Understanding Rejection Letters

By Christi McGuire Is your job complete once your client submits a manuscript? No, it doesn’t have to be! Unfortunately, it is not likely for an author to nab agent representation or a publishing contract in the first round of submissions. For most authors, it takes...

The PEN Institute

By Christi McGuire The PEN Institute, a new entity of the parent company, Christian Editor Network LLC, has launched! It is an online educational institute for Christian editors to encourage and equip them along their editing journeys. The online courses were a part...

Sing Your Song

by Christi McGuire I’m sitting here editing … another book proposal, one of my favorite things to do … and I hear a song. The song of a bird, high atop one of the massive pine trees that congregate in our back acreage. Out the window, I can see the lone bird, nestled...

You Might Need an Editor If . . .

By Christi McGuire Trying to get published without the help of experts in the publishing industry is like trying to sell your house without a realtor. Can it be done? Sure. But will you face more obstacles along the way without the guidance of someone who knows the...