Betsy Lerner has worked as an editor at Houghton Mifflin, Ballantine, Simon & Schuster, and most recently as executive editor at Doubleday. She lives in Pelham, New York and is currently an agent at the Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency.
"With an early promise not to 'Strunk you over the head with rules
about style, ' Lerner... provides inspiring, uncondescending advice
for writers." -Entertainment Weekly
"[Lerner] doesn't preach on how to write a book but rather tries to
help writers and would-be authors cope with such problems as 'being
alone with it.' It's a survival course. She wants to help the
writer who cannot get started embark, the writer stalled between
projects ignite. She wants you to be an effective 'self-promoter'
and not a 'self-saboteur.' The book is also an affirmation that
late bloomers can become successful writers." -The New York
Times"
"[Lerner] has a wicked sense of humor. But don't think that means
her book isn't brilliant. It is. Cleverly disguised as a sensible
reference work, [this] is in fact a riveting safari through the
wilds of the writer's brain, as well as an honest and unpatronizing
guide to publishing from every angle. Its tone is singularly
authoritative, compassionate, irreverent, and unafraid.
Unquestionably a gift to writers of every persuasion." -Newsday
"Economical and witty. The Forest for the Trees should become a
permanent part of any writer's or editor's personal library." -The
Seattle Times
"Solid, insider advice on every step of the publishing process...
With this book, Betsy Lerner becomes what every writer hopes for--a
friend in the business." -Chicago Tribune
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