A happy and blessed Christmas to all of you! We receive many gifts during the Christmas season: gifts of material, gifts of family, gifts of grace. We receive the greatest gift in Christ, of course, and if you’re like me, you find it difficult at times, especially in the midst […]
Return to Paradise – by Tim Speer – YA Review
Return to Paradise relates five critical days in the life of a man named David Martin. In them, his courage, steadfastness and integrity are tried by an unusual experience. Seemingly quite by accident, he finds himself stranded in a small, rural town in Missouri on a trip to visit […]
The Choice of Grace
What is it? Can you figure it out? It’s undeniably there! Oh, sorry, but those are the thoughts that run through my head any time I witness Francis engage his people. A few days ago he actually participated in a TV interview and talked (via video link) with real people […]
After the Conference, Committees push on!
It was a pleasure to finally meet face-to-face several committee chairs at the Catholic Writers Guild conference. They were introduced and recognized during the Welcome session, helping newcomers see that our volunteers are vital to CWG – and that we have the most fun! We are still looking for a […]
Creating a Marketing Strategy
So you finished your novel! Maybe it was traditionally published or perhaps you self-published. It doesn’t matter. The box of books has arrived in the post and holding your finished product is akin to holding your first newborn. It is exhilarating, a moment you will never forget. However, that feeling […]
It’s Not About Me!
Do you remember the first time you looked through a magnifying glass? It was an amazement to find out that in the small area covered by the glass things were nothing like you thought they were at first glance! I have a couple of graduate degrees and have spent years reading […]
Review: Blessed by Less by Susan Vogt
For Susan Vogt, a Lenten challenge became an addiction. Her forty bags for forty days campaign on her blog encouraged others to join her in giving away one bag of unneeded items every day for 40 days. The discipline of giving things away began to lift the burdens of clutter, […]
Rotten Potatoes
You have worked on your novel, and had it edited. Now here you are with a completed manuscript. You’re sure it is the very best you can do. You know it is inspired and that it will rock the world with its wisdom. Who should you send it to? How will […]
Monday’s Writing Tips – What Now?
Monday’s Writing Tips | Karen Kelly Boyce, Author and Inspirational Speaker Two weeks ago we finished our personal editing, searched for a professional editor and with price in mind sent our manuscript to be professionally edited. As a proficient writer we paid for developmental, line editing and proofreading. What now? […]
Monday’s Writing Tips – Developmental Editing
Last week we discussed getting an editor and the types of editing that are available. This week I would like to present the need for a novelist to pay for and get professional developmental editing. As mentioned in the last blog, developmental editing offers suggestions about the content and structure […]