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David E. Fessenden

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The United States

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http://www.concept-to-contract.com

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Christian, Nonfiction, Mystery

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A.W. Tozer, C.S. Lewis, Sherwood Wirt, Joseph Bayly, [a:William Knowlt ...more

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David E. Fessenden is the editorial coordinator for CLC Publications, the owner and publisher of Honeycomb House Publishing, a literary agent for WordWise Media, and a publishing coach and consultant for the Christian book market. He has over 25 years experience in editorial management with Christian publishing houses. Dave has a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in religion, and over 30 years of experience in writing and editing. In previous positions Dave served on the communications staff of a Bible institute and was a regional editor of the largest Protestant weekly newspaper in the country.

Dave has published seven books, produced study guides for two titles by A.W. Tozer (published in the back of the books), written hundreds of newspaper an ...more

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	The Attributes of God, Volume 2: With Study Guide by A.W. Tozer, David E. Fessenden (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 879 ratings — 24 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
	The Case of the Exploding Speakeasy 3.76 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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
	Father to Nobody's Children: The Life of Thomas J. Barnardo 4.02 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1995 — 5 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
	Writing the Christian Nonfiction Book: Concept to Contract 4.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Twist of Fate by Stephen L. Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ency Bearis (Contributor), Melissa Fry Beasley (Contributor) 4.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	A Christian Writer's Guide to The Book Proposal (The Christian Writer's Guide to... 1) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	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
	Teaching With All Your Heart: Bringing Curriculum & Class to Life 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002 — 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
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	The Case of the Exploding Speakeasy by David E. Fessenden (2013-11-30) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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No, I’m not talking about a gymnastic split — but at my age, I probably should avoid that, too! What I’m talking about is splitting a verb and its modifier with a noun — usually the noun that is the object of the verb. Let me explain what I mean: we often use verbs and modifiers in our writing, such as “look over” or “go around.” In these two cases, we take a verb

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Inspired By Tozer: 50 Artists, Writers and Leaders Share the Insight and Passion They've Gained from A. W. Tozer

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“Your father may never have produced one of those stuffy tomes we call great literature, but he left the world a substantial collection of delightful adventure stories.”
― David E. Fessenden, The Case of the Exploding Speakeasy

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“Editors and agents have an uncanny ability to zero in on the very thing you knew—but didn’t want to admit—was wrong with your proposal or manuscript.”
― David E. Fessenden, Writing the Christian Nonfiction Book: Concept to Contract

tags: critiques, writing, writing-process

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“If you’re a perfectionist about your writing, [your rough draft] is the time to get over it. . . . Decide ahead of time that your rough draft is going to be pretty awful, and join the ranks of the great writers of the world. . . . Save the niceties for the revision stage.”
― David E. Fessenden, Writing the Christian Nonfiction Book: Concept to Contract

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