Making Writing Career Decisions in Uncertain Times by Amy Crawford Career choices have been challenged in several ways. With the state of our security and economic times shifting beneath our feet, what are American writers and other...
Editorial Staff
Write What’s In Your Heart
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Write What's In Your Heart By Susan Malone October 2001 In the past two weeks, I've had untold number of writers contact...
Chris Keesler, Senior Editor Dorchester Leisure Books
The way to Chris Keesler’s heart is through a good query letter. A feisty love story that knows when to break the rules doesn’t hurt either. Keesler is a romance editor, one of only a few fellas in a female-dominated field. His position on the flip side of the gender divide works to his and his writers’ advantage.
A Special Report: Mystery Writers of America Seventh Annual Sleuth Fest
A Special Report: Mystery Writers of America Seventh Annual Sleuth Fest March 17, 2001 Fort Lauderdale, FL by G.K. Sharman " . . . aspiring assassins discussed the fine points of murder . . . " It was an ordinary weekend. The South...
Shaping Your Story
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Shaping Your Story By Susan Malone September 2001 As we've gone through the various aspects that make up a novel (most of...
Dancing on the Mountain by Ginger Mynatt
Dancing on the Mountain A Tale of Dreams and Danger Ginger Mynatt iUniverse 2001 Print-On-Demand/127 pages ISBN: 0-595-19752-3 Buy This Book www.amazon.com "...a suspenseful young adult story..." "...living the dream of every...
Emily Bestler, Vice President and Executive Editorial Director Pocket Books
Emily Bestler learned early to love books. “When I started reading, I was doing something everybody else in the family did,” she said. “It’s what we did together as a family.” It’s a tradition she’s passing along to her three children – girls 9 and 8 and a boy, 4. They want to be writers when they grow up, though, not an editor like mom.
Amanda Patton, Editor at Plume, an imprint of Penguin Putnam, Inc.
Amanda Patton would never give up her day job. “I’m doing what I was meant to do,” she laughs. “I get to talk about books all day—how great is that?” Amanda is an editor at Plume, a trade paperback imprint at Penguin Putnam, Inc.
At The Heart of All Writing
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR At The Heart of All Writing By Susan Malone August 2001 We've been talking over the last few months about the nuts and bolts...
Finding Your Hero
A monthly column written by an Authorlink contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Finding Your Hero By Susan Malone July 2001 One of the biggest areas of confusion I see in novels concerns the Protagonist,...
