tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post510954864692290100..comments2023-04-28T04:20:05.766-07:00Comments on WRITER on WRITING: Three Things About PublishingVirtual Strangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01040333093180694172noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-18247987138231549402021-02-10T02:17:28.853-08:002021-02-10T02:17:28.853-08:00"Do I just crave the validation that somebody..."Do I just crave the validation that somebody thought I was worth publishing?"<br /><br />I recently realised that this is exactly the reason I want to be published. I don't have the self-belief to push my own work down the self-publishing route. But I don't ever see myself being a full-time writer either (much as I'd love it). Doesn't mean I don't want my writing to be the best it can be. I do. I'll put in all the work to make it so.<br /><br />So yeah, this post struck a chord with me because only this past week I've come to terms with what I really want, and it's given me a lot of peace and a fresh dose of enthusiasm. Hey, I even finished my first draft yesterday.<br /><br />Thanks for your work. I loved the Threshold series. I've only recently discovered it and I've been gobbling it up, especially the A2Q.Oliver Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147420131785641435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-73734614423057016742021-02-10T02:14:09.652-08:002021-02-10T02:14:09.652-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Oliver Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147420131785641435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859940184293909528.post-40358262079827530472021-02-09T18:04:20.916-08:002021-02-09T18:04:20.916-08:00All good points. I think it’s important to expand ...All good points. I think it’s important to expand on editing if you’re trying to get traditionally published. Copy editing is imperative, creative writing group “critiques” are not. As a personal example, I once spent three years in a creative writing group having writer after writer input their advice on my first ever manuscript. Every single persons’ criticism of my story was different. Eventually I cancelled all their opinions and came back to my professionally edited, copy edited, and proofed manuscript. And as for editors at big publishing houses, well they don’t always get it right. I have a traditionally published author friend who was on her third or fourth novel for HarperCollins. Her editor at HC kept telling her to change the entire ending of her book. On the fourth re-submission of manuscript my friend had to put her foot down and say NO. She forced the editor to take the ending she was given, or she wasn’t getting anything. It’s a good thing she did too, because that particular editor soon left HC to go work on a cruise ship again. Seriously, big publishers get editors from anywhere, a lot of the time. You don’t need a degree in English Lit to work at a big publishing house.SL Edelbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832442016972409857noreply@blogger.com