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  • From an editing standpoint, I would add that it's important for all editors to be vigilant about ensuring bias-free language in the manuscripts they work on. It's amazin...
  • It's also the exact point I make in #4, that CS uses Ingram for distribution. To punctuate Liz's point, Alexandra, CS doesn't have expanded distribution. They use Ingram...
  • I agree, that quote so snips the true stretch of someone who loves to teach. It is in the parlance, an art not a routine. I taught for eight years at Sheridan College ba...
  • Congratulations on getting this far with your book!  What an excellent "problem" you have.  As you may know, it's not uncommon, in early drafts of a story, for the main...
  • Self-publishing is a fantastic opportunity for the amateur writer to finally get published on her own terms, but it is critical to do your research and get informed befo...
  • Thanks for the discussion. Olga, I hear where you're coming from -- it can be hard to know whether hearing difficult news from an editor is just ego flaring up, or wheth...
  • @Jolie...Your words ring true in my experience and personal observations, too.  "...(Just because you can self-publish a book doesn't mean you should if you don't have t...
  • With regards to Rosemari's comment about, "what's the big deal it's all lies anyway" I wholeheartedly agree that from birth everything that children are taught, from the...
  • The expression in writing of anger, pain, resentment, disappointment, frustration, alienation, isolation - to name a few - are the feelings as to why I would write from...
  • Lissa, I love that you are asking this question just now. I read your blog on “Owning Pink” last night and fell asleep with the question of what I could ask for, what u...