Seeing a book grow from awkward manuscript to published elegance is so satisfying, even when it’s not my own.
Posts Tagged ‘editing’
Editing Time
December 31st, 2009
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Wouldn’t it be great to have a scientific explanation for ever-faster years?
What’s a Rough Draft?
October 25th, 2009
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Digging the story out of my imagination and putting it into words should be the hard part.
A Writer’s Three Hats
July 15th, 2009
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One of the most challenging aspects of being a writer, especially in today’s world, is that we must wear at least three hats. First we don our Writer cap (a hard hat, of course) and construct a story that is original or funny or touching or, even better, all of the above. Once the creative [...]
Closing the Door, Again
July 15th, 2009
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“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.” Stephen King, “On Writing” It’s been a busy year since “Oliver’s Surprise” went to press. Book signings, visits to book stores, meetings with the publisher, author blogs. Best of all has been talking with so many kids and adults who’ve taken Oliver into their imaginations. [...]
Where Home and Office Collide
July 7th, 2009
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“…If you ever get annoyed Look at me I’m self-employed I love to work at nothing all day.” (lyrics from Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s “Taking Care of Business“) We’ve all seen the commercials touting the benefits of the work-at-home, freelance life. Though I don’t have any pink fuzzy bedroom slippers to knock together while on conference calls, [...]
The best question a fourth grader ever asked me
May 11th, 2009
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“Which do you like better, sailing or writing?” The kid was part of an eager group I spoke to at the Melrose School here in Jamestown. I tossed him an off the cuff answer: “I like sailing in the summer and writing in the winter,” which didn’t really satisfy either of us. And the answer [...]
