by Cher Gatto A writer’s warning about the subtle power of discouragement The enemy has a lot of tools in his tool chest. But the one he wields with the sharpest, finest point is discouragement. With merely the scratch
2018 FINALISTS UNPUBLISHED Children’s Picture/Chapter Book Jennifer Bingham, Nothing Changes Everything: A Simple Retelling of the Truth Holli Fry, A Bride for Isaac Hannah Stone, Nani’s Love Contemporary Book Michelle Aleckson, Riptide Rebekah Millet, Fifteen Days Rebekah Millet, Two
Tessa Afshar and Carrie Stuart Parks, both of whom are OCW members, are finalists for this year’s Carol Awards—Tessa in the historical romance category for Daughter of Rome and Carrie in the mystery/suspense/thriller category for Relative Silence. Carolyn Bolz, of Riverside, California, has a humorous