How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Well, vacation’s a bit of a misnomer, I have to say, but I’ve been so quietly lately I figured I should explain myself.
I’m in rather a holding pattern, it seems, quietly watching the industry we all knew and loved change utterly from one minute to the next. Even something so basic as the ISBN is [...]

Ten Things…

You will never hear an editor say:
1)      “Nah, let’s leave it that way. We’ll just put a glossary at the end of the book so readers will know what you meant.”
2)      “Just use Babelfish.”
3)      “Don’t worry about it. Readers never catch geography or history errors.”
4)      “This love scene is way too hot.”
5)       “It’s just an [...]

I Knew It

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In Defense Of…

With RWA Nationals almost upon us, and this topic still a hot one behind the scenes and elsewhere, I think it’s worth saying the following:
From this side of the desk, it is very easy to tell which authors have been part of professional organizations like RWA. Those authors tend to have a better understanding of [...]