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Writing a Quotable Book
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Often editors state they are looking for a quotable book. For many writers, the idea is confusing. How is a quotable book defined? Does it mean an endorsement? Where do w
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My Social Media 10 Commandments
by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Today’s post is short and sweet, but I hope you have as much fun reading it as I did writing it! 1. Thou shalt always promote others ahead of thyself. 2. Thou shal
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Raising the Bar on Christian Fiction
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Have you ever heard a reader indicate they didn’t read Christian fiction because of poor writing? Either the characterization, plot, dialogue, setting, emotion, or desc
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What a Bear Taught Me About My Writing Platform
By Heather Kreke @HKreke On Memorial Day a black bear wondered into our neighborhood and made himself (for the sake of this post I have decided the bear was a male) at home in a tree belonging to o
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Publishing Lessons Learned, Lessons Remembered
by @RamonaRichards I took my first job in the publishing industry in 1981. Yes, I’m old. I worked as an editorial secretary in the children’s book division of Abingdon Press. Unbelievably green
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Do Writers Have Anything in Common With King David?
by Sandy Kirby Quandt @SandyKQuandt Do writers have anything in common with King David? According to a keynote speaker at the North Texas Christian Writers Conference ten years ago, the answer is y