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Author Nathan Bransford put together something a little bit special and a lot funny this week. It's been doing the rounds on facebook amongst those of a writerly persuasion and is well worth a watch for anyone who hasn't seen it! (And a second, third and fourth watch, come to think of it.)
Seeing as even we on the Slushpile couldn't put it any better, here's the link:
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Say an author has reached that happy place where multiple editors are interested in purchasing her debut novel. Would it be viewed as peculiar if the author wanted to interview each editor to find "the best fit" -- dollar signs aside?
Not at all. This doesn't
always happen, but it happens often enough. And the editors involved are usually really pleased when it does--it says you value our part in this process as well as the check we'll cut you.
Also, if, for instance, the debut novel were a Middle Grade and the author has hopes to one day move into the YA market, is it best to find an editor who handles both? Or is it enough to go with an editor whose publishing house handles both?
Publishing being what it is today, it's more important to give this one book the best publication it can have than what will happen after. Success has a way of sorting itself out--and the market (and your publisher) may be different when you start in YA than it is now; things are so volatile in publishing. Do the best you can for this book. When (if) you write a YA novel, do what makes most sense for THAT book THEN.
What percentage of an Editorial Letter do you realistically expect an author to accomplish? Or, better phrased, how often does an author fix EVERYTHING you claim is "wrong" with a YA/MG novel? If you disagree with the author, that this certain thing needs "fixed" and the author thinks it's fine, who wins? Who ends up crying? Are any broken bones involved?No, broken bones are for when you're in
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Thanks for the link. This was so funny!
Yep, watched it several times! I'm at the screwing up stage at the moment
That was so funny. And so true.
Ta for the link, Candy! That was so funny. I laughed the hardest at the elf clip :)
I saw, laughed and shared it in a personal FB message with SCBWI friends across the pond - not realizing I was shipping coals to them... Who knew he was a West coaster, former agent at Curtis Brown and now CNET social media manager, as well as author of Jacob Wonderbar. Way to go!
Hee! I started belly laughing when I reached the owl!
Thanks for posting this Jo!!! This is me, me, ME!
It was Jo who posted it! Thank you!
God, me too, Candy! I think the Elf bit is my favourite. In fact, I think I WAS Elf when I got taken on by my agent!
Haha! That bit's awesome! It's actually kind of what I look like when my alarm goes off in the morning...