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Werewolves or Lugaru?

September 8, 2025 by Nancy LaFever Leave a Comment

I’ve edited quite a few YA fantasies and working with young authors is fun. But Jill Farr’s debut novel is a different animal (quite literally!); Tamer is an adult contemporary fantasy. Her main characters, werewolves, are known by different names; Loup-garoux, Lugaru, Rougarou and more in various languages. So, I asked Farr: Werewolf or Lugaru? […]

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Author’s Bold Choice to “Novelize” Local History: The Oregon Beach Bill

April 3, 2023 by Nancy LaFever Leave a Comment

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I’m not usually a nonfiction reader, so didn’t know what to expect with Rachel King’s novel People Along the Sand. Surprisingly, King chose to write this history of the Oregon Beach Bill as a novel and I was captivated! I asked her to talk about this interesting choice.

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Award-Winning Author Talks Pacing

May 26, 2022 by Nancy LaFever Leave a Comment

Face the Night book cover

My client, Alan Lastufka, just released his horror/thriller novel to amazing reviews and has already won three major industry awards! I asked him to talk about how he approached the pacing of this impressive novel.

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Romance Author’s Challenges When Plotting a Series

February 19, 2021 by Nancy LaFever Leave a Comment

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Marie Sinclair has just released her first novel, “A Kind of Forever,” a gay romance with well-drawn characters and an engaging storyline. But she faces the author’s challenge of creating a stand-alone novel that will eventually be part of a series.

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Author Lisa Hardwick’s Passage through Postpartum Depression

October 30, 2020 by Nancy LaFever Leave a Comment

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Lisa Hardwick has written a startlingly honest memoir about her experience with postpartum depression. I asked her to talk about her choice to share this with readers.

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Author Takes a Real Life Approach to Rescuing Companies

September 1, 2020 by Nancy LaFever Leave a Comment

Rod Moore - The Long Game - Moving from Failure to Profit

In “The Long Game,” author Rod Moore’s goal was to differentiate his book from others who “rescue” companies and write about it. I asked him what were the most important aspects of his methods to convey to readers?

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YA Protagonist Teaches Us to See Through New Eyes

August 12, 2020 by Nancy LaFever Leave a Comment

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William Klein’s new YA novel takes a brave, young protagonist through the scary realities of refugees seeking asylum in the U.S. Knowledgeable on this timely topic, Klein vividly takes readers on his MC’s ride.

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Chicago: Setting as Character

November 19, 2019 by Nancy LaFever Leave a Comment

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Author Dana Killion has published three thrillers in the Andrea Kellner series. Like her lead character, Dana is a Chicago resident. Her fourth book, “Tell Me a Lie,” will be out in January.

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My work relationship with Nancy has been stellar. In 2020, when interviewing her to be my editor, I stressed that I needed someone who was not afraid to be brutally honest with me. I needed a demanding professorial type and that she’s been. But when she comes back to me, she brings great recommendations on how to improve … and she delivers them with a brilliant sense of humor! I am currently writing a piece that requires deep knowledge of the Civil Rights Era. As the editor, she has gone beyond what I’d consider the normal range of her editorial duties – she has researched facts, voice, capitalizations, etc. to make sure my writing is true–yet sensitive–to its time. I wholeheartedly recommend Nancy!

Lisa Weldon, author of Twenty Pieces: A walk through love, loss and midlife reinvention

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