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Kathy’s 2020 Year in Books

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Kathy Ide

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I have been writing for publication since 1989. I've written books, short stories, play and movie scripts, devotionals, and Sunday school curriculum. I'm the author of "Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors" (an updated and improved version of "Polishing the PUGS," which is now out of print). I am the editor/compiler of the Fiction Lovers Devotional series. I have also self-published books on "Christian Drama Publishing" and "Typing without Pain."

I do editing and mentoring for aspiring, beginning, intermediate, and established authors.

I own and manage the SoCal Christian Writers' Conference (www.socalcwc.com).

I am the owner of Christian Editor Network and founder of its divisions, The Christian PEN: Proofreaders and Editors Network ...more

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Why not enter it in the 2021 Excellence in Editing Award. Sponsored by Christian Editor Connection, this award recognizes high-quality books published in 2020 by a Christian author or by a CBA publisher. Deadline to enter is December 31. Excellence in Editing Award It takes a team to produce a well-written and well-edited book. Christian […]

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	Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors 4.57 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Days of Grace: Stories that Celebrate God's Unconditional Love by Kathy Ide (Goodreads Author), Deborah Raney (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Lori Freeland (Goodreads Author) 4.59 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Days of Christmas: Stories that Celebrate God's Greatest Gift by Kathy Ide (Goodreads Author), Lori Freeland (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Summer Robidoux (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.46 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Days of Love: Stories That Celebrate Treasured Relationships by Kathy Ide (Goodreads Author), Cindy Woodsmall (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Susan May Warren (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 4.43 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Days of Joy: Stories that Celebrate Mom by Kathy Ide (Goodreads Author) (Compiled By), Lori Freeland (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Anne Mateer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Editing Secrets of Best-Selling Authors 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Capitalization Dictionary it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fiction and Truth it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Typing without Pain: How to avoid (or recover from) computer-related injuries (Volume 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Days: A Fiction Lover's Devotional 4-in-1 Devotional Gift Set 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Angel Discovered (Lauren Drake Book 1)

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“(My husband’s tongue-in-cheek definition of positive is “being wrong at the top of your voice.”) If”
― Kathy Ide, Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors

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“When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.”
― Betsy Byars, The Moon and I

tags: inspiration, newbery, writing

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