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  • Thank you all! Pamela, a publisher did offer to publish I Don't Do Men, but I later r...book I needed to write- but not one I wanted to publish. I was still in victim mode when I wrote it! Mad at healt...
  • Thank you for your insight. As a currently unpublished author about to move into publishing mode on my first completed manuscr...
  • Usually, I publish a novel in mid-October. That means that all the editing and proofre...November 1st. Naturally, I found it harder than usual to shake off the "edit" mode. I've had to remind myself se...
  • Listeners of the Diane Rehm radio program offered their opinions of the book, along the lines of this discussion, at: http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-07-21/readers-review-girl-dragon-tattoo-stieg-larsson Googling 'violence women Stieg Larsson' brings up other sites with similar discussions.
  • Randy, many authors publish under their initials to avoid disclosing a female first name. I am a physicist for living and I experience those differences you mentioned...
  • I think if you're going to self-publish - and many do hate the submission process - you darn well better have an editor!  That's the problem I see with self-published...
  • Hi Cynthia - I fixed a couple typos in it, and changed a sentence, and had to "publish post" again - sorry you got notified twice!
  • The best job I've ever had is being a freelance editor for people who want to self publish. Helping an author refine a manuscript is so rewarding! I wrote a novel myse...
  • That you are also a psychotherapist, I now understand the power behind this essay and why it resonated. "Yesterday--a best seller. Today--a nobody," is so appropriate...