by Story Embers | Jun 15, 2019 | Podcast |
Today Josiah DeGraaf, Hope Ann, and Brandon Miller talk about personal writing styles. What is a storyteller’s writing style? How do you discover your own? Listen to them tackle these questions below! What are some prominent characteristics of your...
by Story Embers | Jun 6, 2019 | Poems |
By Shannon Caeley Broken towers, ripped apart. Life is full of pain; nothing is right. All has been demolished. How did it get this way? Tattered and torn, broken to bits. Was life always pain and suffering? And yet a never-ending wave of what it has been...
by Story Embers | Jun 1, 2019 | Podcast |
Today Josiah DeGraaf, Rolena Hatfield, and Daeus Lamb give tips on how to create flawed protagonists that readers still want to root for. They also share examples of where they’ve seen this done effectively. Listen to their discussion below! What is your...
by Story Embers | May 29, 2019 | Poems |
By Catherine McBride Baby’s feet are tender, tiny, pink, and sweet; Rosebud toes are curled tight, wrinkles soft and deep. Baby’s feet are clumsy, and fumble as she tries. Hands and knees and triumph, then disappointed cries. Baby’s feet are...
by Story Embers | May 24, 2019 | Articles |
By Sophia White Last August, a young man in my church killed himself. He came from a large family, and our community loved him. I decided to chronicle the impact of his death, because a Christian suicide is a troubling situation. If the gospel is a message of...
by Story Embers | May 20, 2019 | Articles |
By Maddie Morrow and Savannah Grace One of the most common tips writers hear is “Just write.” Though that’s a true sentiment, it’s also deceptively simple. How are you supposed to write amid school, family, jobs, sports, church functions, and other activities?...
by Story Embers | May 15, 2019 | Poems |
By Anne of Lothlorien I’m yesterday born; I’m a thousand years aged I’m a song just composed and a hundred times played I’m as loud as thunder and as soft as a whisper I’m your best friend’s face and the smile of your sister I’m the truth plainly told, like a...
by Story Embers | May 11, 2019 | Podcast |
Welcome to the finale of Fawkes week! In today’s episode, Grace Livingston, Josiah DeGraaf, and Rolena Hatfield sit down with YA author Nadine Brandes to talk about her learning experiences while writing Fawkes. Nadine gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse at what...
