Jane Isley

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A little about how I got into writing.

This should be hilarious. I can write, but an "about me"or a "bio," naw.......my brain goes right out the window in spectacular form. 😅

I am the creator of Faithful Writers, and I’ll explain in a minute or two how that happened. But if I jumped straight into that, I’d miss a lot of important parts of my journey that got me here.

My background actually starts in art, web design, and computers. For many years, art was my exclusive focus. I spent all that time writing artist statements, but I didn’t realize I loved writing itself until later. The realization came while I was taking bookkeeping and accounting classes… and God said, “Nope, not today.”

I started those classes because I wanted to do something beyond my full-time role as a caregiver for a family member. I’m on call 24/7, never knowing what the day will bring. And art had long been my outlet for stress, depression, and loneliness during the tougher years with her. That’s when writing started to really take hold, just didn't realize it.

One night, in a moment of frustration and banging my head on a wall, I took it to God, I asked Him what He wanted me to do because I felt so lost. Two things happened at once "Write for me" was whispered in my mind, just as my husband yells from the other room something along the lines of maybe you should start focusing on your writing because you really love it.

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And there it was, just like that. The perfect moment; clarity, excitement, peace, joy, hope, acceptance, happiness, you name it, I felt it and it's felt right ever since and I've never looked back, doubted or regretted pursuing this full-ish time.

Now how I came to create this publication. 

I write in a very wide varieties of styles and cover multiple topics related to my faith, the Bible, and my life experiences, which means I never fit a specific "niche," same can be said for my art to.

After one email to many, I finally just got tired of having to constantly altering my work for other people and publications or watching an editor strip away my voice and natural wack-a-do flair. I wanted the freedom to write authentically, in whatever style I chose, to keep my pieces as short as I wanted, and not have a publisher tell me I needed to change a whole bunch of stuff to ultimately be what they wanted me to write about.

Kinda sucks the thunder out of a person, you know what I mean?

So here I am, creating my own niche in this world and offering that to other Christian writers who want to share their inspired writings in a publication that holds to Biblical teachings.

I adhere to a strict rule: I will not change a writer voice. While there are guidelines, I do my best to make publishing easy, fun, and as uncomplicated as possible.

Have fun reading, and learning, bookmark, and feel free to leave a comment or question. If you're looking for something specific, click here to do some searching, we have every topic under the sun here.

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