Blogs: Editors

Gatekeeping

August 9, 2010

In this new world model of publishing, the traditional gatekeepers — editors, agents, publishers — are finding themselves in a slightly different position. Self-publishing is on the rise, and anyone dissatisfied with “the system” can choose to detour around the gates and the gatekeepers entirely. But that does not encourage the gatekeepers to abandon their [...]

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Your Five Minutes Start… Now!

February 15, 2010

Thanks to the wonderful Laurie McLean and the rest of the Larsen-Pomada Literary Agency, I had the fortune to spend my weekend at the San Francisco Writers Conference as an independent editor. For two days, my job was to advise writers in one-on-one sessions. The catch? The sessions were only five minutes long. Sign-up sheets [...]

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Clarkesworld Article – Part 2

August 3, 2009

Long Before They Were Read: Speculative Fiction Book Editors Speak Out is now up. This is part 2 of the Roundtable interview I participated in for Clarkesworld Magazine. If you missed part one, you can find it in the July issue, here. Clarkesworld Magazine has the honor of having been nominated for the 2009 Semiprozine [...]

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Clarkesworld Editors’ Roundtable

July 2, 2009

I’m thrilled and honored to be part of Clarkesworld Magazine‘s interview of speculative fiction editors. I’m in very good company! The two-part article is running in their July and August 2009 issues. Check out part one of two: Dirty Hands and Invisible Words.

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