by Kathy Cretsinger Each author wants their book published the best possible way. It is our baby, and we want the best for our babies. We want to enlighten people\’s lives, and let each reader enjoy a little time away from the everyday cares of the world. This is everyone\’s dream. We\’ve looked at different …
Lessons I\’ve Learned by Kathy Cretsinger The picture you see is gluten-free bread. You will notice it doesn\’t look like bread with gluten. That is the first thing I learned. Bread doesn\’t look like you are used to it looking. The taste may be different also. I\’m not an expert on gluten-free bread yet, but …
This weekend has been difficult. For the past week I\’ve been wearing a heart monitor, which I hate to have to do. My heart races at times, and this weekend, it decided to take a wild race. Finally, it has slowed down and I don\’t have to go to the doctor today. It is not …
Recently, we bought a table in a box. It had to be put together. It was only an end table, so it shouldn\’t be too much trouble. Besides the pieces and screws and bolts, it had a book of instructions. It looked simple. Put piece A and piece B together with screws F and G. …
by Kathy Cretsinger Have you ever written a book in three acts? I had heard James Scott Bell give a class on writing this way, but I never tried it. I guess so much was going on in my life that I simply forgot it, but I wanted to try it. I started my work …
Why is a publisher called small instead of large? It is the number of employees. A small publisher has a smaller number of people working with them than a large publisher does. Most small publishers work out of their home and outsource the printing of their books. When I owned a small publishing company, we …
Last week I had a hard time not eating bread. Now, I have biscuits in the freezer and a great hamburger bun/roll recipe. It is so good to have friends. Eating gluten has really hurt my body and my mind. I had gotten depressed because I couldn\’t make a biscuit that wasn\’t hard as a …
How many times do you tweak your novel until you are satisfied with it? Some people call it rewriting, but we all go back and see something we want to change. Usually, I rewrite or tweak my first chapter three to five times. I think the one I\’m writing now, I\’ve tweaked it about ten …
The Sermon on the Mount by Kathy Cretsinger We are studying the Life of Christ, and Sunday we will go through the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5, 6, and 7. There is so much in those three chapters. So much for us to learn as Christians. Most of it is simple, or it should …
by Edie Melson @EdieMelson I know, I’m supposed to be the cheerleader of all things social media. But let’s get real here. Some days—some weeks—it just makes me tired. There are times when every writer gets weary of social media. Usually it happens when certain situations arise: I haven’t had any meaningful conversations in a while. …
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