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  • I’ve got so many ideas lined up from you guys that I keep finding notes to myself scattered all over kingdom come, so I’m going to start a Living List, below, to keep myself on track. Please feel free to check in periodically to see where this is all headed. And, good heavens—add to it!

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    Reader expectations. What ‘rules’ to keep in mind about how to keep a reader engaged in the story. Tips about introducing new characters, new tension, new conflict etc. that keep them turning the pages.—Jeffrey

    Who not to show your baby to before it’s born.—for Anne

    What can I do about passive sentences in my writing? I try to fix them and work on them so much both versions start sounding the same to me, and both sound right, so I can’t tell which to use.—Jo Ann

    Is it a good idea to invent your own quotations from “other” works?—Marie Devers

    Unintentional plagiarism.—Amy

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Scott Warrender
Short story author Scott Warrender is a Mentoring Program client. I have done full Copy, Line, & Developmental Editing on a number of short stories for him, the first of which was his poignant fictional memoir of Africa, ''The Boy With the Newsprint Kite,'' now published in the Foundling Review.

Clients’ Books


Bhaichand Patel is the author of two nonfiction books: Chasing the Good Life (Penguin Books India, October, 2006), and Happy Hours (Penguin Books India, October, 2009). I edited Patel's debut novel, When the Streets Were Cold and Dark.


I've edited a number of nonfiction essays for my friend Lucia Orth. (Many years ago, my contribution to Baby Jesus Pawn Shop was simply a peer critique and participation in a standing ovation.)


The poet Chris Ryan is the author of The Bible of Animal Feet (Farfalla Press, 2007). He has recent stories in Pank, Anemone Sidecar, and A Cappella Zoo. I edited Ryan's novel The Ishmael Blade and worked with him on his debut novel Heliophobia and WIP Pogue.