I recently read a thread on facebook about receiving the dreaded edit letter and the hatred, the pain, heartache, and…
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This week, the Deb’s are chatting about the editing of our novels. As writers, we pick up tricks of the…
Caged Eyes may have taken me a decade to write, but I can summarize the process easily: expand and contract.…
I remember the day when I pulled my car off I-95 and sat crying in a parking lot outside of…
This week, instead of doing our taxes, the Debs are talking about auditing, err, editing. In the fall of 2007,…
At the beginning of their processes, memoirists have a tendency to think everything they put on the page is critical.…
I could never, ever discount the role that luck played in the publication of my book, SMALL ADMISSIONS. Of course,…
I was in a mild panic when I received my editorial letter. I’m grateful that my editor was especially encouraging.…
I imagine the easygoing among us don’t remember their first time receiving constructive criticism; teflon, some people, or indifferent. Not me. In…
It’s interesting to me how varied our editorial processes have been here on the Debutante Ball. Louise had the more…