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A Debut Author Gives Thanks
In celebration of Thanksgiving, this week we are writing about gratitude. We hope you have a wonderful holiday! The first thing I do when I open a new book is read the acknowledgements page. It’s so...
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Feedback–Where to Find It
Here I am with killer short story writer, critique partner, world’s best cheerleader and former writing group founder, Chris O’Connor. I wrote the first words of THE CITY BAKER”S GUIDE while sitting...
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The Harshest Critique: Finding a Writing Group
Feedback. I have to laugh when people talk about being stressed about workshops and critiques and feedback. Because I have received the mother of all feedback—no, sorry, the grandmother of all...
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A Sea of Red: Being Edited
Wouldn’t it be fun to be edited on paper? Alas, it’s all done on computer now. A few years ago, I had an essay accepted at a literary journal. I was over the moon that they wanted my work, and when...
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Teflon, some people. Not me.
I imagine the easygoing among us don’t remember their first time receiving constructive criticism; teflon, some people, or indifferent. Not me. In primary school the report card system was E for...
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My editorial letter: if it’s nice, say it twice
Me with my Kensington editor Mercedes Fernandez at the San Francisco Writer’s Conference in 2015 I was in a mild panic when I received my editorial letter. I’m grateful that my editor was especially...
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A Fan Letter to my Freelance Editor
I remember the day when I pulled my car off I-95 and sat crying in a parking lot outside of a McDonald’s. And the day I went to bed at 1:00 in the afternoon and stayed there. Until 1:00 the next...
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The Beta Question
The above quote from the inestimable Neil Gaiman is a lot of why I’ve had beta readers since my fanfic days, but have never had a dedicated critique partner in another writer, at least not since...
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Kathleen here with three tips for working with an editor. I think the aim of our prompt this week is to discuss our work with editors at publishing houses, and I’ll get there. But, really, my book (and...
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