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by Word Alive Press
Any observant reader may notice that the English language is not quite punctuated uniformly. While most punctuations rules are hard and fast, the...
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by Word Alive Press
Greg Elliott is not who he once was. Today he’s happily married to his teen sweetheart. Together they have three grown children who have always m...
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by Word Alive Press
“I have a story that will make you believe in God.”—Yann Martel
We started this blog with the goal of helping our readers become better writers: ...
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by Word Alive Press
I remember the day well. It had taken me a while to find the tiny rural church where the meeting was being held but I was determined to be there....
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by Word Alive Press
One of the toughest areas of novel writing to master is the dialogue. I have read many novels that have perfectly sculpted prose swirling across th...
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by Word Alive Press
Pay-for-publishing, like traditional publishing, comes with its own set of pros and cons. Having taught college level creative writing, I have s...
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by Word Alive Press
Bobbi Junior is our 2014 Free Publishing Contest for non-fiction, for her manuscript The Reluctant Caregiver. We sat down with Bobbi to find out...
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by Word Alive Press
I have a few different fingers in the publishing pie. I wouldn’t be writing for this blog if I wasn’t a writer, but that’s not the aspect of publ...
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I will not soon forget a writing tactic that my dad taught me during public school. I was uptight about writing my first history exam. I hated hi...
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by Word Alive Press
I remember clearly the very first time I wrote the two most beautiful words in the English language, The End, at the conclusion of a manuscript. ...
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by Word Alive Press
Erin E. M. Hatton is our 2014 Free Publishing Contest for fiction, for her manuscript Legacy of Faith. We sat down with Erin to find out more abo...
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by Word Alive Press
While suffering through high school math classes, I used to slouch in my desk chair as the teacher scrawled out long, blackboard-spanning explana...
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