Contests

  • Should I “Tiny House” My Garage? Vote!

    The other day I read a fascinating post on the blog “Tiny House Talk” about transforming an out building (not an outhouse!) into a tiny house and renting it on Airbnb. See that completed house here. Here’s one of the photos of the “before.” Yech! I think my lead character, Berly Charles, in my novella

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  • Samara Is A Real Place

    Samara Is A Real Place

    I knew I had to have this almost magical place where the natural attraction these two feel for each other could be easily intensified. It’s a novella, after all, there wasn’t a lot of time.

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  • What next, you winner?

    It’s an unfortunate truth—if there are writing contests, there will be people who do not win them and most of the time those people will be you and me. So know going into it that, when it comes to writing contests, the odds are against you winning. Does that mean you shouldn’t enter? Not at

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  • We had great participation yesterday. People shared fabulous stories about being edited and about what they hope to learn when they are edited. When you need editing services, I hope you’ll feel more confident in hiring an editor. I numbered the people who commented and then went to Random.org and generated a random number: 3.

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  • To launch this new occasional feature of Writing On The Fine Line, my guest, Ronie Kendig, has donated a fantastic prize: The four-DVD set of the entire “Firefly” television show. It includes all 14 episodes, plus three unaired episodes—and more. If you haven’t seen this, it will … Change. Your. Life. Or, at least entertain

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  • First Impressions, a new contest for unpublished authors from the American Christian Fiction Writers, is now accepting entries!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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