Writers' Edge Newsletter

December 2025

Matching Quality Christian Manuscripts with Major Christian Publishers

Manuscript Selections for Publishers

The following manuscripts have been reviewed and accepted by our editorial team.

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Fiction

Young Adult

Path to Redemption: Truth

(Working Title: Path to Redemption: Truth)

Truth forgotten. Virtues disgraced.

Driven to desperation by a decree from the king, Silas, Mercy, Kal, and Piper face exile from the ancient kingdom of Castlebrook for daring the unthinkable and questioning the traditional faith. Condemned for challenging the king and the sovereignty of the Yallene, their acts of courage are only the beginning of a life-altering journey to find the truth. Their quest thrusts them into a thriving society of the 21st century, where they meet a stranger whose shrouded past can answer mounting questions and doubts about their homeland. Will they be able to survive in the foreign world they know nothing about? Are they prepared to do what it takes to find the truth? And if they do, are they willing to risk everything, even their own lives, for the chance to bring the good news to their beloved country?

With seemingly insurmountable odds, they draw their swords to fight the good fight and battle power-hungry noblemen, raging sea waters, and death-seeking cannibals.

Children

The Gospel for You and Me

God made you and me and He loves you and me, but we have disobeyed God’s perfect rules. God saw that we were lost and sent Jesus His Son to die for us. We must ask God’s forgiveness and trust in Him. The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is the most important truth to teach our children. This books lays it out in 10 clear statements that relate God to the child and the parent. The sweet illustrations are designed to engage the reader as they are told about everything Jesus has done for them. The good news of the gospel is simple enough for young children to understand and deeply important to teach them.

The book has sweet and symbolic animal illustrations, simply presented Biblical truths, and relational and repetitive wording (for you and me). The book will help children understand the gospel and God’s offer of salvation in a memorable way.

Nonfiction

Family Issues

FATHER FRIEND: HOW INTENTIONAL DADS LEAN IN, LEAD WELL AND LOVE BIG THROUGH EVERY STAGE OF FATHERHOOD

Father Friend is a Christian parenting book presenting a research-backed developmental framework for intentional fathers. Part One introduces a four-quadrant model showing how a father’s role evolves from Strong Protector (ages 0-6) to Confidence Builder (7-12) to Steady Anchor (13-20) to Faithful Friend (21+). Part Two explores seven core competencies fathers uniquely bring: Self-Awareness, Affirmation, Leadership, Integrity, Courage, Discipline, and Sacrifice. The book integrates developmental psychology, biblical theology, and personal narrative for Christian fathers seeking both deep relationship and practical guidance at each stage of their child’s development.

Theology

GOD UNSHACKLED The Rationality of Christianity

“God Unshackled (Discover The Rationality Of Christianity),” a compelling theological work formatted as a devotional, infuses inspiring daily readings with scriptural credibility, riveting personal witness, poetry, prose and prayer, and uplifts even as it uncovers meaning in our broken world — meaning and purpose that are found in the knowledge and confidence of a loving God’s plan for us in eternity with Him.

But how is anyone to believe that such an obviously broken world, dominated by horrific suffering and injustice, was created by an all-powerful and all-loving God? Beginning with a logical and rational argument for believing that God exists, “God Unshackled…” takes us beyond the despair of the realities of our world all the way to belief in the Truth of just such a God. And that Truth births confidence that every day of our lives is part of our loving creator God’s plan, established before the dawn of time, for each of us to spend a love-filled and glorious eternity with Him.

Spiritual Growth

Into Your Hands, O Lord

This book teaches the reader how to build or repair a trusting relationship with God, either for the very first time or to deepen and strengthen their existing relationship with God. So often as a counselor I am asked, “I know this in my head, but how do I get it in my heart?” This book answers that question. This book is different from any others currently on the market because of how it breaks down trust into five characteristics. I then discuss each of those characteristics and illustrate them with personal stories from my childhood abuse and my daughter’s chronic illness, and a few others sprinkled throughout. My faith has been severely tested twice in my lifetime. The first time I lost what little faith I had and the second time I stubbornly fought to hold on. I also address the three levels of surrender as a necessary component of spiritual formation and building trust in God and the peace that results. I include posts from my blog, “Making God Tangible” as it is a direct example of how to hold onto trust and build trust in difficult times based on my own personal experiences.

Church Issues

The Gift of Anonymity: A Spiritual Perspective on Ministering in Obscurity

The majority of Christian ministers will serve in obscurity and anonymity. This is not a sign of failure. It is a gift. In The Gift of Anonymity, I urge ministers to reject the drive to make a name for themselves and to receive anonymity as God’s gift. This is counterintuitive, but it reflects Jesus’ teaching about emptying oneself and assuming the lowest place. My purpose in writing this book is to challenge ministers to reject our culture’s idolatrous fixation on fame, put aside their own drive to make a name for themselves, and discover the blessings of the obscurity to which God has called them.

The manuscript of The Gift of Anonymity has been fully drafted and has undergone a professional developmental edit. The current draft is 48,753 words, divided into thirty-three chapters plus an introduction and conclusion.