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by Sarah Sundin @sarahsundin

Shakespeare tells us, “All the world’s a stage.” For the novelist, the challenge is to take our setting from a cardboard cutout of a stage to illuminating depth.

Choosing Your Setting

The initial choice of...

by: Valerie Carr

The story came onto my heart rather suddenly. It wasn’t something I had purposely prepared for or even considered writing. But I had a story in my head, and when I went looking for something like it in a book, I couldn’t find what I was searching for. If I came close, the story often contained content I would have been embarrassed for my children to se...

by Dr. Dwight David Croy

Perhaps it is the theologian in me that desires to write historical fiction. I do not want to go far away from the truth and principles in the unchanging, eternal Word of God. “The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever” (Isaiah 40:8; 1 Peter 1:24–25). Historical fiction makes me dig into the details of Bible hi...

September 2026 New ReleasesMore in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website

Amish Romance:

American Christian Fiction Writers is pleased to announce the 2026 award winners.  The awards were presented Saturday, August 29th, at the ACFW Gala in Memphis, TN, during ACFW’s annual conference. American Christian Fiction Writers is a professional organization devoted to the craft of Christian Fiction and helping writers expand their knowledge of the publi...