Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Tag: editors

  • Heard From Editor

    True to her word, I heard from my editor last week after delivering my manuscript of Jane in St Pete in early January. I’ve second and third guessed myself since then, but she said it was a “treat” to read and my characters were “quirky and interesting.” She’s sending it to the senior editor with…

  • Content is Queen

    My heart sank a little at last weekend’s conference when Chuck Sambuchino, the keynote speaker, said he’d been writing, and steadily climbing the publishing ladder, for ten years. I was first published in the ’80s, so that’s, uh, longer. But Chuck did say something valuable, something I’d forgotten. He talked about how there is so much about…

  • Stand-Alone Sarah

    Sarah’s Survival Guide is a free 40 page story right here on my website. Anyone can read it, even attach it to their tablet or reading device. Makes it sound like I wanted to do something nice for my readers. I do, of course, but the real reason Sarah’s Survival Guide stands alone is because my former editor asked…

  • Editors: Good News, Bad News

    It’s funny. That little piece I wrote for BH&G has been bringing in the mail!! The editor has kindly been forwarding requests, all asking where they can buy my book! What a nice feeling. So thanks to BH&G for passing those requests along. And the sad news is that my editor at PW has been let go. I can’t believe it. I’ve…