Editor @MIRA Books and author of Love Never Dies
Yes, my TBR is out of control and I don’t have enough time to read everything I pick up. But there’s a reason I can’t stop. As some of you may know, in addition to writing I work in publishing as an editor at a Big 5. I sit in lots of meetings about sales, …
I know, it’s old discourse. But seriously, reviews are for readers. A tale as old as time, or at least as old as the first author seeing a review of their book and spiraling (either publicly or privately—hopefully privately): “reviews are for readers.” As an editor, I field a lot of emails and messages from …
Publishing is a series of ups and downs. What do you do on the bad days? If you’ve been in publishing for a while, you know the feeling: the publishing rollercoaster of highs and lows. Today just happened to be one of the bad days in publishing. I’m an editor (and a writer), and the …
Just got back from my second StokerCon. Someone said they felt like this year they actually participated, and I completely understand. I did similar things this year that I did last year: moderated a panel, took pitches, sat in on readings, met new people. But I did all of that last year mildly terrified the …
Look, I promise I won’t always comment on the discourse of the day. But I’ve been seeing a few comments recently on line edits and whether they even happen any more. They definitely do (at least for the books I work on)! While resources and people in publishing are definitely stretched thinner, that doesn’t mean …
