Writer Unboxed

If you missed part one of my interview with independent editor Lisa Rector, when we talked about using an independent editor for your work and what it means to reach the “third draft stage,” click HERE, then come back. Lisa specializes in late-draft writing, working with experienced writers in genres like fantasy, mystery and suspense […]

Blogger and WU reader LJ Cohen has created an ingenious method of organizing information that’s embeddable into your wip — and not a post-it or scribbled napkin in sight — called TiddlyWikiWrite. In part one of her two-part series on TiddlyWikiWrite, Lisa described what a wiki was and how writers can use them to corral […]

Kath here. As part of my ongoing effort to find the perfect way to organize a mess when it comes to notes and research, I asked blogger Lisa Janice Cohen if she would share her organizing tool, TiddlyWikiWrite, and I was thrilled when she agreed.  Lisa (left) created TiddlyWikiWrite out of an existing wiki platform (ingenious) […]

As I write this, my bags are packed and ready to go. In about two hours, I’ll be heading for Australia, and one of my goals is to improve my photography. I’ve studied the art over the years, in high school and then college and then a little more later. A […]

I’m currently in NYC! Today I meet my superhero agent, Elisabeth Weed, and yesterday I met my fabulous new editor, Sarah Knight. I’ll tell you more about these meetings when I get back home. For now, I wanted to share an idea I had with you, something that occurred to me while straightening my desk […]

Snippity-do-da from around the writers’ web:
Penguin is teaming up with Match.com to offer another way to find your soulmate: through the love of similar books.
Penguin said the site would offer readers “a place to meet and indulge in the age-old art of writing love letters”. Members will be asked to write in their profile about […]

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Lisa Rector is an independent editor who specializes in late-draft writing, helping advanced and published writers of mainstream and literary fiction massage their text until it’s ready for the critical eyes of New York publishers. Lisa, owner of Third Draft in New York City […]

…it’s the birthday of science fiction and fantasy writer Ray Bradbury, (books by this author) born in 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. He has written books such as The Martian Chronicles (1950), Fahrenheit 451 (1953), and Farewell Summer (2006).
Ray Bradbury who said, “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” […]

Some of you may already know about this approach, but this can be a valuable tip for those who don’t, so I’ll risk boring the savvy ones with this info.
First, keep your entire book manuscript in one electronic file—it’s a huge time-saver. I know writers who use a separate file on their computer for each […]

When I opened this month’s issue of Hallmark magazine, guess what I saw?

That’s right!  WU contributor Allison Winn Scotch’s upcoming release TIME OF MY LIFE right there in Must Reads.  The cover looks great, doesn’t it?   My apologies for the scan, I couldn’t get our template to load a larger image without crashing the whole system.  Better […]

So, um, I made today’s New York Post. Click HERE.
It’s amazing how quickly reading that cured my problem of this sale not sinking in. My hands are shaking.

I’m deep in edits right now, encouraging my husband’s new culinary skills and dodging responsibilities like Britney Spears in a courtroom. (And really tired. Laughing at myself and my poor jokes.) But I knew you’d want to know this as soon as it was possible to know this.
Donald Maass, agent and president of Donald […]