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There are some amazing books coming out right now, and authors have been toiling for years to bring them to you.
Since you& #39;re probably not wearing pants right now, I& #39;ve asked these authors to be vulnerable also, and share their favorite sentence deleted during the edit.
Since you& #39;re probably not wearing pants right now, I& #39;ve asked these authors to be vulnerable also, and share their favorite sentence deleted during the edit.
From @NataliaSylv, we have RUNNING, a YA novel. https://bookshop.org/books/running-9780358124351/9780358124351
Favorite">https://bookshop.org/books/run... deleted sentence: "That& #39;s why I& #39;m running away."
Favorite">https://bookshop.org/books/run... deleted sentence: "That& #39;s why I& #39;m running away."
From @hahriehan, @lizcmckenna, and @mich_oyakawa, we have "Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in 21st Century America."
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo68659118.html
Favorite">https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books... deleted sentence: "Over a plate of chicken fingers, they wondered if people like them could have power in politics."
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo68659118.html
Favorite">https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books... deleted sentence: "Over a plate of chicken fingers, they wondered if people like them could have power in politics."
Bonus points if you share with me/us a scan of a heavily edited manuscript page. Take us behind the scenes!
From @sopandeb: https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/1262814742672015362">https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/...
From @andydhorowitz comes "Katrina: A History, 1915-2015," which is not about some random lady but about a hurricane and a community. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674971714
Andy">https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.p... was brave enough to submit a photo showing "my amazing editor @ThomasLeBien keeping me from hedging any bets."
Andy">https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.p... was brave enough to submit a photo showing "my amazing editor @ThomasLeBien keeping me from hedging any bets."
From @Meeratsriram we have "A Gift for Amma," for kids 4 to 8. https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781646860623
Meera">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781... spilled the tea on all the publishers who rejected her book or wanted to whitewash it -- until @BarefootBooks took it on.
The worst suggestion: Set it in America, not India. She didn& #39;t.
Meera">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781... spilled the tea on all the publishers who rejected her book or wanted to whitewash it -- until @BarefootBooks took it on.
The worst suggestion: Set it in America, not India. She didn& #39;t.
