If you wrote a story which didn't match what publishers and
editors at publishing houses thought would sell, you'd have great difficulty finding an audience or even getting published.
Many conferences offer pitch sessions and social media how - to's, but, for an additional fee, attendees can meet one - on - one in our Manuscript Mart with an established literary agent, an
acquiring editor at a publishing house, and / or a literary journal editor.
Even though I'd been a developmental
editor at a publishing house for some years — in fact, in a lot of ways, because I'd been a developmental editor for years — I didn't want to push ahead toward publication for my manuscript, The Listeners.
Allyson Rudolph discusses some of her favorite experimental fiction, the day - to - day life of an
associate editor at a publishing house, common problems she sees in fiction and nonfiction, her commitment to increased diversity in media and the arts, and more.
So when the church looks like that — when it looks less like a country club and more like a recovery group — that, to me, signals that it's a healthy church» The Washington Post: «For the informal gatekeepers of evangelicals — those who preside over the business of evangelicalism, such as
the editors at publishing houses and conference organizers — what people say and how they define themselves as evangelicals still matters.
An editor at a publishing house emailed me to say that, after receiving a cookbook manuscript, she discovered two plagiarized recipes during a taste testing.
It was time to sit back and wait to see if
an editor at a publishing house believed in my work as much as my agent did.
As a fiction
editor at a publishing house, we are treated to scenes where Ana is scolded by her husband for not changing her work email address to her newly married name, and her editorial notes consist of «make the font size two points bigger.»
For example, if you're a novelist who's really good at story development, but your grammar stinks... try to find an agent that's a skilled editor (perhaps with previous experience as
an editor at a publishing house).
In today's publishing world, more and more people are using freelance professional book editors, people unencumbered by the responsibilities of selling your book like agents and publishing house editors — whether to book chains, sales teams, or (in the case of agents)
editors at publishing houses.
If, against all odds, the author managed to land an agent for his book, the agent went through a similar process trying to generate interest in
an editor at a publishing house.
At the time that she was expecting to receive remarks from
her editor at the publishing house, she instead received a letter telling her they were going with a ghostwriter to finish the series.
I do feel that another category to add to the mix is the independent developmental editor, which is different from
the editor at a publishing house.
You'll find other writers, some of them bona fide best sellers, who hire private editors to go over their work because they know
the editors at their publishing house either won't or can't do a decent editing job on it.
A simplistic description of the long road is that it's the traditional route where your book has to pass muster with first an agent and then
an editor at a publishing house.
Even better, learn self - editing so your critiques are light both in critique group and from
the editor at your publishing house.
, and received a request for a full manuscript from
an editor at a publishing house.
In traditional publishing, an author retains a literary agent, who pitches the book to acquisitions
editors at publishing houses.
Whether that person is a freelancer hired by an indie author or
an editor at a publishing house depends on that writer's chosen path, but I still think the author - editor relationship is a necessity in this industry.
needs — whether it's great crit partners, paid freelancers, or
the editor at your publishing house.
Did I say, with confidence, that I'd go back to New York and become
an editor at a publishing house, a life I'd predicted for myself for a long time, but that never came to be?