Those pesky book submissions . . . Find out how our editor got herself into trouble, in this week’s Cubicle at the End of the Universe!
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You Cast Star Wars: Heir to the Empire
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Manga & Graphic Novels
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Cage Match–2012!
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Tim Zahn’s “Judge’s Call”
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50 Page Fridays
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Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith collection
editing
In this week’s “Cubicle at the End of the Universe,” Tricia Pasternak dishes on the Top 5 Unexpected Side Benefits of Being a Del Rey/Spectra Editor. Indeed, there are so many that “free comics” don’t even make the top 5…
Read MoreA new feature from Del Rey/Spectra revealing details of what happens in a publishing house–and today, what happens in a hardworking author’s house!
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I have never met a first draft that didn’t need some editing, despite the contention of one or two authors I’ve mudwrestled over the years. Here are some excerpts from the editorial discussions over Harry Connolly’s Game of Cages.
Read MoreWhat’s in your email?
The simple act of logging into Outlook this morning reminded me of what fun it can be to have this job. I never know what might have conjured up overnight, either in response to some question I’d sent out earlier or some topic brand-new and surprising. My email is like Forrest Gump’s [...]
Reading literary agent Janet Reid’s interesting post on the reasons she rejected manuscripts last year gave me the inspiration to tally up my own thanks-but-no-thanks to see what came across my desk during 2009. We moved offices last February and I’ve never relocated my copies of reject letters from January and February ‘09, but from March through December I passed on 133 manuscripts. Here were the reasons why:
Read MoreI heard with sadness today that Charles N. Brown, longtime publisher of Locus, passed away in his sleep yesterday. Charlie–as we were allowed to call him for many years, before he started insisting on Charles–was a fixture of every SF/fantasy editor’s life. Reviews in Locus were coveted; news coverage even more so; so we all [...]
Read MoreSome of my authors have begun tweeting about their writing progress. Perhaps they are unaware that I can use this new tool to spy on them as their deadlines approach. Those who are going to be on time have nothing to fear. It’s those who are twitching and moaning about being late, o so late, [...]
Read MoreI spent far, far too many hours this week writing catalog copy for my fall ‘09 Del Rey titles. Yes, I know that the catalog is our reps’ most important selling tool. Yes, I realize that booksellers refer to it for vital publication info. Yes, I should be happy that so many good books will [...]
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I absolutely know for a fact that some of the personality traits in the characters in books I've...