Frank Ball wasn’t brain damaged, so he had the ability. He just didn’t want to write—not until 1993, when he discovered how stories could help people in so many ways....

Jill received an email from a friend—a forwarded story about a boy who had been struggling with his math. Little Norris was doing very badly in math. His parents had...

Without a road map, Frank Ball wouldn’t do so well at getting where he needed to go. His stories would take twice as long to write. He wouldn’t be satisfied...

In 2003, the book Blind Sight. by James Pence, was published by Tyndale. Although it was well-written, with great characters and a wonderful plot, sales were less than spectacular. For...

Tom had season tickets to the TCU home football games, but he didn’t always go. This week, Bill, his coworker in the next cubicle, invited him to see a movie...

Johnny ran outside, looked at the petunias, then went into the kitchen. Outside again, he played with Spot for a minute, then went for a cookie. When the screen door...

At a national conference one year, Jack pitched his book to a long-standing acquisitions editor for a major publisher. He received this comment: “This is interesting,” the editor said, wanting...

Early on Sunday morning, Matthew Jeffers saddled his horse and rode into town. This time he didn’t stop at the saloon but tied up at the old church, which had...

One teacher said to Becky, “Put a comma wherever you would naturally pause.” She tried that, but another teacher said, “You have commas where you don’t need them.” Becky didn’t...

After Willis Gramwell finished teaching his last-period English class, he stopped at the furniture store to buy chairs and a table for his dining room. He recognized the young clerk...