Monday, 24 February 2014

I Still Have My Comma Key

Yesterday, I mentioned the absolute necessity of working with good people and by that I mean capable as well as invested and available, when publishing a book.  You write, you read, you change: delete and add.  And then you find an editor.  I know that the person, Jean Ballard @ My Life With Critters, the editor of my book, All These Long Years Later,  has no plans of continuing in the field of ruthless red pens  but oh! what a loss.
Authors: dig diligently for your editor. You need to be comfortable asking why and how - to debate and to accept or to reject.  Jean made what could have been an uncomfortable business into fun - even when she threatened to yank the comma key off my keyboard.  

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