"Beth: Awesome article. I've rarely worked with an editor who stayed through the whole process. It's always so dispiriting. I love your take on the process. Thanks for taking the time to write from the inside. mp"
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The Editor: The Unbearable Lightness of Editing
Posted on May 17, 2010 at 8:09am 6 Comments 0 Likes
Beth Wareham considers those people who sit in little rooms and cubes, making books better.
A friend who works at a large corporate publishing company once said to me, “Shoot, it’s all the same job.” And now that I look at it, he seems to be right: you're expected to tweet, blog, squawk, and Facebook for your projects. You have to pitch to your magazine friends and producer friends. As an editor, you search for… Continue
A friend who works at a large corporate publishing company once said to me, “Shoot, it’s all the same job.” And now that I look at it, he seems to be right: you're expected to tweet, blog, squawk, and Facebook for your projects. You have to pitch to your magazine friends and producer friends. As an editor, you search for… Continue
The Editor: How Does it Feel?
Posted on April 27, 2010 at 6:02am 10 Comments 0 Likes
Beth Wareham comes onto the scene as The Editor:
Almost never, an editor meets a writer and the experience is so intimate, so winning, you don’t care if he or she wrote at Yaddo or Riker’s. Clouds open, bad coffee thickens and you sit entranced, in love, in a conference room come to be known as “The Hurt Locker." If things went horribly wrong in that room, your personal affects were always packed up by an assistant and shipped home.
Some summers ago, I fell… Continue
Almost never, an editor meets a writer and the experience is so intimate, so winning, you don’t care if he or she wrote at Yaddo or Riker’s. Clouds open, bad coffee thickens and you sit entranced, in love, in a conference room come to be known as “The Hurt Locker." If things went horribly wrong in that room, your personal affects were always packed up by an assistant and shipped home.
Some summers ago, I fell… Continue
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The Editor: The Unbearable Lightness of Editing
Beth Wareham considers those people who sit in little rooms and cubes, making books better.A friend who works at a large corporate publishing company once said to me, “Shoot, it’s all the same job.” And now that I look at it, he seems to be right: you're expected to tweet, blog, squawk, and Facebook for your projects. You have to pitch to your magazine friends and producer friends. As an editor, you search for great viral campaigns that…See More
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The Editor: The Unbearable Lightness of Editing
Beth Wareham considers those people who sit in little rooms and cubes, making books better.A friend who works at a large corporate publishing company once said to me, “Shoot, it’s all the same job.” And now that I look at it, he seems to be right: you're expected to tweet, blog, squawk, and Facebook for your projects. You have to pitch to your magazine friends and producer friends. As an editor, you search for great viral campaigns that…See More
Debbie Hemley commented on the blog post 'The Editor: How Does it Feel?'
"Beth,
Thanks for sharing this story. I came across the book in a bookstore this morning and was really intrigued by it, and now even more!
I'm looking forward to reading it.
Debbie Hemley"
Sharon Crawford Fitzgerald commented on the blog post 'The Editor: How Does it Feel?'
"This is a wonderful book and I'm grateful you played a part in making sure it came to print... Geneen is a great writer and I know she'll rebound quickly!
Sharon"
Lydia Ondrusek commented on the blog post 'The Editor: How Does it Feel?'
"Thanks for the reminder that helping others become their best self helps us, too. :)"
Denise Railey commented on the blog post 'The Editor: How Does it Feel?'
"Brilliant, Beth. Just brilliant."
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"Thank you for sharing this story. Wonderful!"
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- At 1:52pm on April 27, 2010,
Lea Beresford said… - Beth, I loved your post.
- At 8:18pm on April 21, 2010,
Deborah Siegel said… - Welcome, Editor!!
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