Archive - February 10, 2014

So, you have just finished your book…a memoir of the Peace Corps, a novel, a YA romance…whatever! Before you self-publish your book, get an editor. Get a line editor, a copy editor, a proof reader….. Writing the book is step #1. Now you have to prepare your book for publication. If you don’t have top-rate editors in your town, here are two professionals editors I can suggest you might hire. One is a seasoned copy editor who works free-lance for publishing houses. The second person is a nonfiction writer and editor who also does editing on the side. If you decide to contact either of these individuals, do it in this order, as you should hire them both! First Lisa Skelton Her email is: lbskelton@optonline.net I’ve worked with Lisa. She is charming and nice and very, very good. Tell I suggested you contact her. You can email her your material . . .

In November, 2013, Maureen wrote “Momma Mia” an article in Vanity Fair on Mia Farrow. Maureen wrote about Farrow’s loving home she created for 14 adopted and biological children and also how she had to deal with the sensational scandal that almost rent it apart 20 years ago. Recently, as we know, Mia’s daughter Dylan wrote her letter that appeared in the New York Times. Now Maureen is back with 10 “undeniable facts” about the allegation and Woody Allen’s reply, also in The New York Times, this weekend. 5:15 PM, February 7 2014 10 Undeniable Facts About the Woody Allen Sexual-Abuse Allegation By Maureen Orth (Colombia 1964-66) This week, a number of commentators have published articles containing incorrect and irresponsible claims regarding the allegation of Woody Allen’s having sexually abused his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. As the author of two lengthy, heavily researched and thoroughly fact-checked articles that deal with . . .