Omigod, my respect for editors has gone through the roof. I had some sense that their weeknights and weekends were consumed by reading manuscripts on submission as well as editing upcoming books, but I had no idea how hard it would be just to balance editing one book on a series of deadlines with other work and with one’s home life. I have just the one book and it took up a dozen weekends of work: reading, rereading and then getting on the phone with Neil, going page by page, fine-tuning some dialogue here, making a character’s motivations crystal clear in a key scene, that sort of thing. That level of detail was fun for me, but I was lucky; how does a real editor balance dozens of current projects at one time AND acquire AND do their marketing advocacy in-house? Not enough hours in the day.
On Jobs That Are Harder Than They Look
April 4th, 2007 · 3 Comments
by Kassia Krozser
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» On Jobs That Are Harder Than They Look // Apr 4, 2007 at 12:25 pm
[…] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOmigod, my respect for editors has gone through the roof. I had some sense that their weeknights and weekends were consumed by reading manuscripts on submission as well as editing upcoming books, but I had no idea how hard it would be … […]
Greg Freed // Apr 9, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Yes, and that’s the job I want. Boston, let me in already!
/waiting, almost patiently
Dyanne Davis // Apr 9, 2007 at 1:01 pm
LOL. It is easier to think someone’s job is a piece of cake until you have to do it. I’m sure all editors will thank you for your remarks.
Dyanne