Incomunicado
Pardón, estaba incomunicada la última semana porque estaba muy ocupada por mi trabajo. He ayudado una otra redactora a St. Martin’s Press con sus autores y no tuve tiempo para escribir en mi…blog? (¿Cómo se dice “blog” en español?)
Sorry, I have the habit of reverting to high school Spanish when I get a wee bit stressed. (Of note, I love that “editor” in Spanish is redactor(a). Henceforth I wish to be known as a redactor.) I’m a little rusty.
So, JJ, you might ask, what have you been up to? Oh nothing much, I might say, just running around the Flatiron Building like a chicken with its head cut off. I have been assisting another editor here with her list while her assistant is on maternity leave. Said editor is a genius, with multiple bestsellers on her list who need a lot of maintenance. I’m still working primarily with Cap’n Sweet Valley, but now I’m on another floor (but in an office!). Now that SWEET VALLEY CONFIDENTIAL is about to go into production, I’m getting my exercise running up and down two flights of stairs at least 12 times a day.
Because I myself haven’t contributed much to the publishing blogosphere lately, might I direct you to this awesome series of posts on LGBTQ stereotypes in YA fiction by Malinda Lo? Today she blogs about gender perceptions, expression, and performance and how gender identity and sexuality do not have a 1:1 correlation.
Anyway, while I’ve been buried up to my eyeballs with work, I’ve also been reading my face off, so expect to be seeing reviews of the following soon:
- TENDER MORSELS by Margo Lanagan
- THE ART OF SEDUCTION by Robert Greene
- A CONSPIRACY OF KINGS by Megan Whalen Turner
- ILLYRIA by Elizabeth Hand
- MATCHED by Ally Condie
- DELIRIUM by Lauren Oliver
- ASCENDANT by Diana Peterfreund
- THE REPLACEMENT by Brenna Yovanoff
But I do intend to talk more about craft and writing, especially now that I’m learning from Redactor Genius. So here’s my question, oh blogosphere: What writing topics would you like me to cover? Publishing business you can read about elswhere; I’m mostly here to talk editorial (redactorial?) stuff. So shoot. Leave suggestions in the comments!
how about the aquisitions process? Or tell us about a book you fell in love with during acquisitions?
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What is the hardest part of the editorial process for you? I’ve spoken with a few authors about writing and they’ve said that you should always just power through when you are writing your first draft and that you can always go back and edit later. Do you agree with this?
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How do you feel about first person present POV?
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