed to a Christian book club. Thus began my lifelong relationship with books. I also read the nine Christian novels authored by my great aunt, published under the pen name…
Dreams Deferred by June Foster ~ Truth in Fiction Blog
Dreams Deferred is inspired by the true-to-life story of my great grandfather and great grandmother. I chose to set it in contemporary times, nevertheless, I borrowed many of the story elements from the true story. Frances Mathew Halbedl grew up in the European Austrian Empire and followed tradition in which the oldest son became a…
Some of the Best Stories Occur When We Go Back Home by Julie Arduini ~ Truth in Fiction Blog
For the most part, 2020 was uneventful for our family. As introverts, the quarantine didn’t really change much for us. We have the ability to work from home, and the kids adapted to learning remotely. Over the summer we hosted the family golf tournament, and my husband’s siblings and oldest son were able to join…
Why Fiction? by Ane Mulligan ~ Truth in Fiction Blog
Maggie’s husband died. The stock market crashed. Her little boy was kidnapped by his grandfather. How can she find the strength of faith to go on? That’s from my novel, In High Cotton. I drew on my life’s darkest moments for Maggie’s emotions. I interviewed friends for their hardest time of trusting God. A mother…
Spies & Sweethearts by Linda Shenton Matchett ~ Truth in Fiction Blog
Special in God’s Eyes “For You formed my inward parts; You knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven…
Illusion by Ginny Yttrup ~ Truth in Fiction Blog
Ellyn, chef, café owner, lover of butter and her new husband, Dr. Miles Becker. She has everything she’s ever dreamt of. And yet, that voice still nags at her… Have one more cookie, it’s not like it’ll kill you, right? Anyway, who will know? Way to go, Big Girl, stuff yourself. What is wrong with…