Posts by author, editor, and ghostwriter Marcia Ford, who specializes in manuscript critique, line and copy editing, and book collaboration.

Perfectly Good Words Christian Writers Need to Avoid Why Faith-Based Language Can Confuse—or Alienate—General Readers

[by Marcia Ford]

Christians, and much of the population outside that demographic, realize that, as with any subgroup of society, believers have their own lexicon—a collection of words that convey specific religious concepts common to their everyday experiences, but words that are often misunderstood by those beyond the fold.

Take the term “born again.” […]

By |2025-06-30T17:38:02+00:00|The Writer’s Craft|Comments Off on Perfectly Good Words Christian Writers Need to Avoid Why Faith-Based Language Can Confuse—or Alienate—General Readers

My Neighbor Is My Editor A seasoned pro takes aim at the notion that anyone with eyes can be an editor

This just in: your neighbor’s English skills are probably not up to the standards of book publishing.

When I first began editing books, I had been a professional editor for more than twenty years, at a New York-area newspaper, a regional magazine, and several magazines with an international readership. Perfectionist that I was at the time, I could quote […]

By |2024-02-06T21:50:58+00:00|The Editor’s Craft and Process|Comments Off on My Neighbor Is My Editor A seasoned pro takes aim at the notion that anyone with eyes can be an editor
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