Hang out where your readers do.
Since I’ve begun editing the magazine for a national organization, I’ve made a point each month to drive an hour-and-a-half one way to attend a chapter meeting. It’s not the club business that attracts me, but the conversations before and after.
They’re some of my best opportunities to connect with members’ concerns. If the publication’s going to scratch where they itch, … Continue reading
A few goofs can make readers doubt.
The review gave a glowing recommendation, underscoring the meticulous research behind The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies.
The author’s note speaks of using the subject’s “letters and papers, declassified U.S. and British government files, Freedom of Information Act requests, and my own interviews.”
The book devotes three … Continue reading
Take it a little at a time.
If you’re daunted by writing your book, consider this old joke:
How do you eat an elephant?
One bite at a time.
Still, authorship means more than writing one word after another. You face multiple tasks. But broken into many small steps, any job can become feasible.
My father-in-law and I just completed … Continue reading