Thank you for your honesty, Malissa. But I think you may have misunderstood the intent of the article. Sophia mentions that “a suicide victim is guilty and forfeits the opportunity to repent.” She means that the person can’t seek forgiveness prior to death, not that they’re incapable of receiving forgiveness. As you pointed out, that part is up to God.

Haha! Our entire team was begging me not to cut that nickname during the editing stage, but I would have kept it without being coerced. 😉

Thanks for the suggestion! But we’ve already experimented with a similar idea (our podcast host used to read our articles aloud years ago) and it wasn’t popular enough to be worth our time and resources to continue.

You might find these articles about character voices helpful:

https://storyembers.org/how-to-write-realistic-character-dialects-without-overdoing-it/

https://storyembers.org/how-to-develop-unmistakable-speaking-styles-for-your-character/

And here are the links to the series Josiah mentioned if you’re interested in reading them:

Tricky Subjects Series

Beyond the Brokenness Series

Yes, you’re allowed to get feedback from other writers on our forum. 🙂

Aww, I’m glad that the honorable mention brightened your day! And yes, you’re free to post your poem anywhere you like since we didn’t acquire it for publication. 🙂

“Blame my editor for teaching me this.” I feel very called out. 😂

By the way, I used to do the cloud exercise a lot back when I wrote stories. 😉

Editorial services do vary both in scope and in price, so you don’t need to hire the most expensive editor on the market, but you shouldn’t put your trust in any person with rates that are much lower than the industry standard (which can be found here: https://www.the-efa.org/rates/). Cheap rates (such as only a few hundred dollars for content or…[Read more]