Editorial Anonymous

In 22nd-century Zimbabwe, the children of General Matsika – Tendai, Rita and Kuda – escape their sheltered life for an adventure in Harare, ...

Brian Robeson is lost and alone in the mosquito-infested Canadian wilderness. The bush plane he was flying in to visit his father lies at th...

Sophie Hatter has a boring life, and is almost sure she wants it that way. Then the Witch of the Waste casts a spell on her and turns her in...

The daughter of the Yamani Ambassador, ten-year-old Kethry of Mindelan, was exposed to a different culture than her native Tortall. Her deci...

Katniss's expert archery skills enable her to provide for her widowed mother and younger sister by supplementing their income with illeg...

When four children walk through a coat-filled wardrobe in England, they find the land of Narnia, a magical place filled with fantastic creat...

Kate Sutton, neither charming, nor beautiful, is blamed for her sister’s too-frank letter to Queen Mary and sent away to an obscure holding ...

That is, mustaches that adult people grow to raise money for children. Like Adam Rex is doing. His first mustache update looked respectabl...

Tired of hearing how bad our schools are? Cheer up! In the UK, they have a school that's getting rid of its library because it's j...

I now have plenty of entries. Thanks! But it's a short week, and work is unusually crazy. I'll reveal all soon... or over the weeke...

HMH Places "Temporary" Halt on Acquisitions It’s been clear for months that it will be a not-so-merry holiday season for publisher...

I just had a question regarding children's books. Do they have to have a deep, moral point; or can they just be somewhat frivilous? On t...

So far I've gotten two (2) synopses, which is a pretty paltry showing. Now, I know it takes some guts (and perhaps tequila) to take the ...

I am an independent graphic novelist interested in representation. I am currently being featured in Elan (www.elanmagazine.com), Northern Vi...

My question is more of a research problem, though one I imagine other writers might have. I'm working on a synopsis of my finished nove...

I have a question about author sloppiness. I have recently gotten my hands on quite a few uncorrected proofs and I've noticed that some ...

When constructing the query letter for my YA murder mystery, should I mention that hubby's a sheriff's deputy and/or that I've u...

Dear editorial anonymous, I'm an English children's writer and I've always begun my query letters with 'I'm writing to ...

On his blog, Nathan Bransford once said that he can often tell when someone will almost positively never be published from their query lette...

How does an editor go about editing a nonfiction book? (e.g., does she read up on the topic, etc.?) I'll send nonfiction out to be proof...