Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
So, if editors don’t have time to edit, which was the point of my last post, what do they do?
Foremost for you, an editor acts as …
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Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
So, if editors don’t have time to edit, which was the point of my last post, what do they do?
Foremost for you, an editor acts as …
// by Janet Grant// 16 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Because Memorial Day is a day of remembrance, I thought it would be interesting to think back to what publishing was like in, say, the 1980s. (Yes, …
// by Rachel Kent// 8 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I received a rejection for a client’s project on Friday. Interestingly, all of the editors’ responses to this book have been just about the same.
The rejections look …
// by Janet Grant// 10 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: A Wine Country condo, Mt. Hermon Writers Conference Career Track Planning Retreat
To recap, so far this week we’ve talked about three ways to respond when an editor takes the proverbial red pen to your …
// by Janet Grant// 9 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: A Wine Country condo, Mt. Hermon Writers Conference Career Track Planning Retreat
So far this week we’ve talked about two responses to the editing process on your contracted manuscript. If you aren’t sure the editing …
// by Janet Grant// 8 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: A Wine Country condo, Mt. Hermon Career Track Planning Retreat
When you read the changes your editor has made on your manuscript, some changes can be a real surprise. Maybe you thought it was imperative …
// by Janet Grant// 15 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Author Dies While Reading Edited Manuscript
Such a headline might well echo the feelings an author experiences when, much to his horror, he discovers his editor has–ahem–done …
// by Rachel Kent// 10 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
This week I’m going to talk about something we all hate: rejection. Unfortunately rejection is a big part of a writer’s life, and it’s also a big part …
// by Wendy Lawton// 2 Comments
logger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Back at the Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
This week I’m talking about the best part of the job of being a literary agent–even after doing a grueling trade show. And, yes, I still …
// by Wendy Lawton// 8 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: From beautiful Anchorage, Alaska
Weather: Scattered showers and 63º
Where’s Miss Etta? This was Etta Wilson’s week to blog and I’m guessing many of you tuned in to hear more of her wisdom for children’s writers. …