Articles from October 2004

Humanizing Editors

October 31st, 2004 · Comments Off on Humanizing Editors

When did you first realize that editors are people, too? Oh, sorry. Okay, let us be the one to break the news: editors put their pants on one leg at a time, just like the rest of us (except, we suppose, those who do that two-legged, lying back on the bed thing). Of course, sometimes […]

File Under: Publishers and Editors

It’s Either 5.8 or 6.6 Pages A Day, Depending on How You Count Things

October 31st, 2004 · Comments Off on It’s Either 5.8 or 6.6 Pages A Day, Depending on How You Count Things

Due to circumstances (mostly) beyond our control, fiction writing has been a luxury around our house lately. We could bore you with a litany of excuses (some of which are, even by our standards, quite creative), but we won’t. The bottom line is that we have to get back to work, and this requires a […]

File Under: Square Pegs

21st Century Copyright

October 31st, 2004 · Comments Off on 21st Century Copyright

Sometimes we admire our self-restraint. Like when we read an interview with Cory Doctorow. Our inclination is (usually) to copy and paste the thing in its entirety. It certainly would be easier that way. But then you (our lovely readers) might miss out on discovering a new and different site. We’re sure you wouldn’t want […]

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One Publisher, Two Changes

October 31st, 2004 · Comments Off on One Publisher, Two Changes

Over at Marlowe & Company, new nameplates have been ordered. Kylie Foxx has been named senior editor while Sue McCloskey was promoted to associate editor. Via Publisher’s Lunch Marlowe & Company

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Switching Positions

October 31st, 2004 · Comments Off on Switching Positions

Over at Avalon, Sandee Rosten has left her marketing position to take on the role of associate publisher. She’s based in the New York office. Avalon Publishing Group

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How To Waste An Extra Hour

October 31st, 2004 · Comments Off on How To Waste An Extra Hour

We chose to sleep. After all, how often do you get a chance to sleep in…and then a chance to sleep in? Now we’re feeling wide awake, and, frankly, hungry, it turns out we have a long time before lunch. What better way to share our pain than by making you suffer through a slew […]

File Under: Agents · Square Pegs

Teenage Kicks

October 30th, 2004 · Comments Off on Teenage Kicks

We never meet most of the people who impact our lives. The author who made your realize there’s magic in your head. The singer who made you feel like there was someone out there who truly got how you feel. And the person who brought those artists into your world. John Peel was one of […]

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There’s Something In Hard Work and Dedication, We’re Sure of It

October 29th, 2004 · Comments Off on There’s Something In Hard Work and Dedication, We’re Sure of It

Forbes.com takes a look at Nora Roberts. Being a business-oriented magazine, they focus on the numbers and the fairly well-known story of how Nora Roberts became Nora Roberts. Since that part of the article could be skimmed, we allowed our attention to linger on the packaging aspect of the publishing business. It happens more often […]

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Actually, It’s Because When You See Someone Walking, You Know They’re Not of This Earth

October 29th, 2004 · Comments Off on Actually, It’s Because When You See Someone Walking, You Know They’re Not of This Earth

After making a hit-and-run comment about the scary folk who inhabit Los Angeles, writer Robert Masello moves in a different direction. Not a wrong direction, mind you, but a different one. Before we follow him, we’d like to dwell on the fact that people in L.A. can be downright scary. Just the fact that players […]

File Under: Books/Mags/Blogs · Square Pegs

That Review Thing. Again.

October 29th, 2004 · 1 Comment

If, as we suspect, bestseller lists are some sort of symbiotic relationship between publishers and book review editors, then reviews seem to be the same. Movie reviews seem to exist for the pulling of out-of-context quotes for one sheets. Does anyone ever really walk up to those posters and say, “Hey, XXX loved the film, […]

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