When editing, look at your specific or action verbs to spice up your manuscript. Don’t have a character walk into a room, have them stroll or rush–that allows the reader to feel what the character is doing. Deanna Carlyle has a wonderful list that might either help you with a fresh and active verb or
Multipublished author Alice J. Wisler creates real and believable characters in Hatteras Girl. Backcover copy: There are two things twenty-nine-year-old Jackie Donovan asks God for: an honest, wonderful man to marry, and to own a bed-and-breakfast in the Outer Banks region. In the meantime, Jackie works for Lighthouse Views magazine, writing articles about other local
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Love Finds You in Treasure Island Florida would be the perfect beach read! I read it in central North Carolina in the fall, wish I had that to do over again! Backcover copy: Amanda Burns owns a bicycle shop in Treasure Island, Florida but she almost never has time to enjoy the charming town or
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We started the trip on the Staten Island Ferry. The trip was free and we saw many NYC sights, including the Statue of Liberty. After checking into our hotel, we walked to the subway and traveled to American Girl, an awesome store if you have a little girl. Then we took a carriage ride around
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While in NYC over the weekend, we had the opportunity to see Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway! What a wonderful experience. We were seated in the center at the back of section A under the balcony. Spoiler alert : When Mary Poppins flies – the folks in the balcony can see
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I attended Scene Therapy by Susan May Warren and Rachel Hauck for my continuing education class at the 2010 ACFW conference. Tension is what drives a novel. And they showed the participants how to create tension in each and every scene. I’m not going through every thing that was taught in the class, but I
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The 2010 ACFW conference was superb. I missed each of you who stayed home for whatever reason, and pray that you’ll be able to attend in 2011.My two favorite parts of the conference this year were volunteering, so I figured I’d write a blog post about the experiences! The first volunteer activity I performed was
Writing is a lonely business. Anyone out there who writes for a living knows that. These days, at least we have electronic friends. And with conferences, we get to meet those electronic friends. Before SCRIBES (the large group critique format) there were small ACFW critique groups. I was invited to join one about a year
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Sunday I heard Steve Scheibner speak. What a powerful testimony he has, if you ever get a chance to hear him speak, grab it! An amazing 9/11 story that you MUST hear. But I digress. On Sunday, Steve talked about John 21:1-14. He reminded us that Peter counted the fish in this passage.If Peter counted
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Melanie Dickerson is an award-winning author who earned her bachelor’s degree in special education from The University of Alabama. Growing up fifty miles from the hometown of Harper Lee made her believe it was possible for her dream of becoming published author to come true. She taught children with special needs in Georgia and Tennessee,
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