I can finally reveal the truth of the Good Thing that happened a couple weeks ago ( Read more... )

Editor D and I were working on a book with Harry Mazer. Harry was unwell, and pretty much all communication for the project was run through Norma. Norma and I were in touch a lot in those days.

The book was My Brother Abe: Sally Lincoln's Story, and as the name suggests, it was about Abraham Lincoln's sister, Sally ( Read more... )

A couple of PSAs for you:

I don't know how much of a different it will make, but I am willing to try anything to say Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (including compulsively watching and rewatching episodes on Fox.com.)

The EOnline Save One Show campaign has moved into the Game Changer round--five shows are left. So go and vote for Sarah ( Read more... )

As usual, John Scalzi says it best:

Observers of the science fiction field will note the Nebula Award for Best Novel was won this year by a YA book, that the Tiptree Award is co-shared by a YA novel, and that in the Hugo Best Novel category, two and a half of the books nominated are also YA (the “half” in this case being Zoe’s Tale, written to be ( Read more... )

Today I got a cold call from someone who wasn't trying to hawk her manuscript and wasn't trying to convince me that she was an agent. She was actually a person with a legitimate request following the right channels. In fact, I was able to help her with what she needed and direct her to the proper party ( Read more... )

There’s this manuscript. It came in on Friday of last week, and I’ve been working on it obsessively since then. Because it is SO GOOD ( Read more... )

Why is the publishing industry imploding today? WTF?

Editor J called us all in for a mandatory closed-door meeting in his office on ten minutes notice, and told us that Rick Richter, the president of S&S Children's Books, is resigning, effective Friday. He wanted to tell us before we heard in the 11am press release ( Read more... )

Oh my god, you guys, I am so tired ( Read more... )

Man, the last two days have been jam-packed. A short summary:

Yesterday morning, Megan McCain came to the office to sign copies of her picture book, My Dad, John McCain. We all dutifully traipsed up to the 17th floor conference room and feasted on the goodies. She was very sweet, and absurdly fidgety ( Read more... )

I have spent the past four days working feverishly on a 500 page manuscript. It’s excellent, don’t get me wrong, but it also came in late, and Editor D is going on vacation starting today at noon and not coming back for a week, so he wanted to get our editorial letter out today ( Read more... )