Editorial Anonymous

a blog of a children's book editor

Sunday, March 29, 2009

What a Yahoo You Are Not (maybe)

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I wanted to say a little something about yahoos, while we're on the subject. I know a lot of authors, and I know quite a few of them we...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

The Autobiographical Portion of Our Program

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When submission guidelines ask for a bio of the author to be included in the submission packet, what are editors looking for in general? I ...
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Peeps (or Snarks) From Readers

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I'm very surprised we haven't heard an EA peep (or snark) about the Newbery / Caldecott / Printz et al from you. I thoroughly suspe...
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In Which I Wave the Magic Clue-by-Four

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I'm working to become a children's book illustrator and would like to know how to set up meetings with art directors/publishers. I...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

In Which I Wave the Magic Query Wand

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I recently created an 30 page early reader children's book and have begun the process of looking for an agent. There's the first pro...
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Saturday, March 21, 2009

You Don't Want to Read This (you can tell from the title)

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How much weight does a title hold in a query? I ask this because I find that even though I LOVE my manuscript I have yet to name it (and I f...
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Slush and Punishment: Illustrated by My Child!

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Except no, it wasn't. It's a story about the emotional lives of a moose's antlers. With badly-copied illustrations from If You G...
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Slush and Punishment: Shnookiedoodlepoo

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Talk about being stopped dead by the title of a manuscript. Of course now I wish I'd read a bit more so I could tell you what it was ab...
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Friday, March 20, 2009

Parent Ex Machina

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Some of you will be familiar with the term deus ex machina . But for those of you who aren't, the OED says: "A power, event, perso...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Current Events in Me

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This just in: I'm rude. "...That said, maybe she called Editorial Anonymous next. Then she'd get some rude, and it would be del...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Current Events in Slush

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Squirrels: So 2007. Geese? Over. Timmy: Subsiding. Currently: Chihuahuas. With photos. Honestly, how many times do I have to tell people? ...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009

QueryFAIL!

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Following up on the QueryFail brouhaha, my fine colleague Erin Murphy (an agent) comes in with an example of someone who roundly deserves an...
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Monday, March 9, 2009

All the Ways You Can't Make People Behave

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The internet allows such free communication. It gives us the opportunity to open our minds to countless others, and it gives us the unfilte...
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Friday, March 6, 2009

Wonderful Bookclub Books! Cheap, Badly Bound, Wonderful Bookclub Books!

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In your recent posts you have alluded to the costs per book and how small the profit margin can be in children's book publishing. In li...
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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Definitions for the Perplexed: Sell-In and Sell-Through

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Many would-be authors are under the quaint misapprehension that all you have to do to get even the most niche-audience books on bookstore sh...
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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Definitions for the Perplexed: Bookscan

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Is wrong information better than no information? For many publishers, the answer is yes. Bookscan is a service that started in 2001, and gat...
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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Thank You for Your Patience

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No, I haven't forgotten about the evil first pages clinic . There's a new one up now; I'll get to everybody in the queue eventua...
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Friday, February 27, 2009

Definitions for the Perplexed: Strippable

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Ooo, that sounds dirty. Will there be pole-dancing involved? No. We're still on the topic of returns . Sexy, sexy returns. Yes, I...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Definitions for the Perplexed: Damages, Hurts, and Refurbs

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Alas, dreaded returns. Someone in an inventory office or bookstore backroom somewhere has decided to return your book to the publisher. May...
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Quiz Time!

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We all know about the big publishers (many of which don't even take submissions), but do you know of any good small publishers that put ...
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