Fall is busy in publishing! Manuscripts are due to publishers, books are launching, and agents are circulating proposals for next year’s hits. And this year, I’ve finished some big projects including a book we’ve been working on for three years! Fall is also when authors get book deals. Proposals are circulating and publishers are making... Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Fall has arrived! And for those of us in publishing, we know what that means. While publishers take much of August off and head to the Hamptons, we editors are supporting authors with book deadlines in Sept and are hard at work. With many manuscripts due in September, summer is always a flurry of... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Spring! Spring is here – at least in my neck of the woods, and I couldn’t be happier! The windows are open, tree leaves are budding (and allergies along with them), and the temps have finally notched into the non-coat range. In Indianapolis, it also means the start of the Indy 500 season.... Continue Reading →
It used to be strange to advise former colleagues, students, and a host of other people on freelancing. Or rather, what it means to shift your career skills from the corporate environment to independent work. It involves an important mindset shift focusing on what it means to run a business as well as knowing how... Continue Reading →
I was once asked why I gravitated to publishing. Was it the writing or the literature? For me, the answer was that it was the people -- the authors, the editors, the people with ideas pitching or acquiring titles. And as a long-time acquiring editor myself, I developed a nose for what will (or should)... Continue Reading →
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