I’d say that contest-based reality television is a guilty pleasure for me, except that I don’t feel guilty about enjoying it. I’m talking about shows like Project Runway, Top Chef, and especially The Voice. As a reader of slush, I feel a certain kinship with the judges on these shows. They are also gatekeepers, deciding [...]
I’ve got an open invitation here on the blog for industry folks to tell me (and everyone) about five things they wish they’d known about the publishing industry when they started out. Today I’m pleased to have Five Truths from J.M. Frey, award-winning author of Triptych. 5 Truths of Publishing By J.M. Frey www.jmfrey.net @scifrey [...]
There’s a lot going on in Gabrielle-Edits-Land. I’m working on several manuscripts for several different publishers, putting the finishing touches on my next anthology, cementing travel plans for June, and apparently buying a house (!). The news is coming too quickly to be able to devote separate posts to it all, so here’s a sum-up [...]
Paul Cornell, in his Reno 2011 WorldCon report, says many things near and dear — both to my own heart, and to my own convention-going experience. Read this and learn what these conventions are like, why we go to them and why we love them. But one particular thing he says, which I’ve spent several [...]
Last week, Richard Lee Byers was here, sharing five truths about publishing that nobody told him. Richard made a lot of good points, so I wanted to follow up with a response. Please consider this post an addendum, not a rebuttal. 1. You will hate your book cover for 24 hours. Then you will fall [...]
