The white paper on publishing options
A few of my colleagues and I have begun a project in which we will thoroughly research the options that serious fiction writers have for getting their books to print. What is the future of publishing?
What I’ve been reading
Yes, believe it or not, I do still read outside of contest submissions, manuscripts I am evaluating, and texts I am editing/promoting/creating. I read as we all do, for pleasure, to improve my own writing, and to inform myself.
Rejections
What’s a writing blog without commentary on rejection letters, or rejection “notes” or in some cases, rejection “subscription forms?” Howard Junker, Zyzzyva, does this last one: It’s clever really
Manuscript Evaluation & evaluating yours before you submit
I may have mentioned that I am an assistant editor for Narrative Magazine, a highly regarded on-line literary journal that has, sadly, rejected my work in the past.
Narrative Night
Last night I attended Narrative Night in San Francisco, the annual fundraising event for Narrative Magazine, with which I am an assistant editor. Jennifer Egan, Robert Stone, and Kara Levy read from their works.