by Matthew Bennett | Sep 13, 2017 | Blog
Happy news for the writer in me: on Monday I began a writing residency with Seattle7Writers! This means that I have my own office in Ballard for the next four months. I will use the space to focus on a short story I’ve been developing. This story is set in...
by Matthew Bennett | Sep 13, 2017 | Blog
Transformations are difficult. Especially difficult when your formation as an academic prepares you in oblique ways for what you desire to become: a writer. William Germano’s From Dissertation to Book (U Chicago, 2005) is nearly a classic in the books-on-writing...
by Matthew Bennett | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog
Let’s begin with a book that serves as an inspiring and comprehensive introduction to the art of developmental editing, my own preferred corner of the craft. If you’re curious to know the different levels of editorial intervention (copyediting, line editing, and...
by Matthew Bennett | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog
This space is a public venue for the Cascadia Editors (Judith, Lucia, and me, Matt) to write about the craft of editing and our literary ideas and experiences. It gives writers, editors, and publishers a chance to meet us as writers and thinkers, and perhaps learn...
