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How to Marie Kondo Your Writing

Filed in Ask the Editor by Erika Bennett on May 23, 2019 • 0 Comments

Maybe you read her book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing or you watched her series on Netflix. Either way, you’ve likely heard of the esteemed, Marie Kondo. She’s pretty popular these days for her ability to help families de-clutter and organize their homes. Her intention is to […]

Well Looky Here! 75 Different Synonyms for the Word “Look”

Filed in Writing Tips by Blair Townley on May 16, 2019 • 9 Comments

It’s easy to find yourself stuck when writing—you want to add color, depth, and description to your writing, but that requires, well, you know, words. Sometimes those words are hard to conjure up! We definitely get it. To help you out, here are 75 different synonyms to use instead of the word “looked.” (A word which […]

Why Your Target Audience Matters

You’ve done it! You’ve written your book and have committed to publishing it. You’re probably excited to share the final product with the whole world. Well, maybe not the entire world, but your target audience is definitely all Christian readers, right? Think again. Believe it or not, many authors enter the publishing process with their target audience focused on Christian readers of […]

Top Secret or Not: Sharing Your Writing with Others

Filed in Ask the Editor by Erika Bennett on May 9, 2019 • 0 Comments

There is a common writing stereotype doing more harm than good for the writing community. Writing is not, and should not be viewed as a solitary confinement type of punishment. The task of sitting down to write has been glorified as this painful and disparaging task that segregates the writer from the rest of their […]

Finding the Balance Between Working and Writing

Filed in Ask the Editor by Erika Bennett on May 2, 2019 • 0 Comments

Take a moment and think of your favorite author. Without even knowing who you selected, I can say with 95% confidence that they had to work a full-time job while writing his or her first or first few books. Writing begins as a passion project for almost all of us and learning how to balance […]