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PENCON Editors’ Conference 2023
Writers have lots of conferences to choose from. If you’re a Christian editor or proofreader, there’s only one … and it’s awesome! PENCON is an interactive virtual conference designed to connect Christian editors and proofreaders with one another and with other industry professionals. This three-day event features live chat and Q&A in every session, one-on-one […]
Seasons Greetings!
Now, before you get too concerned about the fact that I used the alternative to “Merry Christmas” as the title for this blog, let me explain. I’ve been pondering the idea of seasons lately. Not holidays, or summer and winter and such, but the different seasons we go through in life. Not just by age, […]
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 […]
Little Faith in a Big God
A couple of weeks ago, the president and CEO of Mount Hermon sent out a plea saying that they need $4 million in donations by the end of the year to recover from the losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I have no problem believing this can happen, because there are many people like myself […]
Need Help with Windows 10!
A few months ago, my laptop started making buzzing noises. Afraid that it was about to die (no doubt in the middle of an important project), I switched to a new laptop. My old laptop had Windows 7; the new one has Windows 10. I knew there would be a learning curve (which I hate […]
2019 Excellence in Editing Award
Having been a professional freelance editor since 1998, I believe in the power of a well-written and well-edited book. With all the self-publishing and small-press publishing going on these days, it seems there’s a plethora of books out there that aren’t as well edited as what the big traditional publishers have put out in years past. However, […]
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 […]