CORO / OFFICE HOURS!
FRIENDS! Time for another CORO / OFFICE HOURS. If you have any questions regarding building stories or building worlds or the creative life in general, please post below.
As always: I will attempt to answer 1-2 questions per CORO – in an ideal world, at least one of our questions will be related to writing / reading / creating / flourishing as a person of color.
I will do my beset to be helpful and please forgive me that I can only answer a fraction of questions received and only the ones I feel qualified at the moment to weigh in on. Doesn’t mean your question doesn’t rock; it’s me that doesn’t always rock.
Ta to: please post your questions below and off we go!
Nota Bene, with apologies: CORO is for pay subscribers only.
Hi:
While I understand the definition of Show and Tell, I would like to see a post on this at some point. Thanks.
Estimado Profe,
I’m nearing the submission stage for my first novel, set in the mid-nineties with background scenes from the 60s and 70s. It’s an OG Nuyorican novel, absolutely codeswitch-free, and I sometimes wonder what editors from wildly different backgrounds might make of it. My approach is humility for the craft and confidence in my voice. I know the work will benefit from a good editor, but will they get what I want to say? I can’t imagine you had a problem with your three books (am I trippin’?), but is this scenario a particular challenge for writers of color?