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Kathy Ide

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I have been writing for publication since 1989. I've written books, short stories, play and movie scripts, devotionals, and Sunday school curriculum. I'm the author of "Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors," "Editing Secrets of Best-Selling Authors," and the "Capitalization Dictionary." I am the editor/compiler of the four-book Fiction Lovers Devotional series.

I am a professional freelance editor and writing mentor for aspiring, beginning, intermediate, and established authors. I have also edited screenplays for Pinnacle Peak/PureFlix.

I am the owner/manager of Christian Editors Association, parent organization to The Christian PEN: Proofreaders and Editors Network, Christian Editor Connection, The PEN Institute, and PENCON editors' ...more

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	Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors 4.56 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Days of Grace: Stories That Celebrate God's Unconditional Love 4.56 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Days of Christmas: Stories That Celebrate God's Greatest Gift by Kathy Ide (Goodreads Author), Lori Freeland (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Summer Robidoux (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Days of Love: Stories That Celebrate Treasured Relationships by Kathy Ide (Goodreads Author), Cindy Woodsmall (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Susan May Warren (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 4.42 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Days of Joy: Stories That Celebrate Mom by Kathy Ide (Goodreads Author) (Compiled By), Lori Freeland (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Anne Mateer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.58 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Editing Secrets of Best-Selling Authors 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Capitalization Dictionary it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Typing without Pain: How to avoid (or recover from) computer-related injuries (Volume 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fiction and Truth it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	21 Days: A Fiction Lover's Devotional 4-in-1 Devotional Gift Set 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Writing Deep Viewpoint

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Stealthy Steps (Nanostealth #1)

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Whole Bible Commentary (Nelson's Concise Series)

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Kathy Ide rated a book it was amazing A Time to Weep (The Time Travel Journals of Sahara Aldridge #2) by Tracy L. Higley (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“(My husband’s tongue-in-cheek definition of positive is “being wrong at the top of your voice.”) If”
― Kathy Ide, Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors

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“When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.”
― Betsy Byars, The Moon and I

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