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Make-A-Story™ - Monday's Writing Prompt

Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term.  It means writing what the publisher wants.  Can you do it?  In our new feature - Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements.  The story can be set in any time frame, any length, must adhere to our guidelines and have...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #17

Finding Home by Marianne Evans A Christmas voyage to London… Six months ago, Alexa Gordon’s engagement transformed from happiness to betrayal. Christmas is on the way. The last thing she wants...

Make-A-Story™ - Monday's writing prompt

Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term.  It means writing what the publisher wants.  Can you do it?  In our new feature - Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements.  The story can be set in any time frame, any length, must adhere to our guidelines and have...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #16

She Came to See the Snow by Mary Annslee Urban Haley Blackwell travels to Colorado with plans to relive her favorite childhood memories—including a snowy Christmas. When she meets her grandparents’...

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Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #14

The Present by Toni Sheridan What does a girl do with a Christmas present that’s too good to be true? This year’s Christmas is worse than ever. Candice Cane-Bryant (don’t call her Candy Cane) is stressed...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #13

Ransomed Hope by Deborah Pierson Dill “Hope deferred makes the heart sick…” Seventeen years ago, Ashley Turner lost her father as well as Manuel Vega, the man she loved. Since then, she’s been trying...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #12

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe Jacob Marston, Starlight, Iowa's hometown hero made a long-ago promise to the Lord: he won't kiss a woman until he knows she's "the one." Now at age twenty-eight, the rugged...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #11

As You Are at Christmas by Davalynn Spencer Angela Murphy’s plans for a cozy Colorado Christmas shatter when she finds her fellow-teacher boyfriend entangled with another woman. But she goes home...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #10

Southern Fried Christmas by Marian Merritt Love: purer than Colorado snow, deeper than a Louisiana bayou. The Colorado Rockies have always been home to journalist Kelly Shepherd, but after the death...

Make-A-Story™ - Monday Writing Prompt

Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term.  It means writing what the publisher wants.  Can you do it?  In our new feature - Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements.  The story can be set in any time frame, any length, must adhere to our guidelines and have...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #9

Breath of Christmas by E. A. West When Esther Beauchamp agrees to drive a snowmobile during the Santa Snow Challenge, she expects a problem-free weekend of transporting snowboarders. What she gets...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #8

One Christmas Eve by Robin Patchen Movie star Blake Carmichael found more than just freedom from his drug addiction in rehab. He found God. And he has just one wish for the first Christmas of his...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #7

Dr. Noah and the Sugar Plum Fairy by Carla Rossi College senior and not-so-ex-ballerina Jane Trumbull is home for Christmas break. She welcomes the joyful chaos of a happy family holiday – then...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #6

Ghosts of Christmas Past by Laura Briggs Eleven Christmas Eves ago, young Libby Taylor said goodbye to her newborn son. With only her music dreams to keep her going, she vowed to someday make a life...

Thursday's Tips: Reworking Cliches

Communication One goal—perhaps the central objective—of writing is communication. Whether we’re penning fiction or nonfiction, we’re trying to communicate ideas and story. Our words matter; our phrasing matters. One of an editor’s jobs is to interpret what the writer is saying. That’s another level...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #5

An Aussie Christmas Angel by Clare Revell On an extended holiday from the UK, John Connington finds himself in Sydney, Australia with no lodging, and only a telephone number from a friend-of-a-friend...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #4

The Christmas Homecoming by MaryAnn Diorio Seven Christmases have passed since Sonia Pettit last heard from her daughter Jody. Since Jody’s departure, Sonia’s world has been turned upside down. Her...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #3

Everybody Loves Mickey by Therese M. Travis He’s a saint with a tarnished halo, and Aubrey Thomas can’t stand him…or can she? Handsome fireman, Mickey Hurst is loved by all. He volunteers at the local...

Make-A-Story™ - Monday's Writing Prompt

Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term.  It means writing what the publisher wants.  Can you do it?  In our new feature - Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements.  The story can be set in any time frame, any length, must adhere to our guidelines and have...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #2

The Christmas Stalking by Lillian Duncan Overzealous fan or crazed stalker? Country music superstar Destiny appears to have it all. Beauty, money, and fame. But it’s not all glitz and glamour. Being...

Christmas Holiday Extravaganza Spotlight #1

Angel Song by Mary Manners Down on her luck, college-educated art teacher Quinn Sanders is a single mom who's returned to Landers Hollow to raise her five-year-old daughter, Linsey. While working...

Make-A-Story™ - Monday's Writing Prompt

Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term.  It means writing what the publisher wants.  Can you do it?  In our new feature - Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements.  The story can be set in any time frame, any length, must adhere to our guidelines and have...

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Call for Submissions: Passport to Romance

Passport to Romance™ Let’s take a trip and fall in love! Passport to Romance™ titles are contemporary romances that are set in specific locales and feature a special set of objects. (Check out ...

Make-A-Story™ - Monday's Writing Prompt

Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term.  It means writing what the publisher wants.  Can you do it?  In our new feature - Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements.  The story can be set in any time frame, any length, must adhere to our guidelines and have...

Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing

I've written on this subject before, but recently I've watched as an epidemic has spread from one manuscript to another. I feel the subject is screaming to be approached once again. First, let me ask a few questions. How many conversations have you engaged in where the person or persons you are...

Make-A-Story™ - Monday's Writing Prompt

Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term.  It means writing what the publisher wants.  Can you do it?  In our new feature - Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements.  The story can be set in any time frame, any length, must adhere to our guidelines and have...

Write the Vision ~ Wednesday

With the fall of the year a familiar passage from Ecclesiastes often comes to mind. But today it struck me how these verses can be applied to writing. A time to be born, and a time to die;  ...