A podcast that asks authors about their editing experiences
This week, I’m joined by literary fiction writer Hilary Zaid. Hilary explores the mindset she brings to self-editing, shares how working with professional editors has differed from the critiques she received in writing conferences and workshops, and provides guidance for writers who need to make big, big cuts. Plus we talk about why our lawyer besties are so dang sweet.
Professor and writer Dr. Stephanie Vanderslice shares stories of withering and uplifting critiques, her experiences on submission, the editing partnership with her husband, how she finds the rest of her editing team, the “one weird trick” of reading all your work out loud to catch mistakes, and the downsides of being a concise writer.
