by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted There must be something special that sets apart good Christian fiction from the norm. What are the qualities that make readers want to read Christian work? I did my research and found it easier to say what makes readers NOT want to read Christian fiction. You…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Writing is more than words. I hear you shouting, “WHAT!” But it’s true. Of course, writers devise stories, and those stories need written words to hit the page – yet there is so much more. As I have worked coaching individual writers this past year, I…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted It seems everyone wants to be a writer—or that's what they say. When you mention you're a writer or a published author, what you hear is, "I've always wanted to write a book." They say there's a book in all of us, but the line in…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Time flies. When I think of my beginnings at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, I have learned to call this conference home. Blue Ridge is the conference I've returned to year after year. It's where I began and where I'll probably end my career.…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Every writer makes mistakes. We’re human. There’s not one of us who is perfect. And errors are sorta okay if we learn from them. It’s when we refuse to make the effort to correct our blunders that sucks the life out of our writing. [tweet_box design="default"…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted One of the exciting things about becoming a published author is travel. Having a book in print is, of course, super exciting, but being asked to speak, do book signings, or teach is both exciting and fulfilling. It's also tiring. Teaching at conferences was never on…