Writer, Editor & Instructor
Jacquelin Cangro is a seasoned developmental editor, workshop leader, and book coach. She provides guidance, inspiration, feedback, and accountability for dedicated fiction and narrative nonfiction writers. Jackie has helped dozens of gifted authors work toward their goals.
Recent Articles
The One With the Creepy Clowns
Some neighborhoods decorate for Christmas with twinkly lights and charming wreaths. Not mine. But Halloween? Hold onto your goblins. The spookier, the better. It's like the Monsters, Inc. motto: We scare because we care. Let's take a walk around my neighborhood into...
The One With the Chat
It’s the chat! It’s the chat! We got the chat!”
The excitement was building in Bob’s voice with every word so that I found myself getting excited even though I couldn’t see a thing. We were a group of ten or so standing in a thicket in Central Park, binoculars trained on the trees. We had been stalking a bird the size of a grapefruit like it was Mick Jagger on tour.
The One With the Shakedown
It's difficult to live in New York City for any length of time without being on the receiving end of a shakedown. I had a few doozies when I first moved to the city, but since then I've honed my Spidey-sense. I thought I'd long passed the point of being bribed by...
