Blog Query Letters: Do’s and Don’ts While clearing out old papers, I ran across a few items I collected many years ago. For a time, I helped a literary agent…Bobbie ChristmasNovember 17, 2014
Blog Today’s Conundrum One of my wonderful clients just sent me a copy of her memoir, Wife of the Deceased. Last month, a client gave me two of…Bobbie ChristmasNovember 5, 2014
Blog What’s an Editor to Do? As I write this, I just finished reading a blog posted by someone who claims to be an editor. While her blog information makes sense,…Bobbie ChristmasOctober 6, 2014
Blog The Mighty Pen — and an addendum I wrote the following as my letter from the editor in the latest issue of The Writers Network News, but even if you read it…Bobbie ChristmasAugust 27, 2014
Blog A Vague Nod to Astrology, and How it Affects Writers Over the years I have had a few friends who studied, swore by, and lived by astrology. Mostly I found their comments to be a…Bobbie ChristmasAugust 8, 2014
BlogCreative Writing DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? Today I ended a two-week trial using hearing aids. I'm relieved, so far, to have those things out of my ears, but the trial was…Bobbie ChristmasNovember 14, 2013
Blog The Meaning (pun intended) behind Name-calling Something pressed on my mind this morning until I had to sit down to write my thoughts. The other day I had a conversation with…Bobbie ChristmasJune 22, 2013
Blog Ask the Book Doctor about Sentences that Deserve Restructuring Q: I'm writing a short story, and I need help with a sentence. Are any of the following versions I wrote okay? 1. That resulted…Bobbie ChristmasMarch 23, 2013
Blog Caveat Emptor! Caveat emptor! Buyer beware! Oh, I know, writers are sellers, not buyers, but we also do buy services to help us get published or to…Bobbie ChristmasMarch 6, 2013
Blog Astrology: Can It Affect Writing? One of my clients sent his manuscript last month and insisted that I return the edited version before Mercury went retrograde February 23. Thankfully for…Bobbie ChristmasMarch 1, 2013