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Guest Post—Adria Goetz “My 5 in 5 Rule for Evaluating Submissions”
As an agent, I spend a lot of time reading and evaluating the projects that show up in my inbox. Most of the submissions I receive are good—a lot of them even great—but I don’t have the capacity to say yes to everything. So I’ve developed a series of tools I can use to evaluate […]
7th Annual “Promising Beginnings” Christian Writers’ Contest
Because I believe in the power, impact, and influence of Christian writers’ conferences, I am holding a contest again this year in which the prize is a full scholarship to a conference. This year, the winner will be given a choice between two options: Full scholarship to the 2019 Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference, including […]
Formal versus Informal Writing
As a professional editor for the past twenty years, I’m always looking up guidelines in the industry-standard resources—which, for published books, is The Chicago Manual of Style and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. So much of writing is subjective, up to author and publisher preference as well as educated guesswork as to what will be most effective […]
SoCal Christian Writers’ Conference 2018
The second annual SoCal Christian Writers’ Conference was amazing. A LOT went into the preparation for it, but I had an incredible planning team who voluntarily gave of their time and talents to make this happen. And wow, did God ever bless it! I’m having a great time reading the comments posted on the Facebook […]
My Latest Celebrate Lit Blog Tour
I am so grateful to my dear, sweet friend Sandra Barela, who runs Celebrate Lit Publishing & Publicity, for doing a series of blog tours for my Fiction Lover’s Devotional series. Last month, she sent preview copies of the fourth book, 21 Days of Joy: Stories that Celebrate Mom, to her reviewers. Sandy’s blog tours […]
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Guest Post—Aurora Gregory “Networking Much?”
It is my pleasure to share this post from Aurora Gregory with you all. A writers’ conference is also a fantastic way to network, and you will get to meet Aurora and so many other wonderful people at the SoCal Christian Writers’ Conference next month… Networking is one of those marketing activities (yes, it is a marketing […]