Editorial Anonymous

It's probably your snooky-wookums dog. Or cat. Or weasel. (You keep that in your apartment?) In some cases it's your favorite stuffe...

A couple of editors have commented that some secondary characters in my YA ms aren't "developed enough." I'm guessing they...

How realistic is it that a writer might forge a career relationship with one editor? It does happen, and it's a happy thing for everyone...

This week's dip in the slush brought me a manuscript for which there was a synopsis and sample chapters. That's what our submission ...

Are there ever times where you find yourself buying two manuscripts at the same time? (Say, within a few weeks.) Or do you generally try to ...

A number of writer's-market-type-guides advise authors to be aware of the market, of who's publishing what. Fine and dandy. But many...

Not as many questions for the magic eight ball of editor speak as I expected, which perhaps means that my colleagues have not been making as...

If this is not a repetitive question could you please define what "slightly more commercial then we would pursue" means. That word...

Know how you read somebody's blog and instantly bond with them over their snark and humor and occasional swearing? Yeah, like that. htt...

I've just stumbled on to your blog and I'm really enjoying it. Thank you. I have a question: What does an illustrated children's...

When you talk about finding "something I want to acquire" in the slush pile, what do you mean? Is this a literary gem that speaks ...

I'm an artist, and last year, my art rep started shopping around my dummybooks. Her method is starting with an AD who in turn says they ...

A few months ago I sent a sample (three chapters) of my YA fantasy to The Publisher Of My Dreams. Last week, I was both surprised and deligh...

My question is, if you do acquire this manuscript, how will you go about choosing the illustrator? Does a particular illustrator immediately...

I have a question concerning the proper way to follow-up on a submission. I had a manuscript critique with an editor from a closed house rou...

To heck with the thrill of the chase. Chasing publishable manuscripts is less like a heady gallop over wooded hillside in sunny autumnal wea...

I've always wondered about this expression. I know a few people who are very commonly described as not suffering fools gladly, and I alw...

In my email this week: I attended [X] conference where you spoke. I'm sure you've gotten lots of emails since, No, most people kno...

My publisher sold paperback rights for my picture book to Scholastic Book Club, which was a good thing, I think. My publisher's letter t...

I'm wondering about drinking and drug use by adults in mid-grade novels. My WIP, set in 1970s, has a pot-smoking mother (daughter, main ...