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Book Editing 101 | The Art of Polishing Words
A writer may write well, but without an editor, their words may never reach a committed reader.
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Broadening the Voice of the World | Interview with Polly Barton
“I wanted to be involved in making people feel like there was lots to discover…”
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Haruki Murakami and The Art of Literary Translation | Interview with David Karashima
“The authors from Japan that have managed to reach a wider international audience have all had teams of talented publishing people supporting them.”
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What Editors Do | Interview with Peter Ginna
“It’s really important to love a book when you acquire it. If you don’t have that kind of emotional commitment to something, you wind up second-guessing yourself…”
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The Art of Storytelling | The Merchant of Stories by Dipa Sanatani
The journey of a reader to a traveller to a writer and finally, taking the plunge and self-publishing is filled with lot of self-doubt, practical problems and so, I am thankful that a book like this exists.
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The Audiobook Collaboration | Author Interview with Alex Kiester
“Audible is doing amazing things with the spoken word: sound effects, a full cast of actors—it is not just one actor reading everything out loud. And the best part is that it’s condensed to fit in your pocket. It’s both completely immersive and totally mobile.”
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Modern Audio Stories | Reviving the Ancient Tradition of Oral Storytelling
One revival came in the form of radio programmes that carried forward the oral tradition of storytelling. They created audio stories out of pre-written scripts and had them performed on radio by voiceover artists. The narrative changed voices, included sound effects and added creative humour. In short, radio programmes breathe life into the words that were lying frozen in the pages of old books.
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Literary Agent Interview | Yasmin Kane of Kane Literary Agency
“It is really exciting taking on new writers – as it’s the start of an epic journey together. I will edit their manuscript, most books at this stage require some form of editorial input, unless they have been professionally edited by an independent editor. I would then pitch the book to relevant publishers, this can be a prolonged wait at times and I do my best to keep morale high…”
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The Perilous Path from Written to Spoken Word | Author Interview with Alex Kiester
All authors secretly dream of inspiring millions around the world with their writing. But ask authors to speak in front of an audience and that dream quickly turns into a nightmare. Alex Kiester’s debut novel “In Her Skin” takes readers down the perilous path from written word to spoken word. The psychological thriller centres around Meggie Meyer, a debut author who can’t face her book tour and hires an actress to impersonate her.
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