Jennifer Valentino

Jen’s Writing Tip #8: This, That and the Other Thing

Looking to cut words in your manuscript to meet the word count? After you review it for unnecessary sentences, do a search through your document. Search for the word “that.” It’s a word we use without realizing it. Many times, it just clutters up the work. For example:It made Tammi mad that Alice took thatContinueContinue reading “Jen’s Writing Tip #8: This, That and the Other Thing”

Jen’s Writing Tip #7

Watch “ly” wordsWe’ve heard it before. Editors don’t like words that end in “ly”. Sometimes they are necessary and even make your paragraph better, but most of the time they get in your way of a clean cut manuscript. I once was guilty of this writing sin. I had about 4 “ly” words in oneContinueContinue reading “Jen’s Writing Tip #7”

Jen’s Writing Tip# 6 Top Ten Questions to Ask Your Character

When writing a story, it’s important to know your character. It’s been said you should know your character as well as you know yourself. One way to do that is to “interview” your character. You aren’t going to use all the information you come up with, but you will have a rich background of informationContinueContinue reading “Jen’s Writing Tip# 6 Top Ten Questions to Ask Your Character”

Article featuring My Light Magazine

Author Mayra Calvani interviewed me about My Light Magazine and my books that are under contract with Guardian Angel Publishing. In the article, we discuss what My Light contains, our contents and our submission policies. Don’t miss the book descriptions at the end about my upcoming picture books: A Star in the Night, Teresa’s Shadow,ContinueContinue reading “Article featuring My Light Magazine”

Come Visit My Light Magazine

The March Issue of My Light Magazine is up and running. Be sure to stop by our latest stories, articles, poems and activities. As always, Candace J Hardy supplied us with her monthly contribution of paper dolls Tessa and Patrick. Don’t forget to leave a comment in our guestbook. Or you can send your commentContinueContinue reading “Come Visit My Light Magazine”