As a dyslexic writer, I appreciate the challenges of a parent with a dyslexic child. Staci’s son struggles with dyslexia, but it sounds like he’s also very gifted with a powerful memory. Read her interesting story. Also check out her free book in ebook version today and tomorrow only. The Top Page My son is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »John 3:16 Network Blog Tour – Ashley Dawn
Today I have the privilege of interviewing Ashley Dawn. She will be talking about her newly released book, Shadows of Suspense. When did you realize you wanted to become a writer? Honestly, I’m not sure there was ever an ‘ah ha’ moment when I decided. I started writing young. I would write songs, poems, and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »John 3:16 Network Blog Tour – Amanda Stephan
FUN Interview Questions: 1. Many writers will say they see stories all around them. Is there any place unusual you’ve found a story? I was cooking dinner one evening, and a title for a book just kind of hit me. I ran to the computer to type out the name, and ended up with an [...]
Read the rest of this entry »John 3:16 Network Blog Tour – Lisa Lickel
How long have you been writing? I’ve been writing professionally since 2003 when I began selling my work to my national church magazine. Later on I wrote a regular column for our local newspaper and feature articles. I continued to sell some articles, then began focusing on novels. I signed with an agent and sold [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Tessa Stockton – author of The Unforgivable
Today I have the privilege to interview Tessa Stockton, author of The Unforgivable. Her book was published in March of this year, and she’s going to share a little about the process of writing and publishing. What was the inspiration for your book, The Unforgivable? Working with human right groups long ago, I had an [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Polishing your gems – 5 editing strategies (Part 3 of 3)
Using discernment in critique groups Critiques are often filled with both good and bad advice. For a writer, this can be confusing. Fellow writers sometimes attempt to impose their voice onto your work. Critiquing is not intended to cause writers to adopt a specific style of writing, but to identify problems that keep their voice [...]
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3. Helpful Tools There are a few helpful tools that assist writers in catching a large portion of mistakes. These tools will help you catch many errors, but the work is far from complete from our self-editing. Keep in mind, this is course grit polishing. These help smooth out the rough edges and find obvious [...]
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Once you finish writing your manuscript, the work of self-editing begins. Self-editing is the process of catching the obvious mistakes so you don’t waste critiquing time with the little stuff. A critique partner or an editor should only see your work after it’s polished as far as you can take it. With very few exceptions, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Author Spotlight – K. Dawn Byrd
I understand you are having a new book coming out. Tell me a little about your book. When I went to work as a counselor in a jail, I began to wonder what would happen if a strong Christian woman was wrongly accused and incarcerated? Would she turn her back on God? Would she crack [...]
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Christian Fiction - I Called Him Dancer officially launched April 12th.
