by Claire | Jun 18, 2025 | Blogs
When I first started writing Christian fiction, I carried this quiet fear: What if my stories are too messy? What if my characters ask hard questions about God?What if they fall apart before they find grace?What if the endings donโt wrap up neatly with a bow? But the...
by Claire | Jun 18, 2025 | Blogs
We didnโt just change countries. We changed everything. When my family immigrated from South Africa to Ireland, we left behind comfort, familiarity, and deep roots. We traded known roads for winding ones, sunshine for Irish rain, and our old rhythms for a thousand...
by Claire | Jun 18, 2025 | Blogs
We talk a lot about writing. But we donโt talk enough about the waiting. Right now, Iโm in the in-between. Iโve finished Where the Lion Roarsโa story that came from my own wilderness seasonโand Iโm submitting it to publishers after it became a finalist in the Love,...
by Claire | Jun 18, 2025 | Blogs
I still remember the moment the email came through. Where the Lion Roars had been selected as a finalist in the 2025 Love, Faith and Hope Readersโ Choice Awards. I stared at the screen in disbelief, tears welling upโnot just because the book had made it that far, but...
by Claire | Jun 18, 2025 | Blogs
Thereโs something sacred about writing stories that reflect real lifeโmessy, broken, hopeful, redemptive. But thereโs something even more beautiful about not doing it alone. Thatโs what being part of the Our House series has meant to me. First with Our House on...
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