Your Body Is Your Creative Vessel: Michelle Dennis Evans onWriter Health and Longevity

In this episode of Created to Write, Michelle Dennis Evans tackles something most Christian writers ignore until it's too late - what prolonged sitting is doing to your body and your creativity.

Drawing from her own past health crisis, Michelle makes acompelling case for disciplined self-care as part of every Christian author's writing life. Regular movement, proper posture, outdoor time and frequent breaks aren't luxuries, they're necessities for anyone serious about the longgame.

She also flags voice-to-text technology as a practical toolfor staying active while writing, a tip every new writer building daily habits should know about.

The message is simple and urgent, you cannot pour out wordsfrom a body you've neglected. Writing with purpose requires protecting the vessel that makes it possible.

In this episode of Created to Write, Christian author Roberta Brown opens up about one of the most raw and redemptive memoirs you'll encounter on A Mother's Wilderness Journey.

Roberta's story is not for the faint-hearted. A widow raising eight children, fighting to save her daughter from drug addiction, navigating serious health battles, and through it all, documenting her faith-driven resilience with unflinching honesty. Her journey to publication is as powerful as the book itself, including a transformative sabbatical at Cambridge University that shifted her focus from academic ambition to a deeply personal calling to share her testimony.

For writers wondering whether their story is worth telling, Roberta's answer is an unequivocal yes. She believes that every documented testimony has the potential to offer hope and direction to someone walking a similar road, and her life is living proof of that conviction. It's the kind of faith-based writing that doesn't just inform, it rescues.

Her creative output extends well beyond memoir. Roberta also writes songs, paints, and is currently working on a novel centred on spiritual warfare - making her one of the more creatively expansive voices in the Christian writing space.

For anyone overcoming writer's block as a Christian or wrestling with whether their hardships are too heavy or too personal to share, this conversation is essential listening. Roberta's message is simple and urgent: your trials are not just your story, they're someone else's lifeline.

Roberta Brown is a widowed mother of eight and grandmother of seventeen. Born in Scotland, raised in Canada, and now living in Australia, her life has been marked by faith, family, and resilience.After her husband’s sudden passing, Roberta raised her children alone while returning to nursing. Her greatest challenge came as she fought for her daughter Sarah, who struggled with addiction and loss. Through prayer and spiritual warfare, Roberta witnessed God’s miraculous restoration.Her first book shares this journey of courage and faith. Inspired during a sabbatical in Cambridge, it took eight years to complete. Today, Roberta continues to write devotionals, fiction, and poetry, her life a testimony to hope and the power of God’s love.

In this episode of Created to Write, Melbourne-based Christian author Simon Camilleri shares a writing journey that is as intentional as it is inspiring, rooted in fatherhood, rhythm, and a deep love for making faith accessible to children.

Simon writes theologically grounded children's books designed to help parents introduce Christian faith and prayer in ways that are engaging, age-appropriate, and beautifully crafted. For parents and Christian writers alike, his approach to biblical literacy through storytelling is both refreshing and deeply purposeful.

What makes Simon's Christian author process particularly fascinating is where it begins... not with a plot outline, but with rhythmic poetry. He crafts the sound and feel of a story first, then collaborates with illustrators to add symbolic visual layers that deepen the theological meaning. It's Christian creativity at its most deliberate and its most artistic.

His self-published book When Santa Learned the Gospel is a standout moment in this conversation — a personal project that grew into a traditionally published international success, warmly embraced by the professional Santa community worldwide. It's the kind of story that reminds every beginner writer that you genuinely cannot predict where faithful, quality work will take you.

Simon also speaks about the need for intentional quiet space in the writing process, a counter-cultural conviction that the best words come not from busyness, but from stillness and attentiveness to language.

Simon is a Christian writer based in Melbourne, Australia, where he lives with his wife and two awesome kids. He loves creating gospel-focused resources, learning magic tricks, training people in public Bible reading and labouring over a rhyming paragraph where the metre just works. And rocky road. He LOVES rockyroad. Just in case you're looking for a gift. Follow Simon: / simoncamilleri "When Santa Learned the Gospel": https://www.santagospel.com/"Wow God! Thank You, Sorry, Please" & "Read, Think, Pray, Do": https://www.kidsguidebooks.com/