What do you do when you hit the wall?

admin | August 11, 2009

Just about every writer hits a point in their project where giving up and starting over on something new begins to look like an appealing option, and that’s when a hard choice has to be made.

length: 2 minutes 10 seconds
featuring:
Miriam Toews, Kristen den Hartog, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Kevin Patterson, Tim Bowling, and Judy Fong Bates

The coaching staff of the literary world

admin | July 30, 2009

When you’ve taken your book as far as you can on your own it’s time to get a little (or a lot of) help from your editor.

length: 3 minutes 40 seconds
featuring:
Keith Maillard, Janet Fitch, Kate Grenville, Ami McKay, Kevin Patterson, Ronan Bennett, Andrew Taylor, Tom McCarthy, and Ania Szado

Thinking about the audience

admin | July 14, 2009

It’s hard not to think of the reader during the process of publishing a book, but how does the reader come into play during the process of writing the book?