AUTHOR DONNA GALANTI ON DEBUT AUTHOR PLATFORM AND HOW TO MAXIMIZE VISIBILITY
I have worked with, been edited by, and spoken to Donna Galanti on many occasions. She is a kind, thoughtful, sharp-eyed author and...
HOW TO BE EDITED AS A NEW AUTHOR (OR AT ANY LEVEL, REALLY…)
A-number one advice for new writers especially: Don’t rush the process. Man oh man. How many writers approach me who think they’re going...
CREATING TENSION
IN FICTION AND MEMOIR
One of the toughest things to do in fiction or creative nonfiction writing, in my professional opinion, is to create strong, believable...
THE “BREAD AND MEAT” OF WRITING
It has taken me years and years of writing my own novels, stories and nonfiction, not to mention editing countless others’ manuscripts,...
FINDING YOUR [LITERARY] VOICE
Finding your literary “voice” in writing is tough, no question. So much of it is organic, visceral, from within. What does that mean?...
INTERVIEW WITH LORI WINDSOR MOHR, AUTHOR OF THE DEBUT NOVEL, ‘THE ROAD AT MY DOOR’ (2015)
*** Note: Please also read my new piece about coping with literary rejection at MASH (click here) Lori’s novel will very soon be...
THE TWO PILLARS OF NOVEL STRUCTURE
ACCORDING TO JAMES SCOTT BELL
I want to talk briefly about novel structure because, as a novel editor, I see all kinds of basic issues from the majority of the...
BOOK REVIEW, ‘DOWN SOLO,’ EARL JAVORSKY
Here is the Amazon synopsis for DOWN SOLO, a novel by Earl Javorsky: “Things haven't been going well for Charlie Miner. His work as a...
THE WRITER/EDITOR RELATIONSHIP: PATIENCE
I’d say 95 percent of the clients I work with on book editing projects are filled with impatience. As a writer as well as a book editor,...
CREATING TENSION
IN FICTION AND MEMOIR
One of the toughest things to do in fiction or creative nonfiction writing, in my professional opinion, is to create strong, believable...
