Client Success: Author Ann J. Temkin Blends Christianity, Judaism & Memoir

“My inspiration for this book is both my love of God and my own long, winding spiritual journey,” said Ann J. Temkin, author of the newly released Sight In The Sandstorm: Jesus in His World and Mine. A self-described half-breed—the child of a Jewish father and Protestant Mother—Ann expressed her need to bridge her Jewishness…

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Author’s Focus Group Gives Clarity For Completion

“I was at that stage of feeling ‘this book is just embarrassing!’” Ann J. Temkin said after completing major revisions on her first book, Sight in the Sandstorm: Jesus in His World and Mine. I suggested I facilitate a focus group. She agreed, adding, “My greatest fear Is not that they will hate it—which would…

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Client Success: Novelist Sue Horner

Sue and I met in 2012 when she joined my writers’ workshop at Foxtale Book Shoppe in Woodstock. I had the pleasure of conducting a complete content evaluation and edit on an early draft of her book in July 2013. . .and then congratulating her at the book’s launch event a short year later. Second…

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Teen Writer Success: College Hopeful

*Academic Coaching available by appointment The flustered Mom called me eager for help with her daughter Lily’s college application process. She mentioned Lily was an aspiring fashion designer who maintained good grades alongside strong extracurricular activities, but struggled with writing. When we met, I was puzzled after reading the first of four essays. Her mom saw…

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