A monthly column of wit, insight, irreverance and inspiration by a published author and veteran of the publishing trenches. The Ink-Stained Wretch Don Whittington June, 1999 "My Ordeal" It began like so many things do, with me waking up. I yawned, and...
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The Ink-Stained Wretch: WRITING INTO THE MILLENNIUM
A monthly column of wit, insight, irreverance and inspiration by a published author and veteran of the publishing trenches. The Ink-Stained Wretch Don Whittington July, 1999 WRITING INTO THE MILLENNIUM I am supposed to talk about what it will take to get...
What To Do When You Feel Like Giving Up
A monthly column written by an Authorlink! contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR What To Do When You Feel Like Giving Up By Susan Malone July, 1999 We’ve been discussing in recent columns the...
Denise Roy, Editor at Simon & Schuster
My mother, a children’s librarian, read to me in the womb, so my relationship with words and books dates back to before I was born. Frances the badger (BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES, A BIRTHDAY FOR FRANCES, etc., by Russell and Lillian Hoban) was my favorite.
Developing a Fierce Eye For Focusing Your Manuscript
"The principles of staying focused can be applied to chapters, paragraphs and even individual sentences." --Noah Lukeman, author of the soon-to-be-released book, The First Five Pages: A Writers Guide to Getting out of the Slush Pile (SIMON...
Finding the Right Agent
A monthly column written by an Authorlink! contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR Finding the Right Agent By Susan Malone June, 1999 Probably the most frequent question I get (along with most agents...
Mitchell Ivers, Senior Editor, Simon and Schuster Imprint: Pocket Books
I was working as a theater director and supporting myself, first with proofreading, then with copyediting, then with line editing. One day, after eight years of tinsel and sawdust and squalor, Random House offered me a job as a senior copy editor, and the next day I had medical and dental.
Skiing the Slippery Slopes of Publishing
A monthly column written by an Authorlink! contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR "Skiing the Slippery Slopes of Publishing " By Susan Malone May, 1999 Writers are bombarded these days with a...
The Ink-Stained Wretch: “The Writer’s Desk”
A monthly column of wit, insight, irreverance and inspiration by a published author and veteran of the publishing trenches. The Ink-Stained Wretch Don Whittington April/May, 1999 "The Writer's Desk" One of the things I like to do when I visit...
“Staying Afloat in a Sea of Submissions”
A monthly column written by an Authorlink! contributing editor. We welcome your questions, comments and input to this page. ASK THE EDITOR "Staying Afloat In A Sea Of Submissions" By Susan Malone April, 1999 The business of publishing has grown so...
