Basic message: “Change everything!” The second draft came back with 407 comments. On my current manuscript, the first draft came back with 435 comments from my editor. The most difficult is getting revision letters. That makes reading work, not goofing off. The easiest is reading other authors’ books-it’s all research! Writers are supposed to read in their genre. What’s the easiest part of being a writer? The most difficult? Repeat until the children get home from school. I type a page and then go get something else to eat. I turn on my laptop and reread what I wrote the day before. Three hours later, I realize the time and wonder where it all went and why I still have 127 unread e-mails in my inbox. I tell myself I’ll spend half an hour going over e-mails before I devote the rest of the school day to writing. I get up earlier than I’d like to, swear I will start going to bed before midnight, and get several children off to school. So I grew up thinking writing was a normal job, as opposed to a really time-consuming way to torment yourself. Some of my earliest (and only-she died when I was six years old) memories of her were of her sitting in front of a typewriter typing. Website How did you get started with your writing?
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