Editorial Anonymous

When writing queries for chapter books, is it a good idea to mention "series potential" or plans for subsequent books? I know men...

Before you write a story about a treehouse, from its beginnings as lumber through its nailing-together (ouch!) to its old age, after it has ...

But in spite of being poor, starving, and driven to the brink of insanity by her job, INTERN still manages to have Insightful Thoughts about...

I was wondering to what degree celebrity books are ghost written? Some are. It's a dead secret which ones. But it's a better bet, ...

I am an unpublished YA writer from Australia and I want to eventually break into the American publishing market (by which I mean an American...

Sneaky people have been nominating me for the BBAW awards . I feel very appreciated. And FYI, I would like a tiara when I win. (Congrats to...

Hi. I'm a minor mid-list writer. I've been assigned to an editor I'm finding impossible to work with. Is there any tactful way t...

Thank goodness. Now everyone can go out and buy a great book by a fabulous author. (Though if I were Bloomsbury, I would be calling the cos...

My question is, When should a writer approach licensing agents? Last month I got a small deal from a big house for a fantasy novel about wer...

I just got my publicity questionnaire from a large house, and I noticed that it doesn't ask questions about specialized publications tha...

If your publishing house acquired a debut novelist with radically ambitious marketing ideas (eg: corporate-sponsored book tour; alternate re...

I just came back from the ALA conference and I'm still as confused as ever as to who does what and who talks to who in the world of publ...

In which you have questions... a lot of questions. Jeez, you have a lot of questions. Q1. Given these recessionary times, are nervous publi...

I'm currently at the intern level, but have big dreams to enter the publishing industry after I graduate next spring. I subscribe to a f...

Let's say you have a book told in first person. The narrator describes herself as black, with very short hair, and is mistaken for a bo...

I am an unpublished author trying desperately to be a published one. I feel I am a good writer and follow all the guidelines. I know publish...

How Publishing Really Works is throwing an anti-plagiarism day today. Plagiarism is easy to spot and prosecute when actual wording has been...

I used to work in children's publishing and in the last few years have been in and out of the loop. I love children's books and alth...

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I am embarrassed to be asking this, but I recently heard someone use a publishing term and realized I may have been pronouncing it incorrect...