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Editors on Editing: What Writers Need to Know about What Editors Do » (REV)

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Authors: Gerald C. Gross
ISBN-13: 9780802132635, ISBN-10: 0802132634
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Date Published: January 1994
Edition: REV

Author Biography: Gerald C. Gross

Book Synopsis

An indispensable guide for editors, would-be editors, and especially writers who want to understand the publishing process. In this classic handbook, top professionals write about the special demands and skills necessary for particular areas of expertise--mass market, romance, special markets, and more.

	Preface: Reflections on a Lifetime of Editing
	What Is an Editor?	3
	The Evolution of the American Editor	10
	An Open Letter to a Would-be Editor	22
	Are Editors Necessary? (revised for this edition) and On the Decline of Western Literature	29
	Lunch with a Favorite Agent	40
	Breaking Faith: A Publishing Parable	42
	Mistah Perkins - He Dead: Publishing Today (with a postscript for this edition)	56
	Doing Good - And Doing It Right: The Ethical and Moral Dimensions of Editing	73
	How Books Are Chosen: What Goes into Making an Editorial Decision	83
	What Editors Look for in a Query Letter, Proposal, and Manuscript	93
	The Editor and the Author at the Writers' Conference: Why They Go, What They Do	101
	The Editor as Negotiator	109
	Editing for the Christian Marketplace	117
	Editing Books for the Jewish Market: A Commitment to Community	125
	Developmental Editing: A Creative Collaboration	134
	The Copy Editor and the Author	143
	Line Editing: Drawing Out the Best Book Possible	153
	Line Editing: The Art of the Reasonable Suggestion	169
	The Role of the Editorial Assistant	173
	Working with a Free-Lance Editor or Book Doctor	179
	Editing True Crime	188
	Editing Crime Fiction	194
	The Pleasures and Perils of Editing Mass-Market Paperbacks	205
	Editing Trade Paperbacks in Middle Age - Theirs and Mine	218
	Editing Nonfiction: The Question of "Political Correctness"	229
	Editing Fiction: The Question of "Political Correctness"	243
	Editing Scholars in Three Modes for Three Audiences	252
	Editing for a Small Press: Publishing the Way It Used to Be	260
	Editing Fiction as an Act of Love	267
	On Editing Nonfiction: Multiple Majors in a University of Subjects	280
	Editing the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Novel: The Importance of Calling Everyone Fred	290
	Editing Children's Books	304
	Editing Reference Books	315
	The Editor of Lives	327
	Editing Popular Psychology and Self-Help Books	338
	Editing the Romance Novel	347
	Editing Male-Oriented Escapist Fiction	356
	An Annotated Bibliography of Books on Editing and Publishing	366