I’m trying something new today: a recorded interview with Amazon best seller Karyn Almendarez. We’ll be talking about her book, Tragedy’s Treasures: A Mom’s Journey Through Grief and what Karyn did to reach the Amazon #1 best seller spot for her book. You can view the video or read the post that follows. The post…
I wrote earlier this month about the things that drive us to write the books we do. This is especially true for author Donna Whittaker, who this month reaches a milestone of sorts, 60 years of having myasthenia gravis (pronounced my-as-theen-ee-a grav-us). The word comes from the Greek and Latin words meaning “grave muscular weakness.”…
Many writers prefer to have a distraction-free screen as they write. For Scrivener users that means working with the binder and inspector closed. But when you need to do specific tasks that can often mean reopening either. Today, I’d like to show you some Scrivener shortcuts that will help you avoid that.
I’m interviewing author Renee Reid today. Her debut book, The Courageous Woman’s Guide to Recovering Life’s Joy: Using Your Spiritual Weapons to Reach out to God, releases September 25. No doubt, Renee is very excited and I’m glad to have her here today to help launch her book. Her mission is
Many of us write because we believe we have a message God wants us to share. In fact, our first book is often about lessons learned from a personal experience that we believe will help others. We want to convey information that will help others navigate and conquer a similar problem. That was certainly the…
You submitted your manuscript to several publishers simultaneously. But that was 3 months ago and you haven’t heard a word. You submitted your book to a contest, but winners won’t be announced for another 6 months. Then after all that waiting you get nothing but rejection letters and your contest entry didn’t even make the…
You’re quoting the Bible in your book and many of the verses use LORD in small caps. But you don’t know how to get those little capitals so you type LORD in your manuscript. Or maybe you missed the fact completely that Lord was in all caps. I see that often in the nonfiction manuscripts I edit….
Search engine optimization. Otherwise known as SEO. If you’ve been writing for the web, more than likely you’ve heard this term even if you don’t understand it. I recently had my admin assistant do a Google search for several keywords, among them were editor and freelance editor. Ahhh! My website didn’t turn up anywhere in…