As the Heavens Are Higher: Fact or Fiction
“Did you base As the Heavens Are Higher on a true story?” If my life had a FAQ page, this one would be pretty near the top. (Ranking second…
Read moreCrossing the Bar: A FREE Poetry Download from SAW Publishing
Great writers get to break the rules. This can be annoying, but it’s true—and one of the most vivid examples is Alfred Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar.” This poem has so…
Read moreAll for Jesus: A FREE Short Story from SAW Publishing
“All for Jesus!” We’re familiar with the phrase. We sing it in our hymns. We subscribe to it in our doctrine. We pledge ourselves to it by the very fact…
Read moreTwo Days at Windsor: A FREE Short Story from SAW Publishing
Two days at Windsor isn’t a very long time to soak in a panorama of historic events. In fact, as young Hugh declares, “How uncommonly short ‘a sight’ is!” Far…
Read moreThe Second Day of Creation: A FREE Poetry Download from SAW Publishing
“The Second Day of Creation” is a little-known piece by 19th century poet and missionary Thomas Whytehead, that deserves far greater popularity than it currently enjoys. “And God said, Let…
Read moreBehind the Scenes of Adelaide’s Orphans – Visiting “Highbank Castle”
As we continue the SAW Publishing behind-the-scenes tour of Adelaide’s Orphans, we come to the site which had the most obvious impact on the novel’s development. The forbidding walls of…
Read moreBehind the Scenes of Adelaide’s Orphans – Visiting Preston Tower
Continuing our sneak-peak preview of the making of Adelaide’s Orphans, we come to the Preston pele tower. In Adelaide’s Orphans, a tower based upon this unique building appears…
Read moreBehind the Scenes of Adelaide’s Orphans – Visiting Housey Crags
As some of you may already know, my new book Adelaide’s Orphans made the short list of the Word Alive Press writing contest in 2014. Sheep Among Wolves is preparing…
Read moreMerry Christmas!
Well, the day has come at last! Christmas Eve, 2014. As we gather with friends and family to celebrate our Lord’s birth, we hear again the echoes of the angels’…
Read moreOur God, Our Help in Ages Past
When Grace Macintosh is lost in a sudden snowstorm, she remembers a hymn which her Aunt Alice has taught her. Teaching children the words to hymns as part of their…
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