Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

At Penguin Young Readers , Ken Wright , President and Publisher of the Viking , Philomel , and Flamingo Publishing Group , will retire at the end of January 2023. At Penguin Workshop , Celina Sun joins as Assistant Editor. Dan Reynolds , SVP and Publisher of Workman Publishing , will retire at the end of the year.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 16, 2023

Whether you want to edit for the world of academia, publishing, business, or for print or the web, there’s a freelance editor job up for grabs. Reedsy If booking editing has always been a dream of yours, become a Reedsy editor! Here’s a full list of creative professionals they’re looking for. Editors are in demand!

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Smart Blogger

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Fashion writing is a multi-faceted career that requires creativity, versatility, and initiative. Drop-down menu categories include Fashion, Beauty, Editing, Creative , and more. Previous job postings include: Style News Editor Assistant to Editor-in-Chief Fashion Magazine Women’s Lifestyle Commerce Writer.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 14, 2023

Show Notes The key benefits of ProWritingAid The evolution of grammar tools as technology accelerates Skepticism about using AI tools in your writing and how to overcome it AI tools as a creative companion Can using AI tools lead to plagiarism? million users worldwide, including myself. So that's things like, have you overused passive voice?

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 9, 2023

Your outline is particularly essential if you want to submit a book proposal to agents or publishers. But even if you’re self-publishing , having a solid structure means you’ll end up with a much better book as a result. It’s hard to focus for more than about two hours on something intensively creative. Writing a Book?

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Here’s how Karen MacKenzie asked for a testimonial after we published her first post on Smart Blogger: “Would it be possible to get a testimonial for my website? also publish a great deal of content. e-Commerce companies with blogs tend to publish a lot of content. Study their content to get an idea of what they publish.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

AUGUST 18, 2022

MS Word is the publishing workhorse, more or less required for submitting to agents and editors and publishers, but it’s pricey and not always friendly. Many writers pay thousands of dollars for freelance editorial help before they publish. Getting to know your word processor better will help you love it more.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 31, 2023

How can you write fast but also make your creative process sustainable for the long term? Dan Willcocks talks about his creative and business approach. But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. How can you collaborate effectively with other authors in your genre? It's very exciting.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 29, 2023

In the intro, writing and publishing across multiple genres [Ask ALLi ]; Pilgrimage and solo walking [Women Who Walk ]; My live webinars on using AI tools as an author ; Cowriting with ChatGPT: AI-Powered Storytelling by J. Just in case people don't know you— Tell us a bit more about how you got into writing and publishing.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Most publishing contracts hold the author liable for misrepresentations and plagiarism, but even without that legal pressure, a writer, of all people, should naturally respect the intellectual property of others. Sometimes they quote from published or unpublished writings; sometimes they quote from speeches or interviews or online videos.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Narrators and characters in novels and other creative writing can talk about whatever they want. Many writers don’t know that the default guidelines for styling the titles of works in fiction and other kinds of creative writing are the same as for works of nonfiction, as laid out in  CMOS  8.156–201. Creative License.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Publishing standards (“Titles are for nonfiction,” “Children’s books usually have titles,” “They vary from one novel to another,” “Author’s call”). While this is hardly definitive, it confirms that there is a choice, even within traditional publishing. A professional editor or proofreader can help with that. Is There a Choice?

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The Subversive Copy Editor

APRIL 7, 2022

But before we declare the TOC irrelevant to printed novels, let’s take a closer look at why some current best-selling writers (or their editors or publishers) decide to include one. The copyright page acknowledges which chapters were previously published elsewhere. When chapter titles are a creative plus.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

JANUARY 16, 2023

Starting with the assumption that every book-length manuscript needs a copyeditor at some point before publication,* the question is whether a writer submitting to agents and editors can squeak by without hiring a copyeditor first. They know when to enforce strict writing rules and when to fudge in a creative context. Note to Readers.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

APRIL 12, 2021

When you write a book to send to an agent or editor, you are preparing a  manuscript. And even if your ideas, characters, and plot twists are colorful and creative, your manuscript format should not be. Many agents and editors post the format they prefer (or demand) on a “Submissions” page at their website.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You can get examples of word counts of chapters in actual published novels here and here and here. Creative use of chapter length. Chapter Length: A Veteran Editor Answers Your Writing Questions. ” Ask the Editor. Publishers Weekly , August 24, 2018. WordsRated , May 9, 2022. Graff, Andrew J. Raft of Stars.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Long before a book is printed, while the text is still in manuscript form, editors at publishing houses speak in terms of word count, not page count. A picture book editor might think in terms of 0–750 words. An editor acquiring young-adult fantasy novels will consider anything from about 80,000 words and up.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

AUGUST 9, 2021

It’s standard practice for newspaper quotations from a published source to change spaces around dashes, put titles in quotes instead of italics, and in other ways accommodate old-timey typesetting limitations, but in Chicago style, quotations from written works are spelled exactly as written, not changed to fit a style guide. . 

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