“If you can honestly say that your heart is centered on God and that you are willing to work hard to perfect your skills, then you are ready to consider writing. But a word of caution: No book can tell you how much writing God wants you to do and no book can do the hard, practical work for you.” ~ Bodie & Brock Thoene, authors of Writer to Writer

Writing for publication can be fun and rewarding, but sometimes it’s neither, the Thoenes remind us. No kidding. And yet we persevere inspite of personal difficulties, unsupportive friends, low book sales, and emotional fatigue. We write because God has branded our hearts.

Don’t forget: What He calls us to do, He also enables. Let’s keep our hearts centered on Him.

“If a book comes from the heart, it will continue to reach other hearts; all art and author-craft are of small amount to that.” ~ Thomas Carlyle