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Ken Kuhlken, novelist and President of Perelandra College, has long puzzled over the mystery we call inspiration. Here he offers insights about attitudes, habits and practices through which artists find themselves inspired. Writing and the Spirit is a guide to living as an artist.

A must-read for all writers of faith
by Anastasia Campos

In Writing and the Spirit, Kuhlken speaks with all the ease of a friend on your couch. An ingenius, multiple-PhD-holding, wise-man sort of friend, if you have one of those. His observations from the world about us, writers in history and his own experience (failures and triumphs) combine to form an insightful, relevant work for all writers of faith.

He examines the (inner and outer) confrontations all writers must engage with in order to produce meaningful work. Among them are the nature of inspiration, imagination, and how not to be a hack. He also covers the downright nitty-gritty of the thing - the practical conditions that we all strive for and against in order to produce works in which, as he's noted elsewhere, "the words sing."

This is an all-around handbook of writerly wisdom that anyone who - like the subtitle notes - hopes to change the world, must read.

Lifted Me Out of the Abyss
By Lorilyn Roberts

I found myself facing a deadline and was completely in a funk - no ideas, no creativity, and no idea of what to write. I had picked up this book at a writer's conference and started reading. Writing and the Spirit lifted my spirits out of the abyss and got my writing juices flowing once again. The pages are full of thought-provoking insights and words of encouragement for anybody who needs a little push in that direction. And I, for one, being the doubter that I am, can always use a little reassurance. Writing and the Spirit confirms what we know deep down and validates the mystery of the process. I was glad upon reading it that I was well on my way to creating once again.