Writing is a craft. Editing is a craft. And the two are inextricably entwined. One needs the other. Without writers, editors would be unnecessary. Without editors, writers would be, well, lesser writers. The trick comes in the balance and knowing how editors help—and when they can hurt. Years ago, when I was a young and …
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That ONE book …
Anyone who has read about the writing life of C.S. Lewis has, no doubt, come across his references to George MacDonald’s Phantastes. The book inspired Lewis like none other. He writes about how MacDonald's book opened his mind to the world of imagination, which he eventually came to understand was God-given and incredibly freeing. Recently—out of curiosity—I ordered …
M.K.B. GRAHAM, author of CAIRNAERIE & FLEURINGALA 