Just wanted to drop a short note to all you aspiring authors out there. I work with some amazing authors--authors with style and class and who understand how the publishing process works and what an editor does to bend over backward and help his authors. There are a few authors, on rare occasion (thank goodness), who do not respect editors.
My message today is that the degree to which you, as authors and even aspiring/submitting authors, respect your editor is the degree to which they will mortgage their reputation and clout to get your book published and give you every advantage of a successful release into the market.
Be one of those golden authors that every editor dreams about.
Be a champ.
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Way to post Sir-Kirk-A-Lot!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a good reminder. We need to be nice so others will be nice to us. :)
Professional courtesy is important in any field, but I can see how a good working relationship with the editor could make or break an author.
ReplyDeleteSometimes artistic types can get in a mindset where they think only they are able to see the "vision" of their work and everyone else is wrong. It's important to be able to trust someone who has a good track record to help you along.
Ditto what Linda said--in the arts, everything is about emotion and how you treat people. If you treat an editor like crap, I can only imagine how your book will come out :-)
ReplyDeleteOK already I get the message, Kirk. Geez. =)
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