A good week. At least, it feels like a good week.
Goal 1. Write And Publish Adult Short Stories, Essays, and Humor
- Truly worked on a humor piece.
- Finished a blog post that is going to become an essay.
- Worked on an essay for a project.
- Took a workshop on literary submissions in preparation for submitting a new short story.
- Finished reading an excellent history book for The Reading History Project.
- Started reading another history book for The Reading History Project.
Goal 2. Build Community/Market Work/Brand Myself and My Work
- Published a blog post. Will publish another this weekend.
- Promoted said blog post.
- Spent way too much time reading on social media about Mac Barnett, whom I hadn't heard of this time last week.
Goal 3. Submit Book-length Work to Agents and Editors
- Received a rejection. Rejection means you're working!
2 comments:
Controversies in the children's literature world are always interesting, because most people know nothing about them. My readers won't care. Teachers are unaware. There are some things that are inside thoughts. To actually PUBLISH this thought in a book made me question not only the author's but the publisher's thought process. 94.7 is high. Also, what I might consider "crud" would more likely be the books that win awards!
Well, he thought he was being funny. Others didn't. Regarding the thought process, here is something I haven't seen addressed anywhere: At the end of his book, Barnett says that writing it was suggested to him by his Italian editor. (Presumably he has had Italian editions published of some of his books and knew his Italian editor.) The book was originally published in Italy. (He did not write it in Italian.) So this book originally had an editor from a different culture and was published for an audience in a different culture. What was the original publisher's thought process? How much did that impact the English edition?
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