@CindyDevoted The email asked, "Would you be a beta reader?" Before there was ample time to think it through, you shot an email back with an emphatic, "Yes." A few days later, a pdf or paper book arrive along with Beta Reader Instructions. Becoming a beta reader comes with it's perks…

@CindyDevoted Last week completed my 2019 conference travel. I've traveled to 8 conferences. A total of 7k miles. I always dreaded the travel itself, but once I'm there...I love it. Writers Conferences are places where those of us who are "quirky" know that others understand that. As I look over…

@CindyDevoted Publication is the dream of every writer. Each day we head for the laptop and tap away at the keys, placing words in the perfect place on the page. Once that hard work pays off and we sign that first contract, it’s important to learn the work is not…

@CindyDevoted When I attend conferences folks are always asking, “After the contract comes, what next?” Often, we focus on only learning the craft. Don’t get me wrong. We need to know the craft inside and out, but it’s important to understand what does happen once we earn that contract. Let’s…

@CindyDevoted Let me be clear. There are a hundred different ways to write a devotion. Some are meant for the shorter devotions while others are meant for the longer ones, but regardless of the length, a devotion must have a couple of particular elements to make it a devotion and…

@CindyDevoted Homonym– A word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air or bear and bare. I love editors. They’re a breed all their own. A bit OCD and a bit of the perfectionist’s mentality, they’re the eyes…