How Christian Writers Can Trust God with Their Writing Journey

From Edie: Author Heidi Gray McGill teaches us how Christian writers can trust God with their writing journey, surrender the results, overcome comparison, and faithfully follow His calling.

How Christian Writers Can Trust God with Their Writing Journey

by Heidi Gray McGill @HeidiGrayMcGill

What you bring to the room matters less than who sent you there.

When Writers Feel Overlooked: Why Faithfulness Matters More Than Recognition

From Edie: Heidi McGill helps writers discover why faithfulness matters more than recognition, rankings, followers, or success—and what God truly values.

When Writers Feel Overlooked: Why Faithfulness Matters More Than Recognition

by Heidi Gray McGill @HeidiGrayMcGill

Your metrics do not impress God. He is looking at something else entirely.

I am a connector. It is not on the spiritual gifts list, but it is mine as surely as any gift I can name. In the business world, I delegated, spotting where people shone and matched them to work that fit. In the author world, I am both the boss and the employee, so delegation is mostly off the table. But connecting? That I can still do.

The Publishing Scam I Almost Fell For (and What It Taught Me About Pride)

From Edie: Heidi McGill shares how a publishing scam almost fooled her. Discover the warning signs, learn how scammers target writers with flattery, and see what this experience taught her about pride and discernment.

The Publishing Scam I Almost Fell For (and What It Taught Me About Pride)

by Heidi McGill @HeidiGrayMcGill

I nearly got flimflammed this week, and pride is the only reason it almost worked.

I’ve deleted the emails claiming Oprah wants to feature me, Reese Witherspoon’s book club found me, and Steven Spielberg wants to option my next release. My Christian historicals don’t land on those desks, and I’m not well known enough to pretend otherwise. Most days I spot the spam before I finish the subject line.

This one didn’t read like the others. It opened soft and specific and... flattering, in a way that felt earned instead of scripted.

The Difference Between Hustle and Abiding: What Writers Need Most

From Edie: Heidi McGill helps writers discover the difference between hustle and abiding, and learn why writers need God's presence more than productivity to overcome burnout, find peace, and write with purpose.

The Difference Between Hustle and Abiding: What Writers Need Most

by Heidi McGill @HeidiGrayMcGill

What a Diagnosis, a Rage, and a Surprising Peace Taught Me About Showing Up for God

I was furious with God.

The retinitis pigmentosa diagnosis came with a timeline I did not ask for and a future I could not control. I had young daughters. A full life ahead of me. And now the slow certainty that I would lose my sight, degree by degree, until it was gone.

Anger did not keep me from habit, though. Every day I opened my Bible, spent a cursory amount of time in the Word, thanked God for my blessings, petitioned Him on behalf of others, and closed with the request I knew He would not grant. I wanted my sight back.

Why Your Motives Matter More Than Your Writing Platform

From Edie: Discover why a writer’s motives matter more than platform growth or visibility. Learn how ambition, opportunity, and calling can quietly drift apart—and how to seek God’s direction before saying yes.

Why Your Motives Matter More Than Your Writing Platform

by Heidi Gray McGill @HeidiGrayMcGill

What drives you to the desk matters as much as what you produce there.

I had not been to a conference yet. I did not know what I was doing, so I did what most new authors do. I studied the writers who had it together and took my cues from them. Some of that served me well. Participating in Facebook Reader Group parties, connecting with readers, and learning how the community worked were all good things.

Pleasing God vs. Pleasing People: How Christian Writers Can Share Truth in a Changing Culture

From Edie: Heidi Gray McGill helps us wrestle with the question of whether we're writing to please God or people? Discover how Christian writers can share biblical truth with clarity and conviction while reaching readers in a changing culture without compromise.

Pleasing God vs. Pleasing People: How Christian Writers Can Share Truth in a Changing Culture

by Heidi Gray McGill 

I remember sitting in our American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) Charlotte meeting via Zoom, notebook open, expecting to walk away with a few helpful writing tips. Cindy Sproles always brings something thoughtful and practical, so I was ready to learn. What I heard that day stayed with me in a way I did not expect.

She shared research from the Barna Group about church attendance. In the late 1950s through the mid-1960s, the overwhelming majority of school-aged children attended church or Sunday school. Today, that reality has nearly reversed, with many children growing up having never stepped inside a church. For some, the only context they have for God’s name is hearing it used carelessly.