Julie Klumb

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    Take the Time to Raise ‘Em Right (Your Books that Is)

    I was talking to a friend of mine about writing today. Someone had told her not to be too critical of first drafts. She told me she wanted to kick them “because first drafts suck”. 
                Which got me to thinking: writers often refer to their books as “their children”, especially when we send them [...]