You might wonder what I'm doing when I'm not doing what I usually do (dobee dobee doo!).
I'm going to be reading. I've cleared out most of the partials and almost all the queries. What's left are the fulls, and there are a lot. The oldest (to my everlasting shame) is from August. The most recent was requested
Mostly I try to get fulls turned around in a month but it's been a busy busy fall so I'm behind. I literally cannot stand to start the new year with a backlog so I'm very motivated to get caught up by 12/28.
Once the fulls are caught up, and everyone who wants to go to the dance gets signed up**, then its on to the fun part: planning submissions.
The only thing more fun than submissions is a big fat auction, but those are nerve wracking too. Submissions are just fun. I get to talk to people who love books about a great book and why they want to read it. I just love it.
So, let the countdown begin!
**which means if you've got a full out to an agent, don't forget that we do a lot of our reading in the last half of December. That's NOT the time to ignore your email or put your phone on no-ring.
2 comments:
I work with one editor who is a genius, but he drives me crazy this time of year with something that could well wait until January. I see the subject line in the e-mail and my stomach churns. It never fails; he wants something at the most awkward time, and it's never easy. But it's also always worth it because I learn something every time.
No, no, it's SECONDS, you're counting down the seconds... ;-)
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