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Do I Need An Editor? (And What Do They Do?)

Do I need an editor for the book I have just written

If you’ve just finished your Christian book, you may be wondering: ‘do I need an editor?’ You may also be wondering: ‘what do editors even do?’ Let’s discover who editors are and the different types of editing they do, and then answer the question: do I need an editor?

Call for Judges in the 2024 Caleb Awards

The CALEB awards are an opportunity to celebrate excellence within our Christian writing community. We invite you to help us celebrate the talent within our community by volunteering to be a judge of the 2024 Award.

Introducing Iola Goulton

Iola Goulton is a New Zealand book reviewer, freelance editor, and writer. She holds a degree in marketing, has a background in human resource consulting, and works as a freelance editor specialising in Christian fiction. When she’s not working, Iola is usually reading or writing her next book review. Tamika: Hi Iola, I am thrilled […]

Tassie Chapter Zoom Meeting

Omega members are invited to the next Tasmanian Chapter Group Meeting! The Zoom meeting will be on Wednesday 11th May starting at 7.30pm – 8.30pm (Tasmanian Time). We will be joined by special guest, Jo-Anne Berthelsen. Jo-Anne is the author of 7 novels and 2 non-fiction titles, plus a short story in an anthology. She has gained a wealth […]

Tassie Chapter Zoom Meeting

Omega members are invited to the next Tasmanian Chapter Group Meeting! Join us on Wednesday 6th April starting at 7.30pm – 8.30pm (Tasmanian Time). We will be having a discussion about, ‘How dialogue brings life to a book.’ Please bring along some examples of dialogue bringing life to a story. For the Zoom link check the Omega Writers Members […]

2022 CALEB Awards

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Edit: 2022 CALEB is now closed. Thanks for your entries.   The 2022 CALEB Awards are open for entries in the following categories:   Published Adult fiction   Published nonfiction (including memoir)   Published Young Adult fiction   Unpublished Adult fiction   Unpublished nonfiction (including memoir)   Unpublished Young Adult fiction Enter the CALEB […]

2022 Omega Zoom Catchup

You are invited to come along to our first Omega Zoom Catch-up for the year! Join us on Wednesday 2nd March starting at 7.30pm – 8.30pm (Tasmanian Time). The catchup will be hosted by our Tasmanian Chapter Group. We will be having a discussion around ‘What Makes for Good Opening lines’ in our books and […]

Omega Writers | Call for Judges for 2022 CALEB Award

It Takes a Village to Publish a Novel. One of the many myths about writing and writers is that we work alone. We sit in our attic room, scratching away for weeks and months and years, and eventually produce a work of staggering genius that has the publishers beating a path to our door, each one waving […]

View the CALEB Awards Ceremony 2021

Omega Writers is the home of the CALEB Award. CALEB stands for Christian Authors Lifting Each other’s Books, and recognises the best in Australasian Christian writing, published and unpublished. The Biblical Caleb was one of only two spies to go into the land of Israel and bring back a good report. Caleb said there were […]