The Book? Secrets About Guys – that shouldn’t be so secret!

The Author?  Grace Dove

The Publisher? Standard Publishing

One “Secret” found in the book: Guys don’t depend upon relationships with girls for their identity or fulfillment.

Today we are interviewing Grace Dove, author of the book “Secrets About Guys (that shouldn’t be so secret)”.

Suzie: Grace, thanks for hanging out at RTF. Let’s get started. You grew up with three sisters, four brothers, and you married and raised three sons. Sounds like you have spent a lot of time with guys. Is it safe to say you are an expert on them? (more…)

My name is Sara. I’m seventeen years old. My father is and has been a pastor my whole life. I was thinking about taking on the hard task of writing about about growing up in a religious family, especially with a religious icon in my family.

I also want to include trials and tough things in my life that have suprisingly led me to faith.

My view point of this book is directed towards teens. Are there any words of wisdom that you could offer me or maybe books I should read that I could possibly use as research?

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Teen Script is a blog where teens ask questions, share stories, and talk about real life issues. The blog is unscripted and will go where you take it.  Created by author of Life Unscripted, Tricia Goyer.

A few years ago Bekah Hamrick lost a friend who meant a lot to her. She shared her feelings about that amazing friendship, and her loss in a poem titled Sunrise, published in Real Teens, Real Stories, Real Life.

Where is Bekah now? (more…)

Are you looking for a cool site (other than RTF!) for devos, interviews, and more? You need to check out YouthWalk.

YW is a devotional magazine designed to help students navigate the Bible, to get to know God through it, and to answer His call to the live the adventure. (more…)

Every once in a while a writer gets to hear what others are saying about their books, and it’s exciting. Yesterday someone sent me this review for my book, Making It Real: Whose Faith Is It Anyway? that was featured on TitleTrakk. (more…)

Today we get to hang out with author, Sarah Sumpolec. She’s not only written the Becoming Beka series, five books about a teen who is trying to live her faith and find her dreams, but is also the author of a very cool blog by a character in her novel. Lucy. 

This blog is called Totally Unfamous.

Let’s talk with Sarah!

Suzie: Hey Sarah, thanks for dropping by Real Teen Faith.  I’ve read a lot of blogs, but never one that was also a novel. What made you decide to try this? 

Sarah: I was interested in writing a spin-off from my “Becoming Beka” series and decided that I wanted to share Lucy’s story.

Because the story format is experimental, I knew that I wouldn’t be able to find a publisher for it and I wasn’t interested in self-publishing.

That left the Internet, and since the story is written in short poems I thought a blog platform was the best way to share it. That way it would be free for anyone to read. And hopefully enjoy. (more…)

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Unpublished authors have less than two months to submit entries to the Christian Writers Guild’s 2007 “Operation First Novel” and “Operation First Book” (nonfiction) contests. The entry deadline is September 19 for Operation First Book; the deadline is October 3 for Operation First Novel.

The fiction contest, co-sponsored by Tyndale House Publishers, offers unpublished authors the opportunity to have a first novel published by Tyndale, plus receive a $20,000 advance. Entries must be original works of fiction between 75,000 and 100,000 words.

New for 2007 is Operation First Book (nonfiction), co-sponsored by Harvest House Publishers. Rather than a complete manuscript, this contest calls for a detailed nonfiction book proposal. The winner will receive $10,000, and Harvest House will consider the book for publication. (more…)