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Curiouser and Curiouser: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Melaina Phipps December 2, 2011November 8, 2017

Christopher Boone is a remarkable young boy who lives with his father. He's very intuitive, he's extraordinarily observant, he's beyond bright, he's supremely logical, and he's autistic. Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a mystery...

A Thousand Words . . . or Pages

Melaina Phipps November 18, 2011November 8, 2017

We are all familiar with the saying: "a picture is worth a thousand words." Well, there's no doubt that that is very true . . . sometimes. Other times, however, a thousand words, fifty-thousand words, a thousand pages speak to us, move...

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.