My friend Jan kern organizes and runs the pre-conference and main mentoring clinics for Mount Hermon–and does an amazing job with this monumental task. I love working with her! And I’m delighted to share with you this article she wrote, which originally ran on the Mount Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference Blog on February 16, 2017… […]
I’m still filled with excitement from the excitement of the wonderful Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference last week, but I know from experience that oftentimes the reason people go to a conference is not always what God has for them. Here is a wonderful post by my dear friend Jeanette Hanscome that originally ran on her […]
It is such a pleasure to feature one of my dear friend Xochi’s posts on my blog. Xochi is a skilled writer and a passionate woman of God. She is also one of the faculty members who will be teaching at the SoCal Christian Writers’ Conference — As a writer of both fiction and nonfiction, […]
Kelly Harrel is an inspiring woman of God, author, and a close friend. I hope you enjoy this heartfelt post from her, especially as the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference is only a few days away. — Last year I had the honor of teaching for the first time at Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference. […]
I ran across this blog post in defense of the world’s most controversial punctuation mark, and had to share it with you. The post was originally featured on The Writer. — Less than one-third of a second. Can you comprehend that length of time? One-third of a second is a tad less than the time […]
Did you know that March 4 was National Grammar Day? For people like me, this was a major event! Please comment below about your pet grammar peeves, the funniest grammar mistakes you’ve seen, or the most embarrassing grammar mistakes you’ve made. My personal pet grammar peeve is the dictionary having two definitions for literally that […]
When something happens that is irritating or frustrating or worrisome or disconcerting … give it some TLC2. Talk to God about it. Tell Him what’s on your heart. Don’t go blabbing about it to others until after you’ve discussed it with your heavenly Father, so He can give you the right perspective. Then, if you […]
In my Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors, I address the myth that writers should never start a sentence with a conjunction (and, or, nor, because, for, yet, so, since, unless, until). But I recently heard that there’s a new “rule” floating around in the industry that says that starting a sentence with an -ing word […]
