A podcast that asks authors about their editing experiences
Prolific children's writer and veteran editor Lisa L. Owens how writing and editing children's books, from picture books to YA, can take different processes based on the author's goals to either self-publish or work with a traditional publisher. We cover which professional organizations we find meaning in, the perils of fact-checking, and how she handled one big publishing mistake.
YA speculative fiction author Farah Naz Rishi talks with me about how she totally cheated to get the best critique partners ever, drew inspiration from her legal background to craft I Hope You Get This Message, and how she uses her other talents to enhance her self-editing. We also talk about how she shaped her diverse cast of characters and the challenges of BIPOC writers working with white editors.
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.
