We are busy editing, writing and reviewing book proposals. So this week, the blog is getting short shrift. In lieu of any thoughts of our own, we are sending along this U Tube video containing quotes from famous writers, whose advice surely carries more weight than ours anyway. If nothing else, the clip has nice, […]

Whistling, by its very nature, is a cheerful occupation. Nobody whistles when he or she is down but only when good spirits can’t help but overflow into self-expression. So, it seems to us that expectations for THE WHISTLING SEASON might run to the carefree and light-hearted. Yet, the biggest rap against Ivan Doig’s 2006 novel […]

The first day of spring is less than two weeks away. Here in the east, the birds are calling and bulbs are pushing out of the wet ground. Our thoughts turn to the chores of spring cleaning. Time to shake out the cobwebs, clear away the dust and scrub out the dark corners…of your manuscript. […]

Recently, a number of clients have put book characters to sudden, dramatic deaths that move their plots along but cause nary a ripple among other characters in the books. The dead characters are tossed aside like used Kleenex, their use expended, and because they are fictional to begin with, they do not even litter the […]