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November 21, 2016
Ask the Editor – Historical Accuracy & POV
Today continues our Ask the Editor series. I write historical romance. How important is it that all details be historically accurate versus making it understandable to modern day readers? For instance, most people nowadays think of dinner as an evening meal. Not so in the 1800s when it was the midday meal. The degree of […]
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November 18, 2016
Rising Above the Naysayers – an Interview with Sally Meadows
I’m here today with Sally Meadows, a two-time Canadian national award-nominated inspirational singer/songwriter, author, and speaker. After three professional degrees and a diverse career path that included being an editor, children’s entertainer, and educator, Sally took the plunge to focus full-time on her music and writing ministry in 2013. Her desire is to inspire others to […]
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November 14, 2016
Abba’s Promise Book Giveaway – Enter Today
It’s launch week for Abba’s Promise, and my excitement has my mind whirling. I hadn’t planned to blog today—it isn’t my usual 1st or 3rd Monday schedule—but I woke up at 1:19 a.m. and couldn’t go back to sleep. So I decided at the last minute to run a book giveaway. This book has been […]
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November 8, 2016
Ask the Editor–How do I know I have a good editor?
Today is part 2 of Ask the Editor and is a continuation of yesterday’s questions. What clues can help authors in knowing they have a good editor? What a great question. Many writers may wonder about this without ever really voicing the question even to themselves. Scams are everywhere in all arenas. My take on […]
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November 7, 2016
Ask the Editor Part 1
All this month I’m running Ask the Editor posts—questions from my readers. So if you haven’t already submitted your questions, be sure to include them in the comments below and I’ll get them answered before the month is over. Let’s dive right in. What are the different kinds of editing services normally provided and what […]
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October 31, 2016
Ask the Editor
Literary agent Chip MacGregor’s “ask the agent” blog posts are some of my favorites, and he’s inspired me to offer the same to my readers. I’m dedicating my blog posts for the month of November as Ask the Editor Any question you may have about writing or editing put in the comments below or email […]
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October 25, 2016
To Embrace Change or Not
Change slapped me in the face a few weeks ago. More accurately, it slugged me so hard it knocked me down. Has that ever happened to you? For most of us life ushers in change. Getting married, having a baby, a child heads off to college. Or losing a loved one, a devastating illness, getting […]
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October 21, 2016
How to Engage Your Audience
Today’s post is by award-winning author Kathy Nickerson, author of 4 books and counting. This year she released The Secret of Serendipity and Rose Hill Cottage, each a different genre. Her debut novel, Thirty Days to Glory, won the 2014 CSPA Book of the Year. Her books are engaging, fun, and always have a twist at […]
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October 17, 2016
Be Confident as You Promote Your Book
“If you build it they will come.” We’ve all heard that before, and it worked great to promote Kevin Costner’s baseball-cornfield. But somewhere down the years, many people embraced that slogan concerning their own products. By now I’m sure you, like me, have discovered that for anything else it doesn’t work! You can’t put a book […]
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October 11, 2016
The Book Outline—Dispelling the Myth
Outlining. It’s one of those touchy subjects among writers—should you outline your story or not? But like my recent post “Are You Crippling Your Creativity?” there is a certain misconception about outlines many beginning writers have that I hope to dispel today. Most of us grew up being taught the traditional outline. I. Chapter 1 […]
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