Cover Story: Susan Isaacs: The Insider Interview
The bestselling author talks candidly about changes in the industry, and how she thinks publishers and authors can better work together.
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There's really very little told to the author [along the lines] of "this is what you should do—this is what we need you to do." Someone should check out the author at a reading and see if he happens to scratch his crotch and drool as he's doing it. [If so,] then it should be suggested to him that he keep his hands in his belt loops and try to control his saliva, or whatever it is. When I had my first TV experience, which I think was in 1980, I asked the publicist "What do I do, what should I know for TV?" She thought and she thought and she said, "Don't wear ruffles."
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