This applies to editors, too. #4: I have a modest collection of cautionary tales to share with editors and agents concerning a thankfully small number of (batshit insane) writers who essentially told me to go suck a tailpipe. Im sorry their baby wasnt publishable, but it wasnt personal, just business. Feedback seekers: If you think Ill be knocked arse over tea kettle by the brilliance of your prose and heap on the praise, thats not going to happen. My feedback is to tell you whats wrong with a sample so you can fix it, not serve up egoboos. I dont care if your mommy lurvs it and that you have five fans hanging on your every wise utterance, youre looking to make it in the professional world. Its not a nice place. Its good to set out on a journey with hope, optimism, and energy and have some successes as you progress. But like Picard and the Enterprise, sooner or later we all encounter the Borg. If you cant take a bloody nose and learn from the experience. . .
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:30:27 +0000
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