tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27125272.post6311411152066727661..comments2024-03-18T18:24:50.498-05:00Comments on Candy's Blog: Surviving the Editorial Lettercs harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13708705800818667923noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27125272.post-46666269654439065282021-12-23T09:55:56.053-06:002021-12-23T09:55:56.053-06:00Your style is so unique compared to other people I...Your style is so unique compared to other people I have read stuff from. 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The bodycount got so bad he eventually started naming chapters after it.<br /><br />I'm an independent editor---I write those editorial letters to writers. I know it's scary to get them. And I swear we do not mean them to drive you to drink. <br /><br />That's why we follow the Golden Feedback Rule: <i>First say something nice.</i> We know we need to build your confidence in your skills so you'll be able to tackle the mountain of work ahead of you.<br /><br />It's just that it's <i>always</i> a mountain of work. This isn't because you did it wrong the first time---it's because writing a book is far more work than any sane endeavor should ever be.<br /><br />Your editor is taking as much of the burden off your shoulders as humanly possible, but even with the both of you giving it your all. . .writing a book is still just a huge ole <i>mountain of work</i>.<br /><br />That's why you have to love it to do it. And I do love it! I'm guessing you do too.<br /><br />(Oh, and 'clarification' is not an issue of dumbing anything down. It's is just one of those issues you deal with when you're dealing with a series.)Victoria Mixonhttp://victoriamixon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27125272.post-2406424811056076842011-06-28T16:17:26.973-05:002011-06-28T16:17:26.973-05:00Hi. I think you should title the book "TOO M...Hi. I think you should title the book "TOO MANY DEAD BODIES", and plow ahead. Trust your instincts. I am a writer and I understand.Quillpenznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27125272.post-71593631508215382702007-11-10T00:24:00.000-06:002007-11-10T00:24:00.000-06:00Agree fully with Steve's last comment here. The wa...Agree fully with Steve's last comment here. The way books are distributed these days seems more haphazard than ever -- even books intended for libraries. For instance, the local authority that buys for the libraries in the city where I live seems to make a point of sending its one copy of each of the westerns I write to a different one of its eight branches almost every time. Thus it's essential when I'm writing a story that features a series character -- like Misfit Lil or Joshua Dillard -- to reintroduce the person fully every time. I hope the loyal readers who make a point of tracking down each title don't get the notion I think they're dumb! As Steve says, they can always skip-read the bits they already know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27125272.post-51146522898828573992007-11-09T14:29:00.000-06:002007-11-09T14:29:00.000-06:00Actually, I think those bits of recap are very imp...Actually, I think those bits of recap are very important in a series, and easy for the authors to overlook. <BR/><BR/>I started the Travis McGee series, and the Harry Dresden, and the Discworld and John Connolly's Harry Parkers, in the middle somewhere. I *needed* to know who Meyer was and what McGee's 'salvage' business meant. <BR/><BR/>As a later reader, I politely skipped those bits of pipe when they were laid in the later (and earlier) books. <BR/><BR/>By the time we've written a whole novel, let alone a series, we know our characters intimately. It's easy to forget that at least some of our readers are visiting Slip F-18 in Bahia Mar for the very first time...<BR/><BR/>(and the Amazing Folding Publisher wasn't that big a deal. They're dead common in comics...)Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27125272.post-13807937550808452162007-11-09T12:56:00.000-06:002007-11-09T12:56:00.000-06:00My theory is that "more fully explain references t...My theory is that "more fully explain references to previous books" is the long-winded way of saying "dumb it down." Remind readers of what you're talking about, because they're too stupid to retain much on their own to begin with. With editors like these, who needs a lobotomy?Lana Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975996208260144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27125272.post-69710120833058033452007-11-09T09:43:00.000-06:002007-11-09T09:43:00.000-06:00In response to Steve's comment, I once wrote a who...In response to Steve's comment, I once wrote a whole novel that was solicited by a publisher, but by the time it was done they were getting ready to fold. However, one of these days it's supposed to come out as "Witch Over Talera."<BR/><BR/>As for the editorial letter. I feel your pain, Candice. Not as intensely as you do, I imagine, but I feel it.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27125272.post-78113082585210359112007-11-08T14:58:00.000-06:002007-11-08T14:58:00.000-06:00Ouch. That would hurt.Ouch. That would hurt.cs harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708705800818667923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27125272.post-27127236740491421042007-11-08T14:15:00.000-06:002007-11-08T14:15:00.000-06:00One comics project I did for hire, the 'editorial ...One comics project I did for hire, the 'editorial letter' involved a big stack of my art with little notes in pencil in the margins. 'Change that eye', 'hand looks wrong', 'don't like this suit', 'he should look meaner here', and so on. I ended up redrawing something on every page...<BR/><BR/>Hardest was, every point was spot-on. The second version did look much better, though by the time I finished it the publisher/editor had folded up his tent and moved on...Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.com