Category Archives: Editing

Writer’s Support

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

It’s amazing how far a little encouragement will take a writer. This is the reason each writer desperately needs a support base of readers who are in love with their writing. Among these readers we look most eagerly for those … Continue reading →

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Orienting Your Reader

Posted on July 16, 2016 by

I am currently on holidays in Manitoba for a month, visiting family and attending two weddings, as well as my mother’s eightieth birthday celebration. While I am here I am also trying to carve out some daily time for writing. … Continue reading →

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Writing Update

Posted on August 1, 2013 by

I am two and a half weeks away from the Oregon Christian Writers’ Conference. Last year when I went to the conference for the first time–my first ever writers’ conference–I submitted my novel to an editor who said it was … Continue reading →

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To unravel or not to unravel

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

My mother, who suffered a stroke a year ago, has recently taught herself to knit. I keep in touch with her by phone because we live a thousand miles apart. I admire her spirit. She is determined not to let … Continue reading →

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Editing – it’s happening

Posted on September 22, 2012 by

I just had to share that I started editing my novel yesterday and it went well. I rounded out a scene. I did some research. I read up on plot versus character and I mapped out my plot on a … Continue reading →

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