The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward re-writing. The writer, professional or not, looks forward to the opportunity of excising words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters that do not work and improving those that do. Many a would-be writer thinks whatever he puts down on paper is by that act […]
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Last night I approached the final pages of Dan Brown’s novel, “Angels and Demons“. And boy, does it have a twist. I didn’t even see it coming. That’s a lot for a psychotherapist, where suspicion mixed with a little of cynicism, comes with the trade.
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Reading to an author is like air to a humans, or water to fish. Without it–reading–we run dry.
What are You Reading? Read More »
I recently had to fire an editor with whom I had contracted to edit my upcoming novel, The House. All started out fine, signing the editor’s contract and paying their requested fee. Yet three weeks into the process I was receiving long written assemblages of what amounted to–upon clarification from the editor–the editor’s thoughts as
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