“…Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me….” – Jesus I‘ve had this thought before. I’ll bet you have too. But this time, I think I’ve finally figured out how to make it stick. Maybe it’s not that earth-shattering. Or maybe it is–I don’t know. I want to believe it is because
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I received a reply email from an author. “Looks like I have my work cut out for me,” she wrote. She’d been a client for several months and I’d sent my final edit laying out several things she’d need to do before and after sending it to the publisher. Yes, you do have your work cut out, I wanted to
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“The deeper you look into other souls—and writing is primarily an exercise in doing just that—the clearer people’s inherent dignity becomes.” – Andrew Solomon I‘m 41 and I edit books and I absolutely love what I get to do every day. But when I was about 9 or 10, I thought of being a writer. I figured if the pro football
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“Writing is prayer.” – Franz Kafka In today’s world with ever-more distracting, inane and attention-grabbing information, it can be particularly challenging for new storytellers to overcome the fear that their story is too simple and uninteresting. We’re the worst judges of our own stories. Despite that and the fact that sharing your story honestly and with vulnerability
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“No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.” – John Ruskin Oh, there are so many things I want to tell you about this past holiday weekend! We had such a great time and great food with family and friends, running in sprinklers and
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