Editing Quote by Barbara Sjoholm

“Ultimately, it will help ensure that more of what you like to read will be written. Thank you.”

— Dana Stabenow

“My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part…

— Samuel Johnson

“Good for: Reminiscing. Gentle instruction. Putting readers at ease.”

— Stephen Coles

“Concentrate on the text for the moment: the other parts will fall into place in time.”

— Matthew Johnson

“If I can make a difference to some readers and help them to escape from some pains of unforgiveness and emotional misery by thumbing…

— Roger Macdonald Andrew

“[I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short.”

— Jane Austen

“Be aware that every word you know is going to try to sneak into your manuscript.”

— Judith Ross Enderle

“Even a dull life could make worthwhile reading, he said, provided the writer paid sufficient attention to detail.”

— Susan Hubbard

“It has the permanent quality of literature.”

— Virginia Woolf

“You know your heart and soul are stapled to that manuscript, but what we see are the words on the paper”

— Teresa Nielsen Haydense

“Hey Revision. You can be a pain but you do make Book better.”

— Buffy Andrews

“During those days, both the bed and my little rickety table were swimming in notes and scribbled-over manuscripts that I took turns working on,…

— Knut Hamsun