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  • Hi Lisa. Well, I tend to charge by the hour for projects where I'm coming in midstream -- if you go to the Editorial Freelancers Association website, www.efa.org, they...
  • I think the perception some people have is that libraries aren't as technologically advanced as they actually are. It's not just shelving books, in fact, you proabably...
  • 4 weeks before my pub date, many months after my editor and beta readers had signed off, I discovered a chunk of typos and handed my manuscript off to a fresh pair of...
  • Keep submitting, everyone. Like Tania said, "boomerang" you piece back out there. Also, remember that reviews connected with universities change editorial staff almost...
  • Cindy, I liked this post very much.  I am an advanced ovarian cancer survivor and a cancer widow --my husband became ill the night before my last chemotherapy and died...
  • Hi Kirsten, Good luck with the book! You got the stages to a T. I was previously with S&S and all I gotta say is, I've now moved onto a smaller house and I gotta...
  • For those who say they write because they have to, I've been thinking that I write for the same reason my dogs (Salukis) run.  Because they can do nothing else.  It ha...
  • Donna - There are some authors who spend all their time writing. They have little online presence and they're extremely talented at what they do. If you're good enough to get great reviews in the New York Times and win contests, then you can get away with it.  
  • This is an extremely useful article--thank you for it. I had an experience that aligns with your piece. In 1994, I had an agent who was working with a fine small press...
  • Hi, Nancy! Thanks so much for sharing this piece on the memoir-writing journey. I plan to share it with a friend. Hey, a question for you--is the word "not" in the int...