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Thursday, September 3, 2009

My next column in The Writer magazine is out.



My next column in The Writer magazine is out. It's on page 10 in the October issue. The title is "Sometimes you need to break out the editing chain saw to deal with a manuscript." It couldn't have come out at a better time, since I'm blogging about editing Bewitched & Betrayed. Before I turned in Armed & Magical to Anne my editor, I had to essentially rewrite the entire book. Kristin (my agent) read the manuscript and pointed out where the quagmires were (and there were a LOT). Yep, the book stunk that badly. And yep, when I was finished and the dust had settled, Armed & Magical became my first national bestseller. In my column this month, I dish the dirt.
Tomorrow I'll post some fabulous photos that my friend Amy took while we were all in the mountains this past weekend.
And don't forget to enter your photo in the "Find Talon" contest. Tomorrow is the last day for entries; I'll be announcing the winner on Saturday. Scroll down to last Tuesday (I think) for all the details. The prize is your choice of a TTWD t-shirt or an 11 x 17 TTWD glossy poster.
Lisa

3 Comments:

Blogger Jo said...

Great article, Lisa! It all sounds a bit daunting, though!

September 3, 2009 at 7:30 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Hi :)
Thank you for sharing Lisa.
I'm glad you were undaunted by the editing and that you reworked it into such a great book!
Looking forward to reading the article.
Love & Best Wishes,
twitter: @RKCharron
xoxo

September 3, 2009 at 11:13 AM  
Blogger Anne said...

That's a nice article. {SMILE}

Anne Elizabeth Baldwin

September 14, 2009 at 6:39 PM  

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