Recently I was a guest on Alvina Ling and Grace Lin’s Book Friends Forever podcast to talk about freelance editing along with fellow freelance editor Sangeeta Mehta. Toward the end, Grace asked about giving manuscript critiques to friends, and Sangeeta mentioned the three point method for sharing feedback: Identify a problem Explain why it’s a […]
How to Give a Good Critique (and How to Spot a Bad One) Read Post »
“You’re too old to read books from this section.” “These are for little kids!” “You should be choosing longer books by now.” “Haven’t you outgrown those?” Whether or not you’ve heard these statements from well-meaning adults (or rule-following kids), you probably already know the books they’re referring to: picture books, graphic novels, comics, and other
Want Kids To Love Reading? Stop Disparaging Their Choices. Read Post »
A week ago, I came across a quote by Louise Glück on social media: “We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.” These are the last two lines of her poem, “Nostos.” As with many quotations I read online, I inwardly nodded and thought, “Sounds right,” before scrolling on. I’m pretty
Look at the World: On Writing and Reading Read Post »
Recently I’ve been thinking about my grandma’s bathtub. It was solid green, with a smooth surface that I loved sliding across to play tidal wave. I know I splashed water over the side often, but I don’t remember my grandma ever getting upset about it. There was a small window in the wall above the
Seven Ways to Cry about a Bathtub: On Writing Emotions Read Post »
