"The main rule of the writer is never to pity your manuscript. The wastebasket is a writer's best friend. Mine is on a steady diet." - Isaac Bashevis Singer, from a long, interesting piece in the March 23, 1975 New York Times

I'm taking that advice to heart as I launch into revisions on The Wednesday Daughters. (Yes, I know there is a preview bound into the paperback of The Four Ms. Bradwells going on sale next month, but that doesn't mean there isn't still work to do! Count me among the writers who have been known to revise even after the book is on bookstore shelves.)

I hope you find yourself as thankful as I am this Thanksgiving to be living the writing life. - Meg

I'm the author of The Wednesday Sisters, a writing group novel and national bestseller, The Language of Light, and The Four Ms. Bradwells. Other of my 1st Books posts on SheWrites include Sentencing a Book: The Tough Task of Writing the Pitch Sentence/Par... and How to Build a Book Group Audience for Your Book. Find more tips on writing on the writers page of my author website and at 1st Books: Stories of How Writers Get Started