You didn’t secure an agent because you thought your book was ready for submission to a publisher. You did your research in Writer’s Market and wrote a masterful cover letter to a small press. You attached a synopsis and the number of manuscript pages requested, and sent everything off by … Read More
In my fifty years of editing and writing, I’ve discovered that certain conditions put me in a more productive frame of mind than others. When the conditions aren’t ideal for me, I get distracted easily. Disarray puts me in a jumpy mood, and I don’t stay on task. A review … Read More
For more than twenty years, I have been working on manuscripts at the same desk, sitting in front of a picture window overlooking my lovely backyard. Over the years, countless books, magazine articles, brochures, ads, and scientific reports have made their way across my desk. The writing assignments vary from … Read More
In 2015, my 89-year-old best woman friend died unexpectedly. Concurrently, my 87-year-old gentleman friend and I had a spat about politics and stopped seeing each other. To fill the new void in my life, I joined WAG as an 86th-birthday gift to myself. It was my decision not to sit … Read More