How Raw Becomes Real, or how to get from point A to point B

The publishing industry has never heard the adage, "The shortest distance between two points is a straight line."

You ever wonder what an author has to do to get from raw, unedited text to a finished product?  What changes do their creations go thru?  Do they have to give up really good stuff to make it work?

I'm happy you asked!  We have an example of what Lisa Kleypas went thru to get from the raw, unedited Seduce Me at Sunrise (St. Martin's releases it 30 Sep 08) excerpt we posted last October to what you see below - the finished product.  The process is actually quite fascinating...

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