Story versus Style

Are publishers choosing books for the wrong reasons?

The horrible part about becoming a writer is the critiquing. Don’t get me wrong, I really love editing and helping my students improve their writing. I spent years critiquing other writers and learned what to examine in my own work through this very valuable process. But once you start critiquing, you can never stop. Critiquing inevitably leads you down the path of becoming the universal critic. And I hate critics. I can’t read many boo...