Introduction to Red Lettering Bibles and other literature, starting before 1300AD, contained rubrication or red lettering. We see red lettering in books today for different reasons. The content that is red-lettered is also very different. The invention of movable type in the Middle Ages increased the speed of book production. This eventually caused the tedious…
I bought the Complete Novels and Selected Titles of Hawthorne hoping for some higher intellectual reading and vocabulary building for my own book writing skills. I came away with very few useful notes largely because his skill evaporated into his negativity. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s dark side dominated his writings. I realized his works were historically unreliable,…
Ship Horn Vision God’s horn calls at the strangest times. Soon after I fell asleep the other night, I was awakened by the ominously loud sound of a horn coming from the back, right side of my head. I could hear the echo resounding off the water all around me and smell the fishy salt…
I finished the editorial process of my book Prayer, Faith, and 12 Kids. Then I read some articles about self-publishing. They brought to my attention that I needed an active website to market my book and interact with readers. My inactive site needed tweaking. I soon learned about search engine optimization (SEO). Text Length The…
Anti Book Report on Christy – by Catherine Marshal Christy Reflection Introduction The book Christy is a novel based on a true story. Several events within its pages spoke to me personally. The author shows an adept ability to present history in its true context. She also stays true to the character’s values. For these…
It was winter, believe it or not. The temperature was more like spring, however. Sam was in from South Korea for a visit, and it dawned on us that we could grab this opportunity for a family photo. The word went all around the house and a few phone calls were made to those in…
The rough draft of the chapter A Tornado of Chickens is now finished. Actual news coverage of the event would flesh this story out, so I’ll put the story into the unfinished folder. It requires more research. This is the pattern I follow while writing memoirs, but it wasn’t always this way. Memoirs Help Perfectionists…