Anne R. Allen's Blog... with Ruth Harris
Writing about writing. Mostly.
by Ruth Harris As the Romans said (and the Olympics borrowed for its motto): Citius, Altius, Fortius. Or, as we say: “Faster, Higher, Stronger.” Sometimes publishing seems to be an Olympic event or at least it feels that way. Vroom. Vroom. Everyone wants to write faster. To publish more books. To keep up with/get ahead of […]
by Ruth Harris You’ve written a book! Or: You’ve started the first draft. You’ve finished the first draft. You’re waiting for your editor’s comments. You’re thinking about writing a book. You’ve got a great idea for a book. You’re making notes for a book. You’re outlining a book. No matter what stage you’re in, […]
This week we have some serious nuts-and-bolts advice from our own Ruth Harris. Ruth learned this stuff from both sides of the editorial desk, as an editor at Bantam & Dell, publisher at Kensington–and as a New York Times bestselling author of women’s fiction and thrillers. Since I’m in the middle of editing my […]
