It’s amazing what you can learn when you’re lost in Chicago and don’t even know it. Lesson #1: Having a husband who will help without laughing at you when you do something stupid is a wonderful thing.

Publishing gives me a great excuse to be immersed in new subjects, follow story lines, wrestle with grammar, buy new books. But the best part? The daily in-the-trenches editing, and the opportunity to get to know our authors.