Editorial Anonymous

As I've only been in this country a few years, I'm still discovering which books are considered quintessential American children’s...

My situation: I had two agents request full manuscripts of my first YA Novel. Agent One said sheʼd like to see a revision and named specific...

So, I wrote a YA novel. Revised the crap out of it (repeatedly). Started querying it, got mostly rejections. Revised query, sent it out s...

Every once in a while I submit something to an editor who wants exclusive submissions. I usually say in my cover letter that it's an exc...

I would like to ask a question regarding submitting previously published, humorous newspaper articles for (possible) book publishing. My fat...

A thousand years ago when I was in college I entered and happened to win a literary competition at my (tiny) university. The prize was publi...

On a day last May, I made up a picture book story along the lines of Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch cartoon and the Froggy books when I walked my...

I am getting ready to query a middle-grade novel, so I thought I should have something up for a website. What sorts of things should an unp...

I really enjoyed your Kitchen Full of Slush post. I’m curious as to what happens to the piles of slush? Specifically, how do you keep them...

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This question may seem only vaguely related to publishing, but here goes. Are publishers of children's books aware of the new Consumer P...

You talk about "strange" writers and some you can tell right off the bat that maybe they have birth defects of the membrane or som...

A senior editor at a very top house has my manuscript (adult) that she requested. We had a personal connection (her stepmother was a teacher...

While we are on the topic of slush and what part of it is worthy of Slush and Punishment, I thought it would be useful to go back to the Kit...

My Slush and Punishment posts are not real submissions, no. It would be both unethical and unprofessional for me to post the submissions se...

Fairy Isabelle can't get the boy fairies to put the fairy toilet seats down! How will she convince them that this is the only polite th...

Robert was a sweet little mutt. His favorite food was cashew nut. Eating it had given him a bit of a gut. He didn't like to get in a rut...

Exposed to more and more television and media aimed at all ages, children are falling in love earlier and earlier. And that's wonderful!...

Dear Editor, Are you a mother? Did your child ask for breastfeeding in public places? Did you not know how to wean him/her? In Ta-Ta, Ta-...