"In past blogs, we have stressed how important it is to find a reader for your writing work. A more or less objective eye can help delineate the flaws and the brilliance in your work. But we have also said that the only person who really knows what is right for your work is you. Wouldn’t it be nice if these two people got together," Going the Distance: Stepping Back to Revise your Writing Work
"One of the most challenging aspects of writing a novel or memoir is fitting in background information the reader needs to know without slowing down the story. If the story is a 3,000-meter race, than anytime you have to digress to explain a piece of back story, you are taking a detour. It slows the action down. If it isn’t done right, it can get" Filling in the Background without Derailing the Story
"We get a sinking feeling whenever a client or prospective client talks about submitting her/his manuscript to the book club before sending it to us for review. What makes us tremble is the prospect of having to sort out a book written by committee, going every which way and not really adding up to anything. But really, it only takes one misguided reader to send" Reader, Oh Reader, Where Art Thou?