Introducing My Short Story for Novelists in November
Well, with Novelists in November closing for submissions soon (so get yours in!), I am currently wrapping up my own short story which, if it works out well, I will be including in the collection! I had gone back and forth for a while about whether or not I’d be including a short story in […]
How to Format a Novel (or other fictional work) for Submission
Over the last couple days, I’ve answered a lot of young writers’ questions about how submission guidelines work both for Wild Blue Wonder Press, and at my day job at the Author Conservatory (where we do critiques as well as put together anthologies, necessitating submission guidelines). And one of the biggest questions is about formatting […]
A Guest Post by Alice Strauss ~ Like a Ship on the Sea Launch Tour & Giveaway
In today’s post, I feature Alice giving a “matron of honor” speech because that’s what she wanted to do with her opportunity to guest post. God help us all. Before that, here’s the normal launch tour stuff . . . About Like a Ship on the Sea If God asks you to confront a storm, […]
The Springtime in Surrey Blog Tour Kickoff | Wild Blue Wonder Press’s Debut Anthology Is Here!
HEY FOLKS! Kellyn here, and I’m SO READY for the launch of Wild Blue Wonder Press‘s first-ever anthology, a collection of eight novellas hand-selected to share some amazing Christian themes, both explicit and more subtle, with you. These stories are clean (at worst, PG for thematic elements like a Jane Austen adaptation, but you can […]
The Beyond Her Calling Relaunch Blog Tour | A Post about Characters
In today’s blog post, I’ll be talking about my top 2 minor characters in Beyond Her Calling as well as the McAllens, who come as a group! My Favorite Things About Aunt Daphne Her random gardening. Her excellent advice on all matters, even if at times she can be a little abrupt in her mannerisms. […]
5 Practical Steps to Overcoming Unfinisheditis
You’ve had it. I’ve had it. We’ve all had it. That’s what writing is for beginners, after all – not finishing stories. And it’s okay, at first, to test out a thousand little plot bunnies. But at some point, to become an author, you must finish a novel. Still, it’s not like it’s easy. So […]