Blog Find Your Fresh Voice ©2020 Bobbie Christmas Agents and publishers say they want manuscripts with a fresh voice. What the heck is a fresh voice, and how can you…Bobbie ChristmasSeptember 8, 2020
Blog On My Editing High Horse I’m not a grammarian, a teacher of grammar. I’m merely an editor who has to deal with grammar issues daily. As such I feel that…Bobbie ChristmasJuly 31, 2020
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