Tag: Finding an Editor
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A Tribute on Bob Gottlieb’s Passing
Robert Gottlieb, my model for what an editor should be, died recently In New York at the age of 92. Bob Caro (author of The Power Broker and 4 volumes and counting of the Lyndon Johnson story) was a college classmate of mine In the 1950s, and I became a Gottlieb devotee when I read…
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Some Thoughts About Writing a Memoir
In a memoir you want to write a story about a significant part of your life. It should engage your reader and convey something important that you have learned by living through a significant turning point. And then you need to stop. It’s not an autobiography. It’s a story, a gift to…