C.S. Wachter's Blog: Hope, Hearts, and Heroes, page 5

Most Thursday mornings I can be found at a local church where I join several other women in a unique Bible study group. We read a few verses then individually create artwork based on how the scriptures touched us on that morning. Joan, our leader always includes another article related to the readings. The last … Continue reading "1 Corinthians and Agape Response"

by: Judge Rodriguez Greetings and salutations one and all! Looks like it’s that time of the month again! So, as a bit of a change from the articles I have been writing the last several months, I decided to go ahead and write some of the back story to some of the characters that have … Continue reading "Hello Again!"

Today I thought I’d share an original Flash Fiction Story I wrote. I hope you will enjoy it. Here he came again—blond hair and blue eyes. He walked with a confident gait, but his smile was always shy. Becky wondered if he had a girlfriend. He came into the creamery once a week. Always alone. … Continue reading "Vanilla Ice Cream: A Flash Fiction Story"

A flash memoir Dad, I thought of you today, and for some reason my memory whirled back to the first few days we settled in a new country, after mom and I joined you there. We were so happy to be reunited! We hadn’t seen you in ten months, but it had felt like an … Continue reading "THE DESK"

For some writers, dialogue is their biggest challenge, not necessarily because they don’t know what they want their characters to say, but because they don’t know how to present that dialogue well. As a new fiction writer, I am among those writers who sometimes don’t do the best job of presenting dialogue in my stories. … Continue reading "How to improve dialogue and capture your readers’ attention"

(Some reader discretion advised.) “Is it over? Can I open my eyes now?” Dolores asked. Ted seemed hesitant to answer, as he surveyed the macabre and filthy wreck of Marius’ remains strewn along the carpet. Wilhelmina got up, walked briskly forward, and stamped her small foot, shod in pretty white, through the unrecognisably fouled and … Continue reading "The Small Stranger – Part Four: Farewell"

“I’m so glad you finally accepted my invitation to join me for coffee,” said Jason. Karen said, “I figured if you’re so persistent, I should, at least, take the time to see if we have anything in common.” When Tony paused his reading, he looked at Miranda, a smile on his face as he waited … Continue reading "Dialogue Tags vs. Action Beats"

By: Judge Rodriguez In the last several articles I have written, I have eluded to some of the struggles I have had being an author. Not only being an author, but being a Christian Historical Fiction author at that. While the genre is rather more selective, you write what you know, right? I have a … Continue reading "What kind of advice can I give other authors?"

Let’s face it; the world seems to be getting worse by the day. Aside from the fact that prophetically it is supposed to, many people, both Christian and not, can feel the heaviness of the times. Those doldrums that come at you from seemingly all sides. The weariness bogs down those who even make it … Continue reading "A Serious Question"

There are so many things I was unaware of when I started writing my romance novel, things that would have saved me a lot of time. But at the time I was writing for my own enjoyment. Not that I didn’t aspire to become a published author; I just didn’t think I had what it … Continue reading "Things I Wish I Knew Before Writing a Book"