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“A good editor is like tinsel to a Christmas Tree...they add the perfect amount of sparkle without being gaudy.”
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“A good editor is someone who cares a little less about the author's needs than the reader's”
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“The editor-writer relationship should not be thought of as adversarial.”
― Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction
― Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction
“But there are times in this harum-scarum world when figuring out the right thing to do is quite simple, but doing the right thing is simply impossible....”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“A picture is worth a thousand words, but the way I paint I'm going to need to contact an editor. Even if I were to abstractly paint the phrase "I love you," it would be the visual equivalent of Joyce's Ulysses.
-James Lee Schmidt and Jarod Kintz”
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-James Lee Schmidt and Jarod Kintz”
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