editor's blog

Just in case anyone's interested in the serious process of publishing, MacMillan enlightens:

The Theory of Light and Matter is a collection of short stories by Andrew Porter. It was published by the University of Georgia Press after receiving its Flannery O’Connor Prize for Short Fiction.

Here, Mr Porter talks about "Departure," one of the stories in the book.

Aftershocks: Seven Stories by Grete Weil translated by John Barrett

This week, the ForeWord Book Club features a story from Greta Weil’s Aftershocks (Verba Mundi/David R. Godine, 978-1-56792-282-0). In “Little Sonja Rosenkranz,” Marthe is reminded of her time as part of the French Resistance when she sees the name of a long forgotten acquaintance on the television screen. After several decades, she renews her efforts to find the woman who may have murdered a young Jewish girl who was entrusted to her care. This a haunting story of what it's like to participate in something larger than yourself, and to have that end. Or not.

This from ForeWord Magazine's Publisher Insider blog by Lynn Scanlon.

Publisher’s Pet – It Takes More Than An Apple

It’s Monday, 9:01 a.m. I’m sitting in my office, feet up on the desk. I may look like I am doing nothing, but I’m actually thinking, and thinking hard, about which author’s book will get my attention first. The phone rings. Caller ID tells me which author it is. I ignore the call and let it go into voicemail. The phone rings again. Another author. Another ignored phone call. The phone rings a third time. I grab the receiver. Why? It’s my favorite author, Publisher’s Pet!

Teacher’s pet. Publisher’s pet. It’s a good thing.

No one gets more of my attention than an author who can help me do my job and make me look good doing it. I’m crazy about authors who can write well, understand marketing and sales, and will roll up their sleeves to promote “our” book.