Category Archives: Ruminations

Time Travel for the Imagination

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

The other day I walked over to the Post Office to mail a copy of my family biography/memoir The Cleveland Rutters to a widowed friend of my deceased parents. I haven’t seen this man for well over forty or even … Continue reading →

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What Book Do You Wish You’d Never Read?

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

A book I wanted to throw across the room by the time I finished it was Something Happened by Joseph Heller. I won’t tell you what the “something” was that “happened” in the book. Suffice it to say I could … Continue reading →

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V&B’s Current Owner = New Friend

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

VanderWyk & Burnham (V&B) is the name of the tradebook publishing company I founded in 1994 and sold in 2009. Its mission statement was to publish books that promote learning, compassion, and self-reliance and make a difference in people’s lives. … Continue reading →

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Borders Group Gets Chance to Reorganize

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Article first published as Borders Group Gets Chance to Reorganize on Blogcritics.   On April 27, 2011, United States Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn, the judge on the Borders Group bankruptcy case, wrote a memo. Actually, it was an Opinion. It … Continue reading →

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Final Manuscript as an Accomplishment and a Gift

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Article first published as Final Manuscript as an Accomplishment and a Gift on Blogcritics. Here’s something I miss from my early days in the book-publishing world. I miss the symbolism and camaraderie that was inherent in the way a final-edited manuscript … Continue reading →

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A Grandmother’s Gift

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

My grandmother Mazie (Nana, to me) read the Boston Herald newspaper every day, without fail. She bragged on being a good speller and having a talent for writing, which was, in fact, evidenced by a couple of articles she wrote … Continue reading →

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Time Management

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

For a good portion of my career in publishing (and I know this is the same for many of you), I had to operate in a put-the-fires-out style of time management. My job depended on being able to switch gears … Continue reading →

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Books Do Their Job

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Meredith Ann Rutter

My personal reading preferences include memoirs, suspense fiction, literary fiction, and only a little nonfiction. I read to learn about other people or to be entertained; only rarely do I read for pleasure in order to be “educated.” I have always … Continue reading →

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