They say it takes a village to raise a book. In my case, the village had a bunch of de Jongs in it: Lisette, Daphne, Maureen Crisp (de Jong by marriage) and Maureen’s daughter Rhia. By far the biggest impact on my story Find Me was from Lisette de Jong, bestie and editor extraordinaire. Lisette… Continue reading People make the difference
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Publish and be Damned
If you’ve been reading my blogs, you’ll know that waiting is a lot of what I’ve done so far – and writing, editing, revising, rewriting, editing, repeat… If you’re a writer, that will sound more than familiar. Even now, so close to publishing, I’ve had more notes come back from my editor Lisette de Jong… Continue reading Publish and be Damned