An Interesting Development....
Feb. 5th, 2010 12:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanOver the past few years, people have asked me why, since I loved editing so much, I've not tried to get back into the field.* My answer was always the same: I was waiting for the right job -- and the right boss -- to come along.
It came: I've just accepted a freelance editorial position with Carina Press, working with Angela James.
(no, you may NOT send your manuscripts directly to me. Follow the guidelines, people!)
Carina Press is a brand-new venture, owned by Harlequin but with a different editorial slant, looking toward the future of e-book publishing where the marketing niche is less important than the story, and the publisher can reach directly to the reader -- and the reader can connect directly with the publisher.
(hey, if you're going to dream, dream with purpose!)
Yes, writing is still my main and primary job, and will continue to be so. Let there be no doubt at all about that. But the chance to work with other writers again -- and to be part of a new ground-up venture -- is something I'm quite gleeful about. I questioned Angela closely about her business plan and her vision for Carina Press, and came away feeling really optimistic (and in the publishing world, optimism is a rare and precious jewel). I can't wait to get started.
*I've been editing all along, on a per-client basis, but that wasn't quite the same.
It came: I've just accepted a freelance editorial position with Carina Press, working with Angela James.
(no, you may NOT send your manuscripts directly to me. Follow the guidelines, people!)
Carina Press is a brand-new venture, owned by Harlequin but with a different editorial slant, looking toward the future of e-book publishing where the marketing niche is less important than the story, and the publisher can reach directly to the reader -- and the reader can connect directly with the publisher.
(hey, if you're going to dream, dream with purpose!)
Yes, writing is still my main and primary job, and will continue to be so. Let there be no doubt at all about that. But the chance to work with other writers again -- and to be part of a new ground-up venture -- is something I'm quite gleeful about. I questioned Angela closely about her business plan and her vision for Carina Press, and came away feeling really optimistic (and in the publishing world, optimism is a rare and precious jewel). I can't wait to get started.
*I've been editing all along, on a per-client basis, but that wasn't quite the same.
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Date: 2010-02-05 06:16 am (UTC)(IOW, the busier I am, the more I get done)
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Date: 2010-02-05 09:08 am (UTC)Now, can I send my... Oh. That'll be a no, then.
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Date: 2010-02-05 12:43 pm (UTC)And sheesh, you're making the rest of us look like a bunch of slackers with all this activity!
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Date: 2010-02-05 01:45 pm (UTC)(from another person who can't achieve much until To-Dos look like other people's Too Busy list)
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Date: 2010-02-05 02:26 pm (UTC)Time to pick out a celebratory bottle of wine.
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Date: 2010-02-05 03:04 pm (UTC)How exciting! This is wonderful news. Congratulations! Here are some chocolates for you.
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Date: 2010-02-05 08:52 pm (UTC)I hope it's even better than you expect.
Congrats!
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Date: 2010-02-06 03:57 pm (UTC)Marian Schembari
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Date: 2010-02-06 04:56 pm (UTC)Just be forewarned aspiring authors
Date: 2010-02-06 07:54 pm (UTC)Re: Just be forewarned aspiring authors
Date: 2010-02-06 08:01 pm (UTC)Carina Press is a legitimate, royalty-paying, fully edited and supported e-book publisher.
If you had done any research on the subject, you would also know that I was one of the people who spoke strongly out AGAINST that imprint, and would certainly never endorse it, much less work for it.
Sheeesh, people. Please to have your facts right before you come in here and say shit like this?
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Date: 2010-02-06 09:59 pm (UTC)Seriously. And it's not as if it would have taken a lot of actual research.
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