Do you like to end your day in the middle of a task or do you like to wrap things up? I know writers on both sides of the fence. Some set a task of finishing a section or a chapter before calling it a day. Others set a number of pages or a fixed amount of time and will stand up when they reach that point. Some deliberately end as things are getting interesting because they know that they will have an easier time starting the next day.

How should we operate in a world where book buyers and reviewers want to see the book months before the public does?

One of the cool things I get to do as an editor is see books change before my eyes as the writer sends me draft after draft. Every writer is different and I need to discover the way they let their story unfold.

Punch out. Log off. Close your laptop. Wander away. Immerse yourself in thought, exercise, or a hobby. You can tweet about it tomorrow.

You’d think that being late, how you’re dressed, how you respond to questions are obvious areas to watch for. On NPR the other day someone called in to say they hadn’t considered a candidate because she signed off her email to them with something like “Toodles”.