©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
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
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
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
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
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
About a month ago I noticed a Krispy Kreme store being built only three miles from my house. Yay! It wasn’t opened yet, though. Boo!…
Bobbie ChristmasDecember 6, 2017
Writers write. What do we write about? With nonfiction writers like me, every bump in the road, every event in our lives, feels as though it…
Bobbie ChristmasAugust 21, 2017
I’m always impressed with fiction writers. Not only must their word choice and word order be correct, but they must also conjure up stories with…
Bobbie ChristmasJuly 1, 2016