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Blenders and Bullets

“I will always get editorial help from Elizabeth, not only because of her help in improving my writing but also for her encouragement. With her clear and perceptive feedback, my story became simpler. It became tighter. It became much better than what I had thought was a final draft. I feel lucky I chose to work with Elizabeth. From now on, I won’t ever consider a book finished until I have gotten Elizabeth to look it over.” — Scott McDonald

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The Unstable One

“Whether you’re putting your stuff out there on your own or sending it out into the world of agents and publishers, you need to have your work as close to perfect as humanly possible. I’ve worked with Elizabeth on over a dozen published books. Each time, I found her to be extremely professional, timely and she provided a great knowledge of the genre of crime fiction, as well as fixed my grammatical travesties. I could go with any number of people to correct my spelling, but Elizabeth gives my writing a bit more that I feel really helps push it to its final stage.” — Mike McCrary

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Dear Child by Romy Hausmann

A windowless shack in the woods. A dash to safety. But when a woman finally escapes her captor, the end of the story is only the beginning of her nightmare. She says her name is Lena. Lena, who disappeared without a trace 14 years prior. She fits the profile. She has the distinctive scar. But her family swears that she isn’t their Lena.
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Banned Books Week 2020: Celebrating the Freedom to Read

Today is the start of Banned Books Week.

Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, BBW highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted banning of books across the United States.

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Changing the Face of Christian Fiction by Ericka Clay

Today, I welcome author Ericka Clay to the site. Ericka’s latest, A Violent Hope, will be published on October 6th by Believable Books. In her guest post, Ericka explains what it’s like to be called to write in a genre many people have a preconceived idea about—that it’s boring and/or preachy—and what she’s doing to inject a fresh approach.
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The Origins of Sinister Sisterhood

by Jane Badrock

I’m pleased to welcome Jane Badrock to the site. In her delightful guest post, Jane shares how buying a house “in the middle of almost nowhere” combined with dipping a toe into the social media waters led to an output of writing that evolved from posts to poems to stories, and eventually, her debut novel, the comedic thriller Sinister Sisterhood, out now from Bad Press Ink.