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desperanceJust heard from my editor at Del Rey, that, um, he isn't any longer. He's leaving. Just a day, two days before I deliver the MS. Sigh.
We have, of course, been here before. You can't avoid it, if you spend any time in the business; editors shift around constantly. I think I've been less lucky than most, in this regard: I once had a novel that was commissioned by one editor, accepted by another, edited by a third and published by a fourth. With four concomitant changes of publishing plan, from crime novel to horror novel via literary/mainstream.
And the thing is, books never do as well with foster-parents; they do their best, I'm sure, but come right down to it, this is not their baby. They didn't commission it, they didn't ask for it, it's just been dropped on their desk for their attention.
And in this case, of course, it's a trilogy. Which makes for a long relationship, almost a shotgun marriage. This happened with my last trilogy too, that the man who commissioned it was not the man who published it. That was, um, catastrophic.
I am not feeling very positive about this. Does it show?
We have, of course, been here before. You can't avoid it, if you spend any time in the business; editors shift around constantly. I think I've been less lucky than most, in this regard: I once had a novel that was commissioned by one editor, accepted by another, edited by a third and published by a fourth. With four concomitant changes of publishing plan, from crime novel to horror novel via literary/mainstream.
And the thing is, books never do as well with foster-parents; they do their best, I'm sure, but come right down to it, this is not their baby. They didn't commission it, they didn't ask for it, it's just been dropped on their desk for their attention.
And in this case, of course, it's a trilogy. Which makes for a long relationship, almost a shotgun marriage. This happened with my last trilogy too, that the man who commissioned it was not the man who published it. That was, um, catastrophic.
I am not feeling very positive about this. Does it show?
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Date: 2008-01-14 08:09 pm (UTC)Maybe they'll give you to Betsy. O.O
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Date: 2008-01-14 08:12 pm (UTC)sorry to hear this. Good luck!
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Date: 2008-01-15 12:28 am (UTC)And Chaz - you still have a publisher. Hold on to that...
Simon M
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Date: 2008-01-15 02:21 pm (UTC)Fingers crossed.
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Date: 2008-01-15 02:33 pm (UTC)I don't even want to think about it.
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