![]() ![]() In fact, the last thing we did together I was disagreeing with him almost as much as I agreeing with his ideas. Working together with him over the other six books, I learned what he had to teach. He was my editor and read everything I wrote up through Road to Quoz. Well, I knew the basics but to make a sentence sing - I hope they sing - that's what Jack was good at. You would think that a PhD in English would know how to write. I went in there and I had no idea about how to rework what I'd put down, very little idea, even though at that time I had a PhD from the University in the English Department. ![]() By watching him edit my prose I learned how to revise. He was sixteen years older than I was: A World War II veteran, a good reader and a really excellent editor. Jack taught English at Stephens and became my friend and counselor over the years. ![]()
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