Bev Walker wrote:
"Without editors, writers are nothing but makers of lace"
Having got over my surprise, I pondered on it for a while then decided
that maybe to a non-lacemaker this remark couly insulting to lacemakers.
Insulting as we think of it but perhaps not so in the class sense - makers
of
I assumed something similar. I don't think any slight was intended
to lace-makers. Just that with an editor, the fabric of the writer's
story would be like lace, inconsistent and full of holes.
Lisa Thompson in Dallas
Helene Gannac wrote:
"I thought she meant that writers are nothing but make