by David Colin Carr | Sep 30, 2013 | Uncategorized, Writing
Last night I attended Booktoberfest – a gemütlich gathering for writers to learn about local self-publishing support and to meet published authors, editors, book designers, and publishers – all of whom had display tables. Local microbreweries provided samples of their...
by David Colin Carr | Sep 24, 2013 | Uncategorized, Writing
September 23, 2013 This week I’ve been doing a read-through of a novel about sexual abuse of boys. The reason the author feels this is a topic not much written about is at the heart of the book: the shame. Especially in a culture that treats homosexuality as aberrant,...
by David Colin Carr | Sep 17, 2013 | Editing, Uncategorized, Writing
I could have titled this “Beautiful Beyond Words.” I’m curious what you would make of that phrase if you saw it in a book. I’m afraid I interpret it as: the writer doesn’t fully understand what s/he wants to say the writer has no imagination the writer has limited...
by David Colin Carr | Sep 10, 2013 | Editing, Uncategorized
I’m mortified. The headline for last week’s blog had commas following close-quotation marks. I subscribe to my own blog in order to know when it has been posted. And there was my embarrassment spread across the networks of the world, shamed in front of every...
by David Colin Carr | Sep 3, 2013 | Uncategorized, Writing
I’ve written in the past about clients whose description of difficult events can retraumatize a reader. It’s wonderful to be able to transmit emotional experience – this is one of the intentions I ask my clients to clarify – but I’m not sure any reader would benefit...