Some grammar and punctuation issues are set in stone. A grammatically incorrect sentence will be corrected by an editor. A comma will be included before a conjunction when the conjunction separates two independent clauses. Then there are issues that an editor might...
Now, through September 30th, submissions are open for Easter Lilies stories. Easter Lilies is our annual special release. Each year, one Easter Lilies story will be released on each day of the Easter Triduum. (Yes, only three stories per year.)...
How does one write Christian fiction? That was a question that troubled me years ago. Because Inspirational Fiction is first, Inspirational and second, Fiction. And as an author we don’t just have to write to please ourselves or our editor or even the reader, we...
I’ve had a lot of questions lately regarding scenes and chapter breaks. While there is no steadfast rule with regard to where a scene break should occur or when the story should advance to another chapter, here is a little food for thought. In a contemporary romance,...
Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term. It means writing what the publisher wants. Can you do it? In our new feature – Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements. The story can be set in any time frame, any length,...
Point of view: when you finally get the hang of it, you wonder how you ever missed its importance in storytelling. There are three definitions for point of view (POV), and each one gives insight into what an author needs to know about this most important element of...
Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term. It means writing what the publisher wants. Can you do it? In our new feature – Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements. The story can be set in any time frame, any length,...
When I announced that I’d love to know the questions authors would like to ask an editor, I received quite a few responses. Most of them were about point of view (POV) and the technique of deep point of view (DPOV). I’ve written about these before on this blog, but I...
Finding a balance between drama and melodrama can be very hard sometimes. Today, let’s take a look at some of the areas an author may want to examine when self-editing to assure that the drama is not overdone: Don’t take a small conflict and try to make it bigger:...
Writing to spec – you’ve heard the term. It means writing what the publisher wants. Can you do it? In our new feature – Make-A-Story™, we ask you to create a story with these elements. The story can be set in any time frame, any length,...
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