Category: Behind a Creative Life

Inkalia’s Cozy Edition reverse colouring book has become my new favourite way to relax, draw, and enter a creative flow. Here’s why this simple art book works so beautifully, how it taps into right-brain creativity, and the tips I’ve learned while happily filling its pages through the colder months.

Too often we underestimate and limit what a God-led path looks like, especially in others. Here are two real-world stories of God moving in the unlikeliest of things and the unlikeliest of people.

Would you have been guilty of misjudging these situations before seeing the outcomes?

When people ask, “How do I find my style,” they often mean, “How do I find the one thing I can be known for?” But is that the right question to ask?

It’s a questions so often asked: How do I find or develop my style? In this two-part series, we will look at the secrets to finding your style in painting, writing, or any creative task.

Lately I have seen two types of problems creeping into fiction and non-fiction writing. Can you spot the problems? Try these two challenges.

If you haven’t read it, you’ll want to at least read “Tips for Creating Page-Turning Mysteries” first, and if you are keen to go even deeper, here are six bonus tips.

In my article, “The Dream that Changed Everything,” I told you the story of the dream that God used to open my eyes to the power of mystery, secrets and unanswered questions to hook a reader. But discovering the power of mystery to pull a reader was only the beginning. Mystery, like all writing techniques, must be done well.

My teen son, Tristan, sits on a comfortable reading chair in the corner of the room, the grey English autumn light illuminating the pages of his book. He is reading The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken.
I sit in the farthest corner to the window, my phone in hand, looking up something I need to research.