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
©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
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
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
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