by Jamie Chavez | Oct 26, 2015 | The Book Biz
Not long ago—in the summer months—I had to explain to a writer that even if the very first publisher to whom he showed his (beautifully edited, ahem) manuscript* loved it (and he had a very specific publisher in mind), there was no way the book would be in the stores...
by Jamie Chavez | Oct 6, 2015 | Your Editor Says …
Not long ago I got a frantic email from a writer: I don’t see any corrections! I knew I’d made plenty of corrections. I sent the manuscript again. Have a look at this one, I said. Who knows what happens to the bits and bytes on their way from my computer to yours? I...
by Jamie Chavez | Jul 2, 2015 | Your Editor Says …
To see what fiction-editing craft might be, start by looking at the faults it’s intended to detect. There are two kinds: surface faults and internal faults. A surface fault is local, as immediately evident to the naked eye as a skin blemish. You can point to specific...
by Jamie Chavez | Jun 15, 2015 | Your Editor Says …
This happens to me three or four times a year: I get an email referral from an agent, or someone at a publishing house, or another author I’ve worked with for a job that I would really, really love to have. Sometimes that’s because the publisher is one I haven’t...
by Jamie Chavez | Apr 30, 2015 | Your Editor Says …
I was reading my Entertainment Weekly at lunch the other day (“12 Things You Never Knew About Harry Potter”) and was positively gobsmacked by number nine: The Half-Blood Prince 9. To try to ensure consistency within the books, and keep track of characters, spells, and...
