Alvina’s submission guidelines poll
Alvina, a Blue Rose Girl and editor at Little, Brown, is conducting a poll on her submission guidelines. Pop over and chime in–she’s still looking for comments.
Month: June 2007
I have been neglecting you!
And I have no good reason but to say, wow, I’ve been busy. I’m actually whittling away at both my submissions pile and my deadlines. Emphasis on deadlines–including some very nice upcoming books like the Practical Guide to Monsters, the finales for three trilogies in the Dragonlance: The New Adventures series (see sidebar for links … Read more
The MotherReader 48 hour reading challenge
Having been to a number of shows in the last year where I’ve picked up ARCs that I haven’t had a chance to read yet (yes, this includes books I picked up LAST YEAR), the 48 hour reading challenge issued by MotherReader is one that I think I’ll take up after all. (I saw it … Read more
FAQ: SASEs/email and "you don’t reject me, I reject you!"
This post isn’t from any actual questions, but it covers things we’ve seen happen either occasionally or regularly that either annoy us or make the editors’ jobs harder. Let’s take the last subject first. Let’s say you get a rather impersonal reply in your SASE that says something to the effect of “Thank you for your … Read more
FAQ: Multiple submissions (to one publisher)
A recent email asks a question that has come up several times in the past: I sent you two manuscripts/books, one to consider as a sample for work-for-hire possibilities, and one to consider as an original work. I got one rejection letter. Was it for one, the other, or both?Often these questions come because someone … Read more
What am I posting this from?
That’s right, my new keyboard! The guys at work got the DHL driver to look again through his route and they found it! And it appears to be working. It was a relatively painless operation, too–the directions were clear and I went in from the front, so I didn’t have to open up the back … Read more