Lee Child – Richard Levesque

Too Close, Too Comfortable

Whenever it’s time to start talking about the art of revision with my college writing students, I usually begin by saying if they want to revise effectively they first need to put some distance between themselves and what they’ve drafted. Being too close to one’s material often causes a writer to see it for what…
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richardlevesqueauthor June 25, 2013 4

Word of Mouth–The Elusive Key to Success

Several years ago, I was lurking in the shelves of a used bookstore looking at the science fiction section–all the way at the back of the store. It was one of those stores that functioned largely as a paperback exchange: if you brought in 3 books, they’d give you credit for one of theirs. It…
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richardlevesqueauthor April 23, 2013 4

Another Teachable Moment (For the Self-Taught)

I don’t sell a lot of books. Not yet, anyway. And I think I’m making peace with that. But it’s a rather uneasy peace, kind of a tentative peace, one subject to tremors and the occasional shake-up of the conditions that have produced it. But peace nevertheless. The alternative is frustration and depression. And those…
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richardlevesqueauthor April 15, 2013 14