by Jamie Chavez | Apr 23, 2018 | Your Editor Says …
A friend of mine posted a series of four photos on Facebook the other day, showing pages in a book she’d checked out from the library. (The book was Sue Grafton’s N Is for Noose, which I haven’t read.) Someone who’d read the book previously had taken it upon her- or...
by Jamie Chavez | Sep 18, 2017 | Your Editor Says …
Letters, I get these letters. They go something like this: I’ve been thinking about writing a book. What should I do next? There are variations—Everyone tells me I should write a book, say, or I’ve been writing all my life—and usually some biographical information,...
by Jamie Chavez | Sep 4, 2017 | Your Editor Says …
Sure, it’s fun to google “quotes on compassion” or “quotes on sheep” or “quotes on interspecies love” (I’m joking) and see what you come up with. Especially if you’re an author in need of a nice epigraph. Something that will make you seem clever or well read....
by Jamie Chavez | Jul 24, 2017 | Your Editor Says …
Our brains are wired to enjoy stories. At a very basic level, all human communication is narrative: we order our experiences and make sense of them through stories. (Here’s an interesting book about that idea.) So it’s no wonder a lot of people have a book they want...
by Jamie Chavez | May 15, 2017 | Your Editor Says …
Yes, I am trying to hold back a flood. And I’m a little annoyed with the AP Stylebook. As the Washington Post says: The barbarians have done it, finally infiltrated a remaining bastion of order in a linguistic wasteland. They had already taken the Oxford English...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 24, 2017 | Your Editor Says …
A friend of mine recently asked me a question on Facebook: I was browsing some business pages on FB and happened across this description: “We help our clients expose themselves at trade shows, presentations, conferences, events and celebrations.” Is it just me, or...
