Congrats to Jill, Christina and the rest!

Christy Award Nominations were released today – two of which included the amazing and talented Christina Berry and Jill Williamson from OCW and the Portland ACFW chapter. Both nominations are well deserved! Here is the full PDF press release:...

Blog, Interrupted…

By life. It’s 10:14 p.m. and I realized I’d forgotten my regularly scheduled Thursday blog. I apologize. Had planned on writing about the Christian Historical Fiction Challenge that I just now learned about (that started in January)… But I cannot...

Study on WWII Germany

Are there ever periods where you seem to have a common thread in all the books you’re reading? Lately, it’s been a thread linking the movies I’ve seen and the books I’m studying. What’s that tie? Germany during and after World War II. It...

For writers…er…revisers

Wonderful post today on agent Nathan Bransford’s blog about how cocktail parties should really go: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/04/way-cocktail-parties-should-really-go.html It’s true! I’m a reviser. Question for you: What other...

thoughts on kindle

I’ll come right out and admit it: I’m in love with the Amazon Kindle (and I don’t even have one!). I do have the Kindle for Mac and have been downloading free and inexpensive books for the past few weeks and am loving it. At first, I was the staunch,...

Rejection and Editing

Here is a fascinating story about a 101-year-old rejection letter – http://chavelaque.blogspot.com/2010/03/110-year-old-rejection-letter.html. And proof that everyone needs an editor: http://www.flickr.com/photos/61139623@N00/4456618289/sizes/o/. (Thanks to my...