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Month: January 2013

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Novel Book Club, January 2013: A Novel Bookstore

Melaina Phipps January 16, 2013November 8, 2017

Welcome to the first virtual meeting of the Novel Book Club on Book Bound Saratoga. If you've read our first selection, A Novel Bookstore, fantastic! If not, no worries--read the review and discussion questions and maybe it will be your next read....

Novel Book Club, January 2013: Coming Your Way!

Melaina Phipps January 16, 2013November 8, 2017

Due to technical difficulties, the January Novel Book Club blog was not posted on January 15, but it will be posted later today, January 16th! Many apologies for the delay and thanks for your patience. Remember the January book is...

After university and a lifetime love of reading and creative writing, it dawned on me that what I really wanted to "do" (in the way of responding to all those adults who ask you what you want to pursue after graduation) was read and talk about it. This prompted several more years of education pursuing an MA (University of Virginia) and then a PhD (University of Toronto) in Italian Literature. And while I soured on the concept of pursuing academic tenure, I was led in the right direction nonetheless as I discovered my interest in publishing.

Now more than ten years later, I've worked as a book editor both in-house and freelance on almost every genre of book you can think of, both fiction and nonfiction, trade and academic. The creative writing of my youth, the academic writing of my university years, and the professional writing of my adult life have developed into writing that tells a story and tells the truth. Now solidly ensconced in the freelance world I write and edit while enjoying the things I love: horses, dogs, horse racing , polo, food, fashion, and of course, words, words, words.