Blog Birth of a Baby Completing a book has often been described as giving birth, and as one who has given birth to babies and books, I fully understand the…Bobbie ChristmasNovember 6, 2019
Blog Reading for Fun One of the possible drawbacks to being a book editor is that I read manuscripts as a necessary part of my business, which leaves almost…Bobbie ChristmasOctober 21, 2019
Blog Starting Over I spent all day recently rewriting from memory a children's story I had written years ago, because I could not find it on any of…Bobbie ChristmasMay 11, 2019
Blog The Case of the Missing Towel When I stepped out of the shower recently, I reached for my bath towel, which usually hangs on a hook by my shower. The hook…Bobbie ChristmasFebruary 27, 2019
BlogconferenceCreative WritingHumorWriting LIFE AS MATERIAL LIFE AS MATERIAL My sister and I recently drove to Altamonte Springs, Florida, where I gave several workshops and many interviews at the Florida…Bobbie ChristmasNovember 14, 2018
Creative WritingGrammarHumorWriting HUMOR FOR GRAMMARIANS A few weeks ago I saw a funny list of items related to writing. I’d seen it before, but this time I decided to share…Bobbie ChristmasAugust 12, 2018
BlogCreative WritingGrammarWriting No More Me and . . . As an editor you can probably find grammar errors in anything you read, yet are errors in grammar coming out of your mouth when you…Bobbie ChristmasJuly 25, 2018
Blog Percentages, Thoughts, and Single and Double Quotation Marks Writers asked; I answered. Q: In this sentence (for a nonfiction book), which version would be correct? (Or should it be something else?) Most lenders…Bobbie ChristmasJuly 17, 2018
Blog My Take on (some of) the Oscars I watched a foreign film last night titled The Square. It is up for an Oscar for best foreign film, and although lately the foreign…Bobbie ChristmasFebruary 25, 2018