by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jun 9, 2016 | Speaking
“I used to be incredibly afraid of public speaking. I started with five people, then I’d speak to 10 people. I made it up to 75 people, up to 100, and now I can speak to a very large group, and it feels similar to speaking to you one-on-one.” — Robin S. SharmaAs...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jun 2, 2016 | Writing
“Since long passages in italics are a pain to read, you can only use this technique effectively for passages no longer than a sentence or two. Even this brief passage is too long, don’t you think?” —Renni Browne and Dave King (Self-Editing for Fiction Writers)Interior...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | May 26, 2016 | Writing
My guest today is Bonnie Winters. Bonnie shared with me how she started writing Bible fiction. “I didn’t choose the Bible fiction genre – it chose me. LOL! I was hurting and needed a Bible mentor so I went looking for a female character who had...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | May 19, 2016 | Writing
“‘As long as readers know what I mean, does it really matter whether there’s a typo here and there, a comma in the wrong place, or a few words misspelled?’ Yeah. It does.”—Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors, by Kathy Ide, published by Lighthouse Publishing...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | May 12, 2016 | Writing
“Although writing badly is like dressing in lime skorts and an orange plaid sweater—people notice—publicly correcting a stranger’s writing is as rude as asking someone with a fashion problem “Did you think that looked good when you got dressed this...
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