Jeff lives in colorado springs with his wife, teenage daughter. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. This excellence in editing award spotlight is alaras call by kristen stieffel, edited by jeff gerke, and published by love2readlove2write publishing, llc. My first surprise in picking up this gem was an introduction from jeff gerke who writes, the first 50 pages recommended reading for wouldbe authors. A couple of days ago, publisher jeff gerke posted this thought. Alumni us salt lake community college, greater salt lake. The course consists of 44 video lessons that will teach you all of scriveners basics from setting things up, writing, sorting and editing to. If you missed show, dont tell tips part 1, you may want to read that first. Graduates of ball state university the names, photos, skill, job, location. Beyond that, my skills and experience with cameras and video editing software allow me to develop creative and well put together videos. Show, dont tell tips from jeff gerke, part 1 i attended an excellent workshop last night given by jeff gerke, publisher, author and editor. According to write your novel in a month by jeff gerke there are sixteen temperaments see chart below. Writers edit is a young online literary magazine created especially for writers and lovers of books.
Jeff is a coloradobased digital painter with a love of the lonely landscapes of the mind, of space, or of natural vistas. The good news is that its not as difficult as you might think. Newsweek described it as a welcome departure from the typical amish fare. Selfediting for fiction writers by renni browne and dave king. Lovers of christian speculative fiction do not restrict themselves to the amazing worlds depicted by talented authors. Kerry, as he says, is a refugee from software engineering, and is the author of amish vampires in space as seen on the tonight show with jimmy fallon. Book a consultation session with author, publisher and editor jeff gerke to get experienced advice on publishing and fiction. Founded in july 20, the magazine is home to writing and bookrelated news, as well as advice and inspiration for emerging authors. Jeff gerke is a udemy instructor with educational courses available for enrollment. First steps in music for preschool and beyond complete curriculum bundle.
Obviously not mean to be taken seriously, however begging the question how should one take this book. Darlington i want mlp to be the premier publisher of christian speculative fiction. His paintings resonate with the thoughtful, reflective temperament. Download carl czerny practical method for beginners, op. This sounds like an awesome middle grade steampunk book series, and we cant wait to get it to share with our kidsyeah, thats the reason. You find out pretty quick how you stack up against well known fiction writers. Irene chambers, eie coordinator, interviewed author kristen stieffel and editor jeff gerke. The sixteen that are listed does not mean that everyone fits perfectly inside those sixteen little bubbles. This video is an interview with jeff gerke, writer, editor, and publisher. Tell youll ever need, it was full of concise explanations and fun exercises. He spent more than a decade of his life flipping bits, first as one of the principal developers of the database product foxpro for the now mythical fox software, and then as one of bill gatess minions at microsoft. Salt lake community college is a public, openaccess, comprehensive community college committed to serving the broader community. Compelling opening scenes are the key to catching an agent or editors attention.
Author and instructor jeff gerke has created the perfect tool to show you how to prepare yourself to write your first draft in as little as 30 days. Its mission is to provide quality higher education and lifelong learning to people of diverse cultures, abilities, and ages, and to serve the needs of community and government agencies, business, industry and other employers. For novels, ywriter6, sonar submission tracking tool. Writing resources for writers from all walks of life, eric. You could probably write a short story or outline a novel in the time it will take you to research and compare whats out there. Trello is the visual collaboration platform that gives teams perspective on projects. Jeff gerke writers digest author and worldclass fiction instructor. Youll find everything from novel writing worksheets to book excerpts and more. I love that you guys are forming your own crit group partnerships. I am the head video editor for the oregon state university football team video unit.
You have to engage your reader, introduce your hero, and establish the context of the story. How to complete a first draft in 30 days and what to do next 1 by gerke, jeff isbn. Jeff gerke is an editor and author of fiction and nonfiction including such books as the operation. Uncategorized lasers, dragons, and keyboards podcast. The creative penn joanna penn, ny times bestselling british author of the arcane series. Because i like his editing style, oh yeahand hes brilliant. With jeffs help, you will learn how to organize your. He has worked as an editor for numerous publications and is the founder of marcher lord press, an indie publishing company dedicated to producing the finest in christian sciencefiction, fantasy, and other genres. So, without any more time wasting, weve put together a. Jeff was one of three finalists for the 2010 acfw editor of the year award. Browse our selection of free downloads for writers like you. Meet james scott bell, author of revision and selfediting for publication, 2nd edition.
As more and more fossil ancestors have been found, our genus has become more and more inclusive, incorporating more members that look less like us. Nanowrimo, or using a writing book, or software that doesnt let you edit during a certain period of time. Im currently running a series on my blog with jeff. Jeff gerke, author of the first 50 pages, shares free tips for writing a novel. Sep 5, 2019 plot development for your novel, plot development tips for your book. We gravitate as well to those artists who can, through their gifts of vision and art, show us worlds and beings weve never imagined. After twelve years in the christian publishing industry, writing six novels and cowriting two nonfiction books and working as a staff editor for three. Engage agents, editors and readers, and set your novel up for success gerke, jeff on. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jeff gerkes the first 50 pages, and donald mass the breakout novel, two. See more ideas about writing, writing tips and writing a book.
The characters growth and background influences those. Web development data science mobile apps programming languages game development databases software testing software engineering. Engage agents, editors and readers, and set your novel up for success by gerke, jeff isbn. Distler selfediting strategies for fiction writers handout. Sexual harassment uncovered at christian writing conferences. Get past that unseemly business of the amazon pricecheck app and the fact that your kindle fire needed its 6. Publisher, novelist, writers digest author, artist, editor, typesetter, cover designer, christian, husband, father of. The pax amazonia simply hovers more imposingly over the major cities of earth than we expected it would. He spent more than a decade of his life flipping bits, first as one of the principal developers of the database product foxpro for the now mythical fox software, and. As promised, today i have an interview with jeff gerke, one of my favorite people in our industry. And stop backing the bookmobile over farhad manjoo for writing ill of independent bookstores. Even if you dont write speculative fiction, you need to read this interview as part of your assignment to keep up on whats going on in the publishing world. Their rather intense editing software will have you shaking some bad habits and focusing on the individual elements of writing that you need to work on. Selfediting strategies for fiction writersgpcwcchristy distler 2 worth of books that he didnt want anyone to read.
Information on the ball state university contacts, students, faculty, finances. Use trello to collaborate, communicate and coordinate on all of your projects. Hardy and her guest writers post an article every day, covering anything from planning your novel to editing it. This week we have with us lauren brandenburg, author of orlo the created. This course is taught by jeff gerke, a fivetime writers digest author. Trademark, or patent law i will have my legal textbooks up for reference anything about writing software. Dave lambert, then senior fiction editor at zondervan publishers, saw something in those. This site is loaded with information on how to write, publish, and run your writing business as an author entrepreneur. Even his paintings with action and drama nevertheless possess a quiet mindfulness, and his portraits tend to show individuals lost in their own. Carla paton become a master storyteller by learning. And he trains through the freelance editing he does for his clients.
Online fiction writing courses there are now many great creative writing and online fiction writing courses. Follow jeff gerke and explore their bibliography from s jeff gerke author page. Ill share jeff gerkes dos and donts for converting telling to showing. Fort wayne, indiana area computer software professional computer software education ball state university 1992 1998 bs. Alumni us ball state university, muncie, indiana area. Kristen, how did you develop the idea for this book. Once youve determined that a section of your manuscript is telling see part 1, its time to make some changes. This course taught by karen prince will help you to master all the major features of your scrivener writing software to write ebooks and paperback books. One of the novels i was privileged to edit during that time was a fantastic speculative story called time lottery by nancy moser. Its one of my main goto sites when i need a dose of writing inspiration and advice from joanna and the many other writers shes continually interviewing for her youtube channel. Gerke, who is launching a small press dedicated to. Posts about interviews, podcasts written by aarondemott and libertyspeidel.
Macgregor, magazine editor ben wolf, and writing mentor jeff gerke. How to make a plot board editing writing, writing a book. Engage agents, editors and readers, and set your novel up for success. The opening fifty pages carry a surprising amount of weight for beginning a novel correctly. I didnt realize that one of my secondary goals in all this shouldve been to bring you folks together for an amazing meeting of. West music is your onestop resource for materials, method books, interactive programs, song books, sheet music, and anything else you could ever need for your music classroom or ensemble.