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Developmental editing helps all writers. Acquisitions Editor, Edwina Perkins gives us tips on the process of developmental editing.
Linda Goldfarb's industry expert is award-winning writer, Edwina Perkins - Edwina is assistant director of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. She is also the coordinator for Mentoring Moments and the manager for Sensitivity Between the Lines, both with BRMCWC. As an acquisition editor with Iron Stream and for Harambee Press, she desires to see ethnic writers published. A longtime member of Word Weavers International, Edwina now serves on the advisory board. Along with being an award-winning writer, Edwina is an experienced teacher, speaker, freelance editor, and sensitivity reader. She is also a freelance writer with Guideposts. One of her passions is to coach and mentor other writers. Edwina, it is good to have you back on Your Best Writing Life!
1 -What is a developmental editor and what will they do for a writer?
2 - What’s the difference between a developmental editor and a copy editor?
3- Are developmental editors needed with fiction and nonfiction?
4 -At what stage of their manuscript should a writer consider using the services of a developmental editor?
5 - What can a writer do to prepare to work with a developmental editor?
Links

• Edwina Perkins
• Edwina's Developmental Editing Tipsheet
• LetsTalkWriters.com
• Edwina on Facebook
• Email Edwina about Sensitivity Readers
• Email Edwina at Harambee Press
• October Writing Tips and Soul Care for Writers PDF Download
• Visit our website Your Best Writing Life Podcast
• Join fellow writers in our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
• Visit the website of our host, Linda Goldfarb

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Writing fiction book proposals is not difficult if you know what needs to be included. Rowena Kuo gives us more than a snapshot.

Linda Goldfarb's industry expert is Rowena Kuo. Rowena is the CEO of Brimstone Fiction. With over 15 years of ministering to women and families, Rowena advocates for writers to build God-centered support systems consisting of people, perseverance, practice, and prayer. When not working on words or films, she is a full-time mom with aspirations for spaceflight. Please welcome Rowena Kuo.
Looking at the basics of fiction proposals and what happens in the submission process.
Three things editors can't fix for writers.
What is a compelling author's voice?
What is content editing?
What is a line edit? What is proofing? Beta readers.   
 How does the Brimstone publishing process work?

LINKS 

• Email Rowena Kuo
• Brimstone Fiction website
• Brimstone Fiction on Facebook
• LPCMediaGroup on Facebook
• Download - Crossing Into the Mystic
• Download - Rafen
• Download - Stock Car Inferno
• October Writing Tips and Soul Care for Writers PDF Download
• Visit our website Your Best Writing Life Podcast
• Join fellow writers in our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
• Visit the website of our host, Linda Goldfarb

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Amazon sells 85% of books sold. SEO Master Rhonda Robinson shares Amazon Optimization tips every writer can use.

Linda Goldfarb's industry expert is Rhonda Robinson - Rhonda is an award-winning author, a marketing coach with EABooks, and founder of ScribeTribe Membership. Rhonda served as managing editor for MondayMonday where she led teams of writers to create viral content and helped create Facebook pages with over 2-million fans. Today she helps content creators become content marketers. Welcome Rhonda, to Your Best Writing Life!

Why do well-written books fail to reach their audience on Amazon? 
Why do self-published authors have an advantage over traditionally published authors on Amazon?
What are your top 3 steps an author can take to optimize their books on Amazon?

 LINKS

• Rhonda Robinson
• What Every Author Should Know About Amazon PDF
• ScribeTribe 
• www.RhondaRobinson.tv
• Facebook profile; https://m.facebook.com/AMothersLife
• Facebook Page https://m.facebook.com/freefallingfaith  
• Rhonda's calendar link makes finding time to talk easy.
• September Writing Tips and Soul Care for Writers PDF Download
• Visit our website Your Best Writing Life Podcast
• Join fellow writers in our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
• Visit the website of our host, Linda Goldfarb

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Join our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
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Eliminating passive voice makes your writing better. Multi-award-winning author, DiAnn Mills gives the top ten tips to eliminate passive voice.

 DiAnn is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; they’ve won two Christy Awards; the Inspirational Readers’ Choice, and Carol award contests. DiAnn speaks to groups and teaches writing all over the country. We are blessed to have her with us today. 

LINKS

• DiAnn Mills website
• DiAnn on Facebook 
• DiAnn on Pinterest 
• DiAnn on Instagram
• Word frequency counter link
• Tips to Eliminate the Passive Voice PDF Download
• Consult with Grammarly or ProWriting Aid to help determine active and passive voice 
• September Writing Tips and Soul Care for Writers PDF Download
• Visit our website Your Best Writing Life Podcast
• Join fellow writers in our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
• Visit the website of our host, Linda Goldfarb

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Join our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
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Writing Bible studies that make a difference is a skill Katy Kauffman has mastered. Listen in to discover Bible Study tools you can use today.

Linda's industry expert is Katy Kauffman. Katy is an award-winning author, Bible teacher, editor of Refresh Bible Study Magazine, and a co-founder of Lighthouse Bible Studies. She graduated from Luther Rice Seminary with a BA in Religion. Katy contributes to three blogs on writing, she loves to combine art and scripture, and a FB group called, My Artsy Tribe that practices hand lettering and posts her creativity on social media.  Please welcome Katy Kauffman to Your Best Writing Life.

In today's episode, we discuss the importance of writing Bible studies, several tools Katy uses in writing Bible studies, five major building blocks for developing a Bible Study, and how to cite Bible studies in your writing.

LINKS

• Download Katy Kauffman's free Bible study writing template and see details about the Enrich Conference: 
• Lighthouse Website
• Lighthouse Connection's Monthly Newsletter with Submission Opportunities and Digital Freebies
• Lighthouse Bible Studies on Facebook
• Katy’s Author Page on Facebook
• Katy on Twitter
• Katy on Pinterest
• Katy's Facebook group for those who love art and crafts
• September Writing Tips and Soul Care for Writers PDF Download
• Visit our website Your Best Writing Life Podcast
• Join fellow writers in our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
• Visit the website of our host, Linda Goldfarb

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Join our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
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Writers make marketing and social media mistakes, and Bethany Jett helps get them on the right track to writing success in today's episode.

Linda Goldfarb's industry expert is Bethany Jett. Bethany is a multiple award-winning author, ghostwriter, and marketer who received the Distinguished Scholar award for earning the top GPA in her Master’s Program, where she focused on Communications: marketing and PR. Bethany co-owns Serious Writer and Platinum Literary Services and loves everything about the publishing industry...except the rejections! She’s a military wife to her college sweetheart, and a work-from-home momma-of-boys, who loves planners, suspense novels, and all things girly. – Welcome to Your Best Writing Life Bethany!

What social media platforms should writers focus on?
What are the marketing mistakes you see writers making?
How is marketing rooted in Christian concepts?

LINKS

• Bethany Jett
• 10 Steps to Integrated Marketing PDF
• Michelle and Bethany 
• September Writing Tips and Soul Care for Writers PDF Download
• Visit our website Your Best Writing Life Podcast
• Join fellow writers in our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
• Visit the website of our host, Linda Goldfarb

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Organized writers are happy writers. Join Linda Goldfarb and her guest, Edie Melson to learn strategies to help organize your writing and your writing life.

Linda's industry expert is Edie Melson, whose core message is Find your voice, live your story…. Her blog, The Write Conversation reaches thousands and has consistently been named a Writer’s Digest Top 100 Sites for Writers. As the author of numerous award-winning books, she’s quick to remind those she meets about the practical and personal applications of God’s infinite love.  Welcome to Your Best Writing Life, Edie!

Edie share ways to organize your time as a writer as well as how to organize your writing.
Learn about the Pomodoro Method and also about Bullet Journaling. 
What process works best to get organized and stay organized?

LINKS

• Edie Melson 
• Organize Your Writing Life PDF 
• The Write Conversation blog
•  Edie on Instagram
• Edie on Twitter
• Edie on Pinterest 
• Edie on Facebook
• Edie on LinkedIn
• Edie on YouTube
• Soul Care for Writers series 
• August Writing Tips and Soul Care for Writers PDF Download
• Visit our website Your Best Writing Life Podcast
• Join fellow writers in our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
• Visit the website of our host, Linda Goldfarb

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Join our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
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Pre-writing research is key to great story content. Award-winning novelist, Lisa Carter shares two ways to apply our research to the story and research basics.

My industry expert is  Lisa Carter – Lisa is a Multi-published author who describes her romantic suspense novels as “Sweet Tea with a Slice of Murder.” Her novel, The Stronghold won a Daphne du Maurier and Under a Turquoise Sky won the Carol Award. She also writes contemporary romance with Love Inspired, and the popular Matchmaker series is set in our familiar Blue Ridge Mountains. Lisa welcome back to Your Best Writing Life!

- What two ways do you take what you’ve learned through research and apply it to the story? 
- What role does the power of discovery play in your pre-writing process?
- What are the three stages of writing?
- Writing Basics we must remember.
- Lisa's award-winning writing process

LINKS

• Lisa Carter
• The Researcher's Creed PDF
• Geograph.org.uk
• August Writing Tips and Soul Care for Writers PDF Download
• Visit our website Your Best Writing Life Podcast
• Join fellow writers in our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
• Visit the website of our host, Linda Goldfarb

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Are you writing a time-slip novel? How do you keep the chronological events in the correct order? Award-winning author, Diann Mills shares ten tips to make your fiction flow.

DiAnn is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; they’ve won two Christy Awards; the Inspirational Readers’ Choice, and Carol award contests. DiAnn speaks to groups and teaches writing all over the country. We are blessed to have her with us today. Welcome DiAnn

What are the pitfalls of a time slip?
DiAnn shares four, story structures to consider for your fiction writing. 
How to keep your action flowing forward.
Why it's important to avoid backstory.
Online tools to keep track of time.

LINKS

• DiAnn Mills website
• Email DiAnn for her Chronological Template Spreadsheet 
• DiAnn's Tipsheet to Keep Your Novel Chronologically Correct 
• DiAnn on Facebook 
• DiAnn on Pinterest 
• DiAnn on Instagram
• World Clock 
• Scrivener Software
• Print a Calendar at Home 
• August Writing Tips and Soul Care for Writers PDF Download
• Visit our website Your Best Writing Life Podcast
• Join fellow writers in our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
• Visit the website of our host, Linda Goldfarb

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Join our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
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Novel writers research before writing. Award-winning author, Lisa Carter shares tips to make the research process understandable.

My industry expert is  Lisa Carter – Lisa is a Multi-published author who describes her romantic suspense novels as “Sweet Tea with a Slice of Murder.” Her novel, The Stronghold won a Daphne du Maurier and Under a Turquoise Sky won the Carol Award. She also writes contemporary romance with Love Inspired, the popular Matchmaker series is set in our familiar  Blue Ridge Mountains. Lisa welcome to Your Best Writing Life!

In part one, Lisa covers in detail the Researcher's Creed, the Rule of Three, plagiarism, and the truth about anecdotal content versus facts. You also get access to why and how Lisa uses three main resources for every book.

LINK

• Lisa Carter
• The Researcher's Creed PDF
• Geograph.org.uk
• August Writing Tips and Soul Care for Writers PDF Download
• Visit our website Your Best Writing Life Podcast
• Join fellow writers in our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
• Visit the website of our host, Linda Goldfarb

Visit Your Best Writing Life website.
Join our Facebook group, Your Best Writing Life
Your host - Linda Goldfarb

#4 Podcast 2026 "Million Podcasts Top 30 Christian Writers Podcasts"
#1 Podcast 2024 "Top 50+ Must-Have Tools and Resources for Christian Writers.
Awarded the Spark Media 2023 Fan Favorites Best Solo Podcast
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