The co-owners of Castle Gate Press, Phyllis Wheeler and Suzanne Hartmann, attended the Realm Makers Writing Conference for Christian Speculative Fiction this past weekend. While they are both exhausted, the atmosphere of sharing and the sense of family energized and renewed them. Sensing these qualities–which Castle Gate Press also promotes–poured out in a larger arena and touching every attendee, […]
We’ll be at Realm Makers!
It’s hard to believe that it’s almost time for the Realm Makers Christian Speculative Fiction Conference, but it’s only a few weeks away. Phyllis and Suzanne will both be there to represent Castle Gate Press, so we’ve been planning, making arrangements, and preparing our costume for the awards banquet. We’ll be taking appointments to hear about […]
Revision Prompt – Filtering
You’ve heard of writing prompts, now we have revision prompts! Each prompt will give you a specific writing issue to check for in your WIP, along with tips on how to fix each. Going through this process one issue at a time will not only help polish your current novel but will also teach you specific ways to […]
Things We Do and Don’t Like to See in a Submission to Castle Gate Press
Although each publishing house has their submission guidelines, there are always parts of the query letter and synopsis that are left undefined, or perhaps it is assumed that everyone is in agreement that they should be professionally presented, yet again, this is often undefined. So we at Castle Gate Press would like to give you a […]
Misconceptions, our latest book, launches today!
Our Christian romantic suspense novel, Misconceptions, launches today. Jump right on it to enter our Goodreads giveaway (ending tomorrow) for a print book! Wait, you may say, why is Castle Gate Press publishing a romantic suspense novel? That doesn’t sound particularly like it has sci-fi or fantasy elements, as we like to have in our […]
Revision Prompt – Chapter Hooks
You’ve heard of writing prompts, now we have revision prompts! Each prompt will give you a specific writing issue to check for in your WIP, along with tips on how to fix each. Going through this process one issue at a time will not only help polish your current novel but will also teach you specific ways to […]
New Year’s resolution: be a blessing
Here’s my New Year’s resolution: Be a blessing. It comes from God’s promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3, that all people on earth would be blessed through Abraham. As an heir of Abraham through Jesus, I step into that promise. That’s the reason I’m here on this earth. To be a blessing. So the question […]
Revision Prompt – The Oxford Comma
You’ve heard of writing prompts, now we have revision prompts! Each prompt will give you a specific writing issue to check for in your WIP, along with tips on how to fix each. Going through this process one issue at a time will not only help polish your current novel but will also teach you specific ways to […]
Revision Prompt – Participial Phrases
You’ve heard of writing prompts, now we have revision prompts! Each prompt will give you a specific writing issue to check for in your WIP, along with tips on how to fix each. Going through this process one issue at a time will not only help polish your current novel but will also teach you specific ways to […]
My heroine Dottie is ready to meet the world, and it’s clear she resembles …
by author Gail Kittleson I suppose most fiction draws from the author’s life. Though I didn’t pattern my heroine after anyone, now that Dottie’s ready to meet the world, it’s clear she resembles my mom. Mom also waited at home for soldiers to return. The actor James Dean from the Greatest Generation left an ironic […]