Michael Ehret, WritingOnTheFineLine
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First Impressions, a new contest for unpublished authors from the American Christian Fiction Writers, is now accepting entries! With First Impressions, you submit only the first five pages of your manuscript to have them evaluated by experienced judges and industry professionals. Agents and editors agree the first five pages are crucial in getting them to…
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Title: Gideon’s Call Author: Peter Leavell Publisher: Worthy Publishing ISBN: 978-1617951176 Category: Historical Fiction I don’t read historical fiction. Never liked it, never cared much for history at all. Not since school when it was the most deadly dull course I had to suffer through. George Santanya had me in mind when he said, “Those…
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I’ve been in waiting mode for years with this novel I’m writing. Waiting for me to commit the time to it (note I didn’t say find the time). Waiting for inspiration to strike. Waiting for God to extend His finger from the sky and emblazon my manuscript with the perfect words. Waiting. Yes, for these…
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“After nourishment, shelter, and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” — Philip Pullman, an English writer. Author of the His Dark Materials fantasy trilogy. Pullman doesn’t share the same worldview as I do—he calls himself an “agnostic atheist”—but I do agree with him in his sentiment regarding the importance of…
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Creativity comes in all shapes and sizes. For instance, I dabble in color and graphic design. I love to cook, but hate to clean up. I write a little. But what really gets my creative juices going is helping other writers discover the beauty in their writing through the editing process. One of the things…
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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.” ― Lloyd Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007), an American author of more than 40 books, mostly fantasy novels, including The Chronicles of Prydain series. He won the Newbery Medal in 1969. I’ve never understood this idea some have that…
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In 2011, Peter Leavell was one of five finalists for the Christian Writers Guild’s Operation First Novel contest with his manuscript, Songs of Captivity. Over the next nine months or so, as I watched him navigate the waters of publication (his novel won the contest and was renamed Gideon’s Call by Worthy Publishing), Peter has…
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Curious about how the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference went last weekend in Dallas TX? Catch a glimpse of some of the knowledge shared in my post today on Novel Rocket. Then, come back later today when Peter Leavell steps Into The Edit with me–right here on this blog. Michael Ehret, for Writing on the…
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Recently, I attended the American Christian Fiction Writers annual conference in Dallas TX. I always come away from these gatherings with renewed creativity and an appreciation for just how tough this business is. But I also come away with a glow. If you’ve been to a writer’s conference, you probably understand. If not, and if…
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“Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.” –Meg Cabot, American author of romantic and paranormal fiction for teens and adults. Best known for The Princess Diaries.…
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