Welcome!

kathyinblue The Lord has blessed me with opportunities to work in several aspects of the Christian publishing industry. I am:

a full-time freelance editor and writing mentor/career coach
a published author and ghostwriter/collaborator, represented by Hartline Literary Agency
owner of Christian Editor Network, parent company to four organizations for freelance editors and proofreaders that I founded and directed for over ten years:
- The Christian PEN: Proofreaders and Editors Network, a professional support organization for aspiring and established editorial freelancers
- Christian Editor Connection, which matches authors, publishers, and agents with established, professional freelance editors/proofreaders (and is the sponsor of the Excellence in Editing award)
- The PEN Institute, which provides education and training for editors
- PENCON, the only annual conference for Christian freelance editors
founder and managing owner of the SoCal Christian Writers’ Conference
a speaker/teacher at writers’ conferences across the country

I am also the abundantly blessed wife of a fabulous man and mother of two terrific sons.

I hope you enjoy your visit to my website. If you have any questions or would like to communicate with me, please click here and use my contact form to get in touch with me.

I loved agent Steve Laube’s recent blog post When Editorial Errors Matter. Steve points out that writers make mistakes. Which is why writers need editors! “An editor’s job,” he writes, “is to be the safety net and catch those tidbits that find their way into an early draft of a manuscript for any number of […]

Christian Writers Retreats

I had the great privilege of being a guest on Thomas Umstattd Jr.’s podcast, The Christian Publishing Show, talking about why those in the writing and publishing community need a writers retreat. You can listen to it on the Steve Laube Agency blog. If you need some time to get away from life, refocus on […]

Writers Retreat at Mount Hermon

Would you like to get away for a weekend at a prayer-soaked, Spirit-infused Christian conference center surrounded by stunning redwood trees, streams, and waterfalls? Make a special and powerful connection with God there? Get refreshed, rejuvenated, and recharged? Fill your tank so you can pour out in all the other things you do? Build relationships […]

Want personalized help with your nonfiction writing?

Do you have an idea for a nonfiction book but are unsure how to structure it in a way that will work? This one-on-one and small-group mentoring session will help you write an appealing first chapter and create an outline and chapter summaries for what follows. Register by July 1. First-come, first-served until we reach […]

SoCal CWC Presents

This year, in lieu of a one-time event, the SoCal Christian Writers’ Conference is doing a series of one-on-one virtual mentoring sessions we’re calling “SoCal CWC Presents.” We started with Screenwriter Mentoring with Bob Saenz and Jeff Willis, who taught on that topic at last year’s conference. Our current session is on Nonfiction Book Proposals […]

Missing Mount Hermon?

I woke up on this beautiful Palm Sunday morning thanking God for sending His Son to live on this earth, go to the cross, and rise from the dead to reconcile us with Him. But I must admit, my heart was also heavy with sorrow and grief over not being able to celebrate this holy […]

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