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March 23, 2015
Chatting with Suzanne Woods Fisher
I’ve been featuring authors who contributed tips to my Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors. This week author and newspaper columnist Suzanne Woods Fisher joins us. * * * * * Let’s start by sharing with my followers how the two of us know each other. What are your recollections of when, where, and/or how we […]
March 16, 2015
Morning Coffee with Renae Brumbaugh
I’ve been featuring authors who contributed tips to my Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors. This week author and newspaper columnist Renae Brumbaugh joins us. * * * * * Please start by sharing something about yourself as a person and as a writer. I’m a city girl trying to fake it as a country […]
March 9, 2015
A Visit with Deborah Raney
This past month, I’ve been featuring authors who contributed tips to my book, Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors. This week award-winning author Deborah Raney joins us. * * * Let’s start by sharing with my followers how the two of us know each other. What are your recollections of when, where, and/or how we […]
March 2, 2015
Cover Reveal
I’m thrilled to reveal the cover of 21 Days of Grace: Stories that Celebrate God’s Unconditional Love, the first book in my brand-new book series of Fiction-Lover’s Devotionals, put out by BroadStreet Publishing. Christians today have long loved devotionals, but they are also developing a strong love for fiction. They want to read stories […]
February 23, 2015
A Chat with Lena Nelson Dooley
This past month, I’ve been featuring authors who contributed tips to my book Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors. Anita Higman and Kathi Macias have both shared with us. This week Lena Nelson Dooley, author of more than 800,000 copies of her books sold, joins us. Let’s start by sharing with my followers how the […]
February 16, 2015
A Visit with Kathi Macias
In honor of the first anniversary of the launch of my Proofreading Secrets book, I thought my readers might like to know more about the authors who contributed tips to the book. This week’s guest is Kathi Macias, the multi-award-winning author of nearly forty books. * * * Thanks so much, Kathi, for contributing […]
February 9, 2015
Q&A with Anita Higman
In honor of the first anniversary of the launch of my Proofreading Secrets book, I thought my readers might like to know more about the authors who contributed tips to the book. This week’s guest is Anita Higman, the best-selling and award-winning author of forty books. Anita, thanks so much for contributing a “proofreading […]
February 2, 2015
How to Drive an Editor Crazy, Part II
Last week I shared two things that drive editors crazy. This week, in case you’re considering career suicide, I’ll share a few more. If you’re a smart writer and avoid these pitfalls, you’ll be well on your way to making your editor smile. How to Drive an Editor Crazy, Part II Quote facts without […]
January 26, 2015
How to Drive an Editor Crazy, Part I
Repeat after me: “Editors are my friends. They are not enemies determined to ruin my devotion, article, or novel. Their job is to make me and my work the best we can possibly be. Editors are my friends.” Now that we’ve established this, we can move forward on the premise that because editors are […]
January 20, 2015
A Second Winner!
When I was judging the Promising Beginnings contest, there were two entries that rose to the top. Just like last year, it was extremely difficult to choose just one! Wishing I could offer two prizes—even if one was just a partial—I double-checked my account that funds this contest. To my dismay there wasn’t enough […]
