The hardest thing for a new writer to do is to not have backstory. When backstory is dumped on a reader, it is boring. Nothing turns a reader off more than the \”backstory dump.\” Every class on writing will tell you to start your book with action. Leave the backstory until later. The reader doesn\’t …
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” Psalms 122:1 That is one of my favorite verses in the Bible. I\’m beginning to wonder how happy Christians are to go to church right now. Most churches\’ attendance has dropped dramatically since COVID. People are afraid to go …
by Kathy Cretsinger As of May 31, 2021, Mantle Rock Publishing LLC will close its doors. It has been a hard decision to make, but it is time to do it. Last year, we sold most of our business to Scrivenings Press LLC. I thought my eyes would hold out for me to have a …
by Kathy Cretsinger Every author writes for publication, but do we write to be published? There is a difference. Let me explain. To write to be published, you are writing for the reader. To write for publication, you are putting words on paper. Which do you want to do? I\’ve had authors tell me they …
by Kathy Cretsinger If you are under the impression that you can lose weight eating gluten-free, you are mistaken. Gluten and carbs are not the same. Carbs are everywhere, and we eat them all the time. My doctor suggested I download the app “My Fitness Pal” to keep up with the calories I eat to …
by Kathy Cretsinger Have you ever read a book that had no tension? There was no conflict between characters. It was blah! Tension/conflict is what makes a book interesting to the reader. Readers want something that makes them want to read the next page. Why did you watch The Wizard of Oz? It was because of the …
Happy Mother\’s Day by Kathy Cretsinger The most well- known mother of all times is Mary. We learned about Mary and her devotion to God early in our lives. She had to be a special person for God to choose her to give birth to His Son. Today, we think the things that are happening …
by Kathy Cretsinger The two P\’s were bad this year. The pandemic was very hard on all of us, but the publishing industry was hurt also. Book stores closed their doors forever. Publishing companies closed. The industry was hurt. A lot of publishers sent editors home to work there, and the publishers decreased the number …
by Kathy Cretsinger The hardest thing for writers to do is to find readers. We have to constantly find people who will want to read each book we write. We start searching, then think we aren\’t doing something right, and we start over again. Most of us use Facebook to get people interested in us. …
Help Us Lord by Kathy Cretsinger In our society today, we seem to want to blame someone for anything that happens. Where does the blame belong? Maybe to the parents who did not bring their children up in the Lord. When people do not have a religious structure in a country, it seems the country …
