by Penny Freeman | Feb 28, 2014 | Featured Friday
BY BEN IRELAND This is the story of where Kingdom City came from. I don’t think it’s the right way—perhaps not even the ideal way—for a story to come about, but it’s the way it happened. I didn’t have a character, fully formed, walk into my...
by Penny Freeman | Feb 25, 2014 | Editor's Notes
BY MCKENNA GARDNER The role of editors. Today, I liken the different roles editors fill to underwater exploration. Content editors are the ones that get inside their steel, circular contraptions and take a dive all the way to the bottom of the ocean, taking in the...
by Penny Freeman | Feb 18, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY ELIZABETH GILLILAND For people who claim to love to write, we writers sure are good at finding ways to get out of it, aren’t we? No sooner do we sit down then it suddenly becomes imperative to check our email. Or put away the dishes. Or rearrange the furniture. And...
by Penny Freeman | Feb 17, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY TERRI WAGNER Metaphors and similes are exactly alike. Any idea why the above sentence is wrong? If you spotted the word “alike,” you are right. Metaphors and similes do the same thing in English, but similes use “as” or “like” to make the comparisons. However,...
by Penny Freeman | Feb 13, 2014 | Writing
BY ROSS GRIFFIN How did you become lost in the realm of writing? I think that my affection for writing came from my obsession for reading. As a kid, my favorite past time was reading and I remember being a part of many summer library reading clubs. I also remember...
