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The Proof of the Pudding

Well, less pudding than proofing – alas. I  have just received the proof copy of Sourdough and Other Stories. And now come the nerves and the vomit-inducing fear that I will find something hideously incorrect, a slew of repetitions, spelling mistakes and plot inconsistencies. Insecure writer? Moi? Nah. Realist, maybe. 🙂

The Freelance Editor – Here’s One We Prepared Earlier

In the interests of providing information that is both useful as well as facetious, I sent delightful freelance editor, Abigail Nathan, a list of questions to answer. She didn’t wanna. So I sent a couple of enforcers around (two out-of-work actors dressed up as Star Wars Storm Troopers) … to save us
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LOLCats – is there anything they can't do?

On Reviewing

 

“Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.”

(Evelyn Waugh)

 

“Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race.”

(Percy Bysshe Shelley)

 

I took up reviewing
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