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.
a speaker/teacher at writers’ conferences.
an Editor Services Coordinator, matching authors, publishers, and agents with professional freelance editors/proofreaders through the Christian Editor Connection.
the founder and director of The Christian PEN: Proofreaders and Editors Network, a professional support organization for aspiring and established editorial freelancers.
founder and director of the SoCal Christian Writers’ Conference.
represented by a fabulous literary Agent: Diana Flegal with Hartline Literary Agency

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.

A Sacred Space

This week I am thrilled to introduce you to my Virtual Assistant, Joanne Reese. I’ve known Joanne for several years through the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference. We connected again at last year’s PENCON, and when I mentioned to her that I needed a new assistant, she offered her services. She’s been working with […]

National Punctuation Day Quiz

September 24 is National Punctuation Day! Only writer and editor types even care about such a thing. But since that’s me—and a lot of my followers—I figured it might be fun to “celebrate” with a little quiz to see how well you know the industry-standard punctuation rules.

The PEN Institute

I am excited to announce the launch of The PEN Institute, a new entity of the Christian Editor Network LLC. The PEN Institute started in 2004 as a part of The Christian PEN: Proofreaders and Editors Network, which began when I had a vision to create a community for Christian editors. Education has always been […]

The NEW Christian Editor Network LLC

I am thrilled to announce the launch of Christian Editor Network LLC. More than a year of planning has gone into this new business, and I am excited to see what God does with it. The Christian Editor Network LLC will be run by three business partners: myself, Jenne Acevedo (director of The Christian PEN: […]

Mount Hermon’s New Director

Have you heard? The Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference has a new director. And it’s me! I have loved this conference since I first attended in 1998, when Steve Laube encouraged me by telling me my writing was good. After attending four more years, and continuing to improve my craft (and in the meantime starting […]

Character Discovery

A warm welcome to my guest blogger, Aaron D. Gansky, author of The Bargain, The Blood Sword: A Hand of Adonai, Firsts in Fiction, and Write to be Heard.

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