In getting dressed to go bowling recently, I reached into my jewelry box for a pair of earrings and spotted a gold ring I hadn’t…
Bobbie ChristmasDecember 3, 2022
by Bobbie Christmas Q: In light of racial and LGBTQ issues, various terminology is changing to more sensitive language, avoiding words and phrases such as…
Bobbie ChristmasOctober 5, 2020
©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’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
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