tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587083790012339479.post3719056288867218075..comments2023-06-23T09:21:12.107-06:00Comments on Fiction Matters: The Hero in the BookBonnie Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587083790012339479.post-18663732121809848872008-04-01T21:15:00.000-06:002008-04-01T21:15:00.000-06:00Publishing moves at a snails pace, for sure. I sup...Publishing moves at a snails pace, for sure. I suppose the nature of the business dictates that to some degree - reading full length novels takes me a fair amount of time. Then again, I'd never make it as an editor because, while I love to read, I'm not a fast reader. I'm one of those savour the line, think about the metaphor, ponder the meaning, re-read the part that made me laugh sort of reader.<BR/><BR/>I looked into writing freelance for magazines and threw my hands up in the air saying "forget it!"<BR/><BR/>To do that full time one would have to live and breath writing and have dozens and dozens of submissions a month. Fine for some, but I'm a mom with two young children at home!Bonnie Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2587083790012339479.post-88628558758509331772008-03-31T19:27:00.000-06:002008-03-31T19:27:00.000-06:00“The system is set up in such a way that we have a...“The system is set up in such a way that we have allowed a handful of people to become "gatekeepers" of intellectual thought. A very few people (relatively speaking) have been put "in charge" of deciding for us what materials will become available to the masses, and which will not.”<BR/><BR/>Agreed!<BR/><BR/>“Authors have frustrations too. The high volumes of manuscripts mean longer wait times to hear back from publishers. What's an author to do? Ya gotta pay the bills, so, an increase in simultaneous submission. Authors everywhere are hedging bets and submitting their manuscripts to several (sometimes dozens) of publishers at once. Hmmm. . . I wonder how this practice is playing out in publisher's offices around North America?”<BR/><BR/>Too true. If not for the long wait times, we wouldn’t have to do the simultaneous submissions. Add to that the fact that even with a contract, I wait 60-90 days after acceptance of a manuscript for payment, and one time payment at that. Once it’s sold (in the segment of the market for which I write), it’s gone. I get that, but it means I have to constantly be finding new contracts. Much the same as those who write for magazines, I suspect.thesketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11461402813818806795noreply@blogger.com