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Laura Anne Gilman ([personal profile] lagilman) wrote2004-06-14 12:49 pm

fifteen years ago today...

I was sitting in the HR office at Putnam-Berkley, waiting to be escorted to my desk, to begin working for my new boss, the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Putnam.

Neil wasn't quite sure what to make of me -- he was more used to the traditional Trust Fund Babes of Publishing. I suppose it was fated that we only work together for six months, before I jumped sideways to the mass market division,
and from there on to genre infamy.

What a long strange road it still is. *grin*

(there's a disagreement about if I can still count as being "in publishing." Does freelancing count?)

[identity profile] neadods.livejournal.com 2004-06-14 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
If freelancing doesn't count, wouldn't that mean that only 3.5 people actually "work in publishing"?

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2004-06-14 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not convinced that anyone is working in publishing right now... If the speed of my next contract is any indicator.... %^)