![]() She laughed at my jokes in the margins and never made me feel bad. ![]() Bonnie did for me what I have always tried to do for writers - making changes she thought appropriate and then asking me if it was okay, rather than asking open-ended questions. She’s attentive, listens to writers, is very careful. There came this point when I thought I might like to write a book and everyone in-house was very receptive. So I kept working on the memo until it topped out at about 20 pages. I would add to it things that otherwise really first-rate people were getting wrong. It started as an expansion as a proofreader/copy editor guideline memo that I had inherited. ![]() Don’t think you’re the first author who’s tried to get out of a contract.” I asked my editor, “If I can’t get this right, can we just get me out of the contract?” And he looks at me and laughs and says, “Honey, you’re great. ![]() There did come a time when I was really struggling with writing. But if the neurotic, crying author wants his editor, he makes an appointment. As managing editor and copy chief, if I want to talk to an editor, I just present myself at the doorway. ![]() If they want me, they know where to find me. It’s good to be published by Random House. What’s it like to be the copy chief and an author at the same imprint? ![]()
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