My Dirty Little Secret…and Why I’m OK with It
My mom and dad did something to me as an infant that stayed with me for the rest of my life. Now before you go thinking it was something truly awful, I’ll just tell you: they misspelled my middle name. My middle name is Randell. When my fiancée at the time, Alyssa, was creating our […]
The Not-Very-Sexy Essential to Your Book’s Mind-Blowing Success
I had just done my best to present a proposed book, and now I was sweating it. This has to be one of the most nerve-wracking duties of an acquisitions editor—presenting book projects to pub board and then responding to colleagues’ onslaught of comments and questions. All fifteen or so people in the room understand […]