Revising

In a 1973 letter to the editor of The Horn Book MagazineHighly recommended American books magazine with excellent website and bimonthly paper version. Ranges from popular to literary and covers English language books worldwide. Reviews, interviews with authors, some web exclusives. Library Journal said it was; 'well-focused, skilfully edited'. www.bookmagazine.com/, my mother, Ursula K. Le Guin, took Roald Dahl's books to task. While acknowledging her own "feelings of unease" about Dahl's work, she remarked that "...kids are very tough. What they find for themselves they should be able to read for themselves." I had this in mind as I read about wording changes in new editions of Dahl.

For a long time, I believed that my only hope of becoming a professional writer was to find the perfect tool. A few months into my career as a book critic, I'd already run up against the limits of my productivity, and, like many others before me, I pinned the blame on Microsoft Word.  Read more