🌿 When a Long-Time Editor Becomes a First-Time Author

My editor's perspective on writing a book in the process of editing other author's books (including mine)

My friend Stephanie Duncan Smith¹ reached out to me a few years ago asking if I would ever be interested in writing a book. She was working as an editor at Baker Publishing and I was flattered to say the least, but at the time I was not ready to take on this endeavor. When the desire to write a book crept back up later, Stephanie was my first call.

I knew Stephanie was a real…