The Business of Being a Writer, by Jane Friedman
Book Review: The Business of Being a Writer, by Jane Friedman
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Barbara Sjoholm
- 3 min
An Editor's Guide to Working with Authors, by Barbara Sjoholm
There is a glut of books on the market about how to write fiction, but only a handful on editing fiction. There are a gazillion books on...
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Carol Fisher Saller
- 2 min
The Subversive Copy Editor, by Carol Fisher Saller
Copy editors. Aren’t they pinched-nosed mousy types with bifocals and buttoned-up blouses? Carol Fisher Saller, author of The Subversive...
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Steven Cahn and Victor Cahn
- 2 min
Polishing Your Prose, by Steven Cahn and Victor Cahn
Brothers and scholars Steven Cahn and Victor Cahn attempt something new in Polishing Your Prose: How to Turn First Drafts into Finished...
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Mary Norris
- 4 min
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, by Mary Norris
Should it be “short, balding man” or “short balding man”? “Bad hair day” or “bad-hair day”? Mary Norris, a copy editor at The New Yorker...
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Peter Ginna
- 3 min
What Editors Do: The Art, Craft & Business of Book Editing
What’s not to like about What Editors Do? This collection of essays traces the role of book editors from acquisition to publication and...
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