Step one – open shitty first draft. 2 print out in word draft mode, light colored ink. 3 put on extra strong glasses and lamp. rewrite every single page until
A revised manuscript finally wings its way out the door. I’m posting this so you can see 1) this funny cartoon and b) the time stamp on the e-mail. From:
My name is Susan and I’m a WordPerfect addict. It’s every bit as essential as my Clairefontaine notebooks and Shaefer Javelin fountain pen (peacock blue ink, please). WordPerfect is not
Please note: Any photo can be improved by the addition of a ground squirrel. Here’s how to squirrelize your pics.
In my Shelf Awareness feature, I admitted to this: Book you’ve faked reading: Du Coté de Chez Swann by Marcel Proust. In French. I was trying to impress a professor
No, really, he did. There’s something about those little copy edit flags he can’t resist. (A copy edit is an almost-final once-over on the manuscript. The copy editor indicates her
So here’s why writers don’t get cocky no matter how well their books are selling. The actual work of writing never changes. This is Lakeshore Christmas. Or it will be
I had a big editing job on an upcoming reissued historical novel, so we headed for the coast so I could work on it. Oh, and play hooky. Most people
Please enjoy this publishing fantasy from Macmillan. My 18 copy editors are laughing their blue pencils off. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ78WHpGZ1o&eurl]
The sweetest of love stories came to a bittersweet end. Talented writer and old friend Jo Leigh’s story is here. And the end here. Author Alison Kent has organized a
Three things I’m grateful for: my friend Sherrie, who keeps me from getting overwhelmed by all the businessy stuff Jay’s daily trip to the grocery store. He always goes, so
It’s deja vu all over again. PICTURE OF THE DAY from Publishers Weekly: Writerly Love in Bainbridge On Thursday at Eagle Harbor Book Company on Bainbridge Island, Wash., Susan Wiggs
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