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by Word Alive Press
On the evening of November 7, 2013, a small group of readers gathered at my home to hear the first reading from my second book, The City of Darkn...
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by Word Alive Press
As we mentioned earlier, this month our goal is to help you get into the writing groove, with a writing prompt every Friday to help generate idea...
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by Word Alive Press
It is a sad fact of life that few things play out in real life like they do on paper. The summer of 2014 was like that for me. In the spring, it ...
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by Word Alive Press
Parallels have often been drawn between creative pursuits and nature—seeds of creativity, ideas growing and coming to fruition, and budding artis...
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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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