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5 Tips to Ensure Your Editor Doesn’t Hate You
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
Some time after receiving the first round of edits, a writer may wonder whether or not her editor hates her. Surely, the theory goes, if her editor liked her, the suggested changes wouldn’t be so terrible. The good news is that receiving extensive edits from an editor does not mean…
When Dedications Leave Something to Be Desired
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
How authors dedicate books tells us a lot about them as writers and as people. Often books are dedicated to children, loved ones, or dogs. On rarer occasions, however, authors use the dedication section of books to make a wry joke, sneer at someone who doubted them, or twist a…
The Ghosts in Our Walls: History and Tales from the Haunted South
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
There are ghosts in the walls of old houses. They roam abandoned plantations. They float down the side streets of southern cities on sticky, sultry summer nights. That is what the dark tourism industry would have us believe at any rate. Dark tourism is travel that is steeped in suffering of…
The Curse of the Book Eater
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
Sometimes when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls you can still hear him munching on new releases and snarling when someone steps too close to his pulp fiction. My childhood dog was an avid reader, which is to say that he liked that I read because he…
Understanding Others: The Benefits of Romance Novels
Originally posted on Kristen Twardowski:
Just as some readers turn up their noses at young adult fiction, many sneer at romance novels. But these books aren’t simply trashy bodice rippers filled with swooning and ridiculously attractive heroes. They may also increase self-reflection and empathy in readers. (There is often still swooning though. Lots and lots…
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