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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Never in the publishing industry as there been so many ways for an author to publish their books. Most authors look at self-publishing as the way they want to go. Let\’s look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. The good. 1.You decide when you want to publish your book. It\’s up to you …
The one thing I have miss by being gluten-free is bread. I have always loved bread, which has not worked good on my digestive system. I love the taste and smell of bread. I will admit, I have to slip and eat bread once in a while. Bread seems to fill out a meal, but …
Do you ever wonder what it is like inside a writer\’s head? If you knew what went on in mine, you would want to put me in a padded room. I\’m so glad that God is the only one who knows. He knows me better than anyone, and He knows how I think. Let me …
People who can forgive are happier than those who hold grudges. Jesus taught us to forgive in the Model Prayer, also referred to as The Lord\’s Prayer. Jesus was asked by His disciples how to pray, and He taught them by example in Matthew 6: 8-13. The next verse shows the importance of forgiving others, …
Ever since I began writing, I\’ve been told to write what I know. No, you don\’t have to. You can write what you don\’t know, but you can learn in the process. There are a lot of authors who write horror, FBI, all kinds of crimes, and they are not fugitives from justice. We learn …
