Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing

I attended the wonderful Christian Author's Guild Conference, Catch the Wave, this last weekend, and I want to share some lessons I learned. Caution: This isn’t a post about editing, but it will help you in meeting with editors. The lessons I learned, are positive ones, taught to me by example. At...

Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing

Have you ever met a person and no matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t connect with him or her? Sometimes, an individual might carry themselves with a haughty tip of the nose as if they are looking down upon you. We might realize that they care nothing for ethics, morality, or legalities. On occasion,...

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

So an author has signed a contract for his work with a publisher and thus begins the editing process of the book he holds most dear. The author is excited to get the edits and to begin making the changes. Then…oh, no…the editor can’t really want to take that out of the author’s story. Wait a minute,...

Make-A-Story™ - Monday's Writping 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

Some grammar and punctuation issues are set in stone. A grammatically incorrect sentence will be corrected by an editor. A comma will be included before a conjunction when the conjunction separates two independent clauses. Then there are issues that an editor might allow as style: A short prepositional phrase...

Call for Submissions: Easter Lilies

Now, through September 30th, submissions are open for Easter Lilies stories. Easter Lilies is our annual special release. Each year, one Easter Lilies story will be released on each day of the Easter...