by Margot | May 25, 2012 | Get Real, publication
I got my first ever-in-my-life editorial letter. What that is: when a book is put under contract, it is assigned an editor. The first thing that editor does (when finally given the go-ahead to begin work) is to read the thing, making comments in the manuscript as they...
by Margot | Sep 8, 2010 | Get Real
For some things we still use paper, folded up in an envelope. I signed that contract, folded it up in the envelope, and slipped it into the mail slot. There was no crack of thunder. I’m nervous, because The Future looms out there all mysterious, and the contract...
by Margot | Sep 4, 2010 | Get Real
art credit Yes! Another baby step in the birth of my firstborn . . . I’ve been assigned an editor. She has emailed me and seems like a real human and everything. Her name is Samantha Van Walraven. I sent her my most recent revision and then I suppose...
by Margot | Aug 27, 2010 | Get Real
art: cut paper by Kako Ueda I finally got the actual, made-of-paper book contract for Get Real. I’m ridiculously excited about it. I’m supposed to sign two copies, mail them back, and then they send me back one signed copy. Maybe then they will assign me...
by Margot | Jun 10, 2010 | Get Real
This morning I got an email I’ve been waiting for for years. Covenant has accepted my manuscript (the LDS one) !!! I still can’t believe it. It is tentatively scheduled for next summer. They said over the next few months I will be assigned an editor and...
