tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post9122083635682152397..comments2024-03-25T20:40:44.806-04:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: Update: Third (and Final) RevisionWriter, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-39686676401906834342010-08-24T16:44:53.990-04:002010-08-24T16:44:53.990-04:00Yeah, I know they say that editors don't edit ...Yeah, I know they say that editors don't edit anymore, but all the books whose births I've witnessed have gone through considerable changes post-acceptance. (Plus I had a terrible experience editing frantically for an agent who never got around to sending the book out. Never again!)<br /><br />This sounds fantastic, though -- keep us updated (as if you wouldn't!)!rmellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133206908895131438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-18972743185851956562010-08-24T09:56:47.877-04:002010-08-24T09:56:47.877-04:00You know what?
This is going to work out.You know what?<br /><br />This is going to work out.Linda Zinnenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699391759468656277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-8884272201844533462010-08-23T21:11:30.784-04:002010-08-23T21:11:30.784-04:00Congrats, WR! This is fantastic progress. Very hap...Congrats, WR! This is fantastic progress. Very happy for you!@RChazzChutehttp://www.chazzwrites.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-47908147284361300742010-08-21T08:49:58.083-04:002010-08-21T08:49:58.083-04:00This is going to work out great. And Rejection Que...This is going to work out great. And Rejection Queen is going to be next...Linda Zinnenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699391759468656277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-65297460979169422352010-08-20T15:18:56.613-04:002010-08-20T15:18:56.613-04:00You have a high opinion of editors editing in the ...You have a high opinion of editors editing in the modern age! <br /><br />I'm pleased as punch she's invested enough to figure out that a character who has a major thing happen in one scene had never technically exited the previous scene, making things a bit confused. <br /><br />Her opinion is that with literary fiction, the closer to perfection the manuscript is, the more likely it is to sell. I have to say I'm down with that.Writer, Rejectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-37935557042803739392010-08-20T14:52:29.789-04:002010-08-20T14:52:29.789-04:00This is great!!! However, I do wonder why some age...This is great!!! However, I do wonder why some agents insist on getting some pretty picayune details into place -- it's not as if, say, that character's position in one scene is going to make or break the sale (unless, maybe, it's the first scene). The editor's just going to go over it with editorial changes, anyway. Doesn't it drive them nuts to read the same book over and over again with minor changes -- doesn't it get confusing?<br /><br />I guess what I'm thinking is, hey, Agent 99, SELL the book already!! :)rmellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133206908895131438noreply@blogger.com