tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post5362774615999517332..comments2024-03-28T05:28:28.567-04:00Comments on Editorial Anonymous: You Don't Get No RespectEditorial Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06294247222893767117noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-63439414758664482442015-08-27T04:56:41.394-04:002015-08-27T04:56:41.394-04:00I say many thanks to the father of the website adm...I say many thanks to the father of the website admin I read this, because at this website I know a lot of information information that I did not know before his<br /><br /><a href="http://ow.ly/NpXX3" rel="nofollow">Obat Kram Otak</a> <br /><a href="http://ow.ly/NpY2J" rel="nofollow">Obat Tumor Sistem Kekebalan</a> <br /><a href="http://ow.ly/NpY4K" rel="nofollow">Obat Tradisional Benjolan Di Tangan</a> <br /><a href="http://ow.ly/NpYBM" rel="nofollow">Cara Menghilangkan Flek Paru Paru</a><br /><a href="http://ow.ly/NpYdA" rel="nofollow">Kumpulan Artikel Mengenai Kesehatan </a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14670277797457366492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-3169995102710101022008-08-07T09:14:00.000-04:002008-08-07T09:14:00.000-04:00It sometimes strikes me as unfair that a fiction p...It sometimes strikes me as unfair that a fiction picture book manuscript may have only taken a week to write but requires months and months of work from the artist. But on the other hand, illustrators are given something to work off--a manuscript--and don't have to face the author's dilemma of trying to come up with an unusual, funny, fabulous story that no one has ever written before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-25656704405412452812008-07-15T09:15:00.000-04:002008-07-15T09:15:00.000-04:00With all due respect, since Robert says he is a wr...With all due respect, since Robert says he is a writer, the notion that "Language is something we can all handle to a certain extent" reflects a broader, popular misunderstanding that children's books are easy to write. Most people cannot handle written language with any elegance or grace, however simple that elegance may strike the reader, it was probably not easy to write as such. Even the most lush illustrations are sometimes created in response to very sparse text, but this does not mean the text was easy to write, nor unremarkable. A simple story is not necessarily unspectacular. I'm sure that you know this of course, as a writer yourself . . . but I thought I'd add it for others who might come across your post. And sometimes, spectacular illustrations would only ever be created because of an elegant and simple story---which left it open in a beautiful way for the artist to interpret. There are definitely pedestrian stories out there accompanied by beautiful art, but for all the hard-working, lyrical writers for children out there who don't illustrate their own books (and might be paired with absolutely brilliant illustrators), they deserve respect too and are very often underestimated and undermined by people who say "the art is beautiful but the story paled in comparison." Sometimes this may be true, sure, but I've seen it said way too often about really beautiful books with deceptively simple stories (key word, deceptive). Clear, evocative, poetic stories (however plain they may seem) are not easy to write well, and can also be accompanied by beautiful art---the two work in tandem sometimes, with incredible results that are not easy to achieve by anyone involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-29389980907003025332008-07-12T11:44:00.000-04:002008-07-12T11:44:00.000-04:00FWIW, not too long ago somebody (Roger Sutton?) fi...FWIW, not too long ago somebody (Roger Sutton?) figured out that author/illustrators win the big awards far more often, statistically, than books produced by a separate writer and illustrator. So the "singular vision" thing is probably an advantage and might help this particular illustrator... maybe start working on some projects that are all your own and trying to sell those?<BR/><BR/>But I think the bottom line is very, very few people in this biz, editors and copyeditors and art directors and so forth included, get enough respect or money. But as EA pointed out, that's true of perhaps a majority of jobs and most avocations, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-14799199354908130342008-07-11T07:34:00.000-04:002008-07-11T07:34:00.000-04:00And the books I tend to buy are the ones that draw...And the books I tend to buy are the ones that draw me in with the pictures. Why should I spend $17 for 300 words I can read in the store? I plop down the money for the pictures and to own the right to look at the illustrations whenever the mood strikes.<BR/><BR/>Robert, WOW, what a cool way to look at it, I don't think it has ever really dawned on me before!Christine Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058419743726981987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-10482551208861465592008-07-10T19:08:00.000-04:002008-07-10T19:08:00.000-04:00It would be helpful for any illustrator to now and...It would be helpful for any illustrator to now and then glance at a copy of the Graphic Artists Guild's Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines.Paul Schmidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700411260881516069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-68043962132605612972008-07-10T14:57:00.000-04:002008-07-10T14:57:00.000-04:00I am one of those lucky writers who was teamed wit...I am one of those lucky writers who was teamed with a brilliant illustrator. If my book does well at all, it will be because of her incredible illustrations. I HOPE she got a bigger advance than I did, because no one of her caliber should have to work for that little. I know it won't help pay your bills, but illustrators get a ton of respect (and awe) from me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-87199430471234287102008-07-10T12:01:00.000-04:002008-07-10T12:01:00.000-04:00Don't illustrators generally get a bigger percenta...Don't illustrators generally get a bigger percentage of the advance, meager as it may be?<BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, this unpublished picture book writer does not underestimate the illustrator's contribution. So many wonderful picture books have pedestrian or merely okay text, in my opinion, the sort that no one unfamiliar with the illustrations would particularly enjoy hearing read aloud. <BR/><BR/>In fact, as a writer, I am sometimes frustrated to see the unspectacular texts that get to be part of a beautiful and successful picture book simply because the writer was lucky enough to be hooked up to a brilliant illustrator. I often see beautiful illustrations and think to myself that just about anything I have ever written could make a beautiful book if they assigned me the same illustrator.<BR/><BR/>And the books I tend to buy are the ones that draw me in with the pictures. Why should I spend $17 for 300 words I can read in the store? I plop down the money for the pictures and to own the right to look at the illustrations whenever the mood strikes.<BR/><BR/>I'm in awe of what illustrators do. Language is something we can all handle to a certain extent (though obviously there are some who handle it better than the rest), but being able to draw something better than a stick figure is magic that is entirely beyond the dreams of most people.Bob Schechterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672054246806238472noreply@blogger.com