In a surprising email exchange the other day with the Tin House Lost & Found editor, I pitched an essay about the the first memoir I ever read—an obscure little book…
You wrote your book (good job!), revised your first, second, and maybe even third drafts (even better!), and are finally ready to hire an editor to whip it into submission-ready shape. What can…
Hahahahahahahaha. Just kidding.
There is no way easy way to revise your book, particularly those early drafts.
But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and…
Think again.
Consider, from Rivka Galchen’s rundown in Harper’s of twentieth century author family life and age demographics, among them:
Alice Munro: Two husbands. Raised three children. First book of stories at age thirty-seven.
Toni…
While recovering from my summer vacation heart attack last July in the small Colorado western slope town where I lived when my children were small, I stumbled upon hidden treasure on the bookshelf…