Diane Fraser, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/dianefraser/ Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:17:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Beta-Readers and Editors: Diversity is Strength https://booksbywomen.org/beta-readers-and-editors-diversity-is-strength/ https://booksbywomen.org/beta-readers-and-editors-diversity-is-strength/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2015 07:40:08 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13981 Two years ago when I started writing about my niece Deihlia four months after her passing, I wasn’t thinking about audience, promotion, or markets. At the time, I was far out to sea, carried there by waves of overwhelming grief. At first, I was writing it just for myself, so that I could capture details […]

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