Revision Thoughts

Sometimes a writer agrees to drive two and half hours to talk to teachers, and the sixteen promised are there. Sometimes a book she wrote will be on the display of "books we love" or even anywhere. Sometimes the person who invited her will stay to listen instead of bolting out after giving a one sentence intro.

But last week's talk was not one of these. I stood in front of five people with twelve pages of notes looking kind of miserable, until one of the teachers suggested, "Why don't you come...