This story of social media with training wheels follows ten-year-old Angie’s Saturday deliveries of newspapers and baked goods. Each customer along Angie’s route receives her gifts and shares conversations, usually revealing vexing problems. Angie gathers problems at each stop, not as burdens but with an intention of finding solutions. Angie’s Down […]
Sisters of the Last Straw: CWG May Book Blast
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Karen Kelly Boyce’s delightful children’s book Sisters of the Last Straw, Case of the Stolen Rosaries. It’s an SOA winner as well as an award-winning novel. Summary: The Sisters of the Last Straw are a group of sisters struggling hard to […]
Monday’s Writing Tips – Building a Farmer’s Stand
This is the last blog about potatoes. I promise. It is just too good a metaphor to give up easily. So now you have your edited manuscript. You have sent it out to all the agents you thought would be interested and nobody seemed to want it. As a […]
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 […]
Monday’s Writing Tips – Finding an Editor
After you have created the second draft of your novel, you are not finished. I find that after I have done all the edits that I know how to do, I need the help of a professional. Writing is a wonderful skill and talent! I believe it is a gift […]
Monday’s Writing Tips – The Second Draft
We have been working on one chapter of your novel. Let’s recap. First, we striped it down to the bones by removing all adjectives and adverbs. Afterwards we checked the validity of our bare bones plot. Second, we added unique and powerful adjectives as necessary. Instead of adding adverbs we […]
Ron O’Gorman’s SOA – CWG January Book Blast
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Guildie Ron O’Gorman’s book, Fatal Rhythm. It’s an SOA winner as well as an award-winning novel. Check out this medical thriller by a fellow Catholic. Summary: In the pre-dawn hours of the graveyard shift, the ICU at the Houston Heart Institute is […]
Monday’s Writing Tips – The Beat!
As a writer, I love language! I love when I learn a new word. I love when I find a new poem that touches my heart. I even enjoy commercial jingles that stick in my mind and haunt me throughout the day. There is a magic to language. Let’s face […]