{"product_id":"book-critique-w-jody-hobbs-hesler","title":"Book Critique w. Jody Hobbs Hesler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eLocal author Jody Hobbs Hesler will read the first page of your short story or full-length manuscript and offer constructive commentary as a jumping off point for a meaningful revision of the entire work. A writer with decades of experience writing and publishing fiction, essays, and other expository work, Hesler also serves as assistant fiction editor for the Los Angeles Review literary journal and has acted as a panelist for the Virginia Festival of the Book’s annual Moseley Speed Critique for the past six years. Whether you’re in the final straits of revision or the earliest drafting stage, Hesler will highlight where your work shines and where it could shine a little brighter, leaving you ready to jump back into the story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eJody Hobbs Hesler has written ever since she could hold a pencil and now lives and writes in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Growing up, she split time between suburban Richmond, Virginia, and the mountains outside Winchester, Virginia. Experiences of all these regions flavor her writing. She is the author of the novel Without You Here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e (Flexible Press) and the story collection What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better (Cornerstone Press). She  teaches at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"color_18 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/writerhouse.org\/instructors\/jody-hesler\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWriterHouse\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein Charlottesville, Virginia, and serves as assistant fiction editor for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Los Angeles Review. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bluebird \u0026 Company Crozet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53664372392243,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/6181\/5859\/files\/Auctionitems_5.png?v=1784136389","url":"https:\/\/www.bluebirdcrozet.com\/products\/book-critique-w-jody-hobbs-hesler","provider":"Bluebird \u0026 Company Crozet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}