Author Deanie Yasner shares how becoming an author and the publication of Essie Rose’s Revelation Summer have affected her life. Questions include: How has being a published author affected her personality? How do the book’s themes of courage, loyalty, and goodness apply to our post-pandemic world?
Author Doc Ephraim Bates answers 7 key questions about his new book Dragon’s Men: Domestic. Questions include: How does he plot? What was it like being the youngest of 7 brothers? What is the backstory of the bomb detonator that figures in the plot? How do Doc’s health issues affect his writing?
Maxwell Perkins is one of my heroes. Or at least I think he is. I’m about 50 pages into Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, and so far so good.
I’m here to tell you that the editing process can get pretty intense. We’ve lived through it enough times to notice that most authors fall into one of four categories. The toughest one? “I’ll fight you on every word.”
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.