A Day To Edit Our Lives
September 22, 2007 – 4:20 pmBy Jim Sollisch, a writer in Cleveland (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 22/09/07): When I was in my 20s, I wrote a novel and sent it to Doubleday. In my hubris, I skipped the editors and sent it directly to the president. She called five days later to tell me she liked it. An editor was assigned and suggested major revisions
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