I met today’s featured debut author, Jessica Harlan, back when we were both working for a home furnishings trade magazine at Fairchild Publications in New York City in the 1990s — she was writing about housewares, I was writing about furniture. Since that time, both of us have sort of changed gears but have found [...]
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‘Just Cut the Whole Damn Thing’
Posted in Revision Process, Uncategorized, tagged edit, Facebook, writing, Writing & Editing on September 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
On Wednesday, I finished editing my manuscript for Baby Grand. The third edit. And hopefully the last — at least for the time being. The book is now 330 pages and just over 93,000 words (my original draft was 277 pages). If you would have told me on Monday that I would be finished by [...]
Writing Tip #29
Posted in Uncategorized, Writing Tips, tagged Arts, Facebook, publish, rejection, Twitter, Writer, writing on May 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Rejection happens. Whether you’re querying a novel, pitching articles to magazines and newspapers or submitting work to contests and competitions, at one point or another you’re going to be rejected. Sometimes again and again. And it’s going to hurt, it’s going to make you question whether you’ve got what it takes to be in this [...]
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