Stacy

There’s a new Writing Excuses podcast up today, as there is every week. They’ve had some good conversations and I think this is turning out to be a good resource for writers. So if you haven’t stopped by, try it out.  Next week, they’ll be interviewing me, so don’t miss it. I’ll post a link … Read more

My friend* is currently traveling in India visiting another friend. He’s been to Laos several times (where he speaks the language, hence the Lao on the blog) and to several other countries but never to India. The other friend is working on a documentary for a small school for a few months, so they’re meeting … Read more

If you haven’t seen today’s PW Children’s Bookshelf, go take a look at more coverage of Operation Teen Book Drop. (Scroll down to “In Brief.”)

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This week I’ve been up to my ears in the duties that most people outside of the writing/publishing world think that an editor spends all her time at: proofreading and copyediting. The truth is that the copyeditor and proofreader are different people from the editor, and that I as the editor do a lot of what might be … Read more

One link I forgot about earlier today: Editorial Anonymous has a great post today on the heroic journey of the requested manuscript. As I’ve just  finally found a few moments for finishing off a few partials and manuscripts this afternoon and gotten caught up on a huge stack of the pile, this rings home for me … Read more

I’m on the mend, health-wise, I think. I still have a horrendous cough and practically no appetite, but at least the chills are gone. I think I’ll sleep all weekend. In author and book news, cynleitichsmith  is giving away a copy of Magic in the Mirrorstone and By Venom’s Sweet Sting. Note that the deadline is … Read more

I’m opening mail right now, and paused for this public service announcement. If you, like my cousin Cindy wrapping a Christmas present, feel like you need to tape every crevice of your submission envelope just in case, please take a step back and imagine you’re an editor with a letter opener that can’t find any … Read more

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m going to be at BYU’s Writing for Young Readers conference June 16-20. Their website is now live, so if you’re interested in a workshop that will really delve into your writing, this is for you. I’ve never attended, but I hear really great things about it. Each track has faculty assigned, … Read more

But you’ll just have to settle for a straightforward entry from me today. Here’s something for the “did you know?” column. One of the things an editor must sometimes do that isn’t editing is to write copy–catalog copy, cover copy, and even sometimes ad copy and discussion guide copy. After all, the editor is the champion of the … Read more