Betsy Lerner

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The Forest for the Trees by Betsy Lerner

Reviewed by Elizabeth Cato

If you have ever doubted your ability to write, questioned why you write, have been rejected by an editor, or even thought there is a conspiracy among editors and publishers when it comes to unknown writers, you should read this book. Betsy Lerner is an editor turned literary agent and in this book she discusses both those worlds. Insecurity, neurosis, ego, jackasses, false modesty, alcoholism, fame, agents, rejection letters, what editors want more than anything else, odds...if it deals with writing, Lerner covers it.