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December 8, 2020
Bloom Series: Christmas Gifts for Girls
The Christmas season is upon us! If youre looking for a special gift for the young girl in your life, may I humbly offer the Bloom devotional series? Bloom is a three-book series for girls ages 9-14 that follows the spiritual development of a young believer from the inside out. Each book contains 90 devotions []
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November 24, 2020
How Do I Put My Reader First? Part 2
In part 1 of putting your reader first, we discussed three questions you can ask yourself to help keep your readers’ needs top of mind during the writing process. But the truth is, you need to carry that mindset into the editing process as well, which is what we will cover here in part 2. […]
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November 17, 2020
Before You Hit Send: 4 Editing Tips
You’ve typed “The End” on your manuscript. You’re about to send it off to your editor. But is your manuscript actually ready to send to your editor? In today’s post, I’ll be sharing four common areas of editing problems that authors can easily review before sending their beloved manuscript off to the editor. A little […]
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November 10, 2020
How Do I Put My Reader First? Part 1
Over the past four years, I have had the privilege of working on 150+ different writing projects. Those projects include my own books that I’ve written, articles I’ve either written or edited for my clients, and of course the dozens of manuscripts I’ve edited. While there is a lot to keep in mind with any […]
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October 14, 2020
Hope in the Face of Suffering
I was sitting in church one day a few years ago, trying to gather hope and confidence around me like a pillow fort. In that moment, the enemy shot an arrow of doubt into my mind. I instantly felt foolish for trying to hope in the face of suffering. As quickly as the arrow came, […]
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September 30, 2020
The Bullet Journal: One Year Review
Last December, I published an excessively fussy post about all the planners I had used for the past decade. At the time of publishing that post, I was currently using a bullet journal and had been for about two months. Next month will mark a year of using a BuJo and I wanted to provide […]
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September 24, 2020
What Can You Expect with Copy Editing?
When working with authors who are new to the writing process, I sometimes get the sense that when they deliver their manuscript to me, it’s like they are delivering a freshly baked pie, perfect and ready to enjoy. But delivering the first draft of your MS to your editor isn’t like leaving a freshly-baked creation […]
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August 19, 2020
Hope in the Face of Tragedy
What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient? Job 6:11 These are indeed strange times we are living in. Collective grief and trauma, huge unknowns, uncertain economy. We live in the tension of knowing our hope is secure in the Lord and yet the circumstances are anything […]
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June 14, 2020
Remembering Elisabeth Elliot
Today marks five years since Elisabeth Elliot passed away at the age of 88. Elisabeth Elliot was a missionary, author, mother, and wife of slain missionary Jim Elliot and perhaps no other Christian author has had a bigger impact on my walk with the Lord than she has. I was first introduced to her story […]
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May 5, 2020
Marking Milestones in a Pandemic
Last week marked one year since launching Bloom Book 3. But instead of feeling joyful, I found I had more mixed emotions than expected. As I started to dissect why I was feeling this way, I realized those thoughts could have some value for others as we move into a month known for marking milestones: []
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