by Jamie Chavez | Oct 6, 2014 | Authors & Other Writers, Guest Posts
While I am catching up after losing several days of work to a hard drive crash (and just because you can see I am able to get on the Interwebs and all doesn’t mean I’m anywhere near out of the woods), my friends are helping me out with new and recycled posts of their...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 26, 2014 | Guest Posts, The Book Biz
In posts over the last weeks and months, I’ve referenced the editor/author relationship a lot, because it’s an important one to me. Most of these articles* have to do with behavior—most specifically, behaving like a professional, keeping the interactions cordial and...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 20, 2014 | Creativity, Guest Posts, Miscellany
It’s Martin Luther King Day—a national holiday here in the States—and many of you have the day off. Me, I’m playing catch-up with a pile of work correspondence. So while I do, I’m going to leave you with this interesting essay from writer April Line. When she...
by Jamie Chavez | Dec 23, 2013 | Guest Posts, The Book Biz
Oh, kids, it’s two days ’til Christmas and I’m trying to meet a work deadline. Not to mention the holiday deadline. So while I keep editing, my friend Christa Allan’s going to take over. This post originally ran on her own blog, and I’m so pleased to republish it...
by Jamie Chavez | Dec 2, 2013 | Guest Posts, The Book Biz, The Writing Craft
I picked up a little bug this time last week. I’m not talking about a cold, either—think Linda Blair in The Exorcist. It kept me away from my computer for nearly a week (the horror!). So while I crawl back into the working/blogging world, here’s a fantastic guest post...
by Jamie Chavez | Sep 16, 2013 | Guest Posts, The Writing Craft
I’m still out of the office—but don’t worry, I’ve got another great guest post, this one from my fellow editor and writer April Line. She’s writing a memoir. And revising it. The Joy and Pain of Revision I love revising. I love rereading an essay or story after...
