Today we welcome out special guest, Kim Harrison. Kim has agreed to post here a few times a year, whenever she has something interesting to offer about the business. Welcome Kim!
The battle of the e-books has spilled onto my desk.
I’m great at staying out of trouble most times. You may have noticed that I’ve been very [...]
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This week I’m taking a short break from the “Writing Your Book” series to post about something else. Originally, this was going to be a simple self-promotion post. I have a book coming out this week — the mass market paperback release of The Horsemen’s Gambit, book II in my Blood of the Southlands trilogy. [...]
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Last week, my blog subject was The Idea Editor (hereinafter to be referred to as the IE). Admittedly, it was only my opinion, but I believe in the importance of a good, professionally trained, experienced, NYC publishing house, acquisitions editor. Now, because a couple of people have asked, “What makes the Idea Agent?” I’ll turn [...]
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Last week I included in my blog my opinion about the importance of a good, professionally trained, experienced, NYC publishing house, acquisitions editor. There were a lot of comments and questions, including this one by Atsiko:
>>I’m curious, though, as to what qualifies an editor to be an expert. There are editors who are writers, and [...]
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Every book needs a good editor. And writing a book can be compared to building a house. I’ve posted on this before, but it bears repeating, maybe in a new way with a new emphasis.
Note: For those of you who may be new to the site, [...]
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Late post today, and I apologize to my fellow MWers, and to Danielle,, for not commenting on posts from last week. I was in San Jose, California for World Fantasy Convention. For those of you unfamiliar with WFC, it is a terrific convention that is geared toward writers — both professional and aspiring — editors, [...]