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March 2013

Society Lounge

 

A Writer

On Editing
 

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If a publisher's representative on this, God's Green Earth, asks to see a manuscript, he has at least a passing interest in the concept, right?  I mean, he likes the pitch, he likes the story, and now he wants to see some sample writing.  Makes sense.

 

And then he turns down the property saying he was hoping for something different, something more romantic, less romantic, devoid of all romance altogether, or anything other than what you sent him.

 

Say?  Know what?  I just had a thought.  What if that editor, instead of turning the property down, were to give the writer credit for having half an ounce of intellectual matter stuffed between those two ears atop his head and ask for a revision.  You know, like magazine and newspaper editors do routinely?

 

I don't know about you, but I'd be more than happy to work a little harder at giving the editor exactly what he's looking for--if it results in a property that the editor will stand behind, promote, and help sell the hell out of.

 

Is anybody out there in Publishing Land listening?  Give it a try sometime.  It's a little notion I call editing.

 

In the meantime, here are a few handy sites for you to explore:

  • Afterdeadline.com  http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/  This blog about grammar, language usage, and style written by Philip B. Corbett, Associate Managing Editor for Standards at the New York Times, might come in handy from time to time when you're stumped about the language we love.
     

  • LitSubmit.com  http://www.litsubmit.com  If you've ever wanted to subscribe to or even submit to a literary magazine but couldn't think of any offhand, here's a guide to finding them, both in print and online.  Specifies which mags are paying markets. 
     

  • LikeStarlings.com  http://www.likestarlings.com/  Are you a poet and don't know it?  Then you've probably never heard of this place to hang your hat.  It offers not only the opportunity to submit your work, but also to work with another poet on a collaborative poem and read the latest feature articles on poetics, select interviews with published poets, and timely editorials. 

Meanwhile...

 

Smoke if you got 'em.

 

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