If you’ve been on the internet at all in the last few days, you’ve probably seen the hashtag #WeNeedDiverseBooks. It’s taken over Twitter and Tumblr, as far as I can tell. To quote the WeNeedDiverseBooks tumblr: Recently, there’s been a groundswell of discontent over the lack of diversity in children’s […]
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Well, hopefully we all survived my two weeks of vacation. I’m looking forward to getting back to work, closing some deals, and letting Robo-Daphne have some time off. I’m also going to be putting some thought into my New Year’s Resolutions. 2008 was a huge year for me — relocation, […]
A quick Ask Daphne this morning before I dive back into the query pile. H.S. writes: I had a question about writer-agent etiquette. What’s the appropriate amount of time to wait before checking back in once an agent has requested your full manuscript? Two agents are reading my full right […]
Well, hopefully we all survived my two weeks of vacation. I'm looking forward to getting back to work, closing some deals, and letting Robo-Daphne have some time off. I'm also going to be putting some thought into my New Year's Resolutions.
I'm about to head off for a somewhat unexpected trip, but before I do, I wanted to say something about waiting. One of my authors who's awaiting a response from an editor made a comment the other day about publishing time bearing a stronger resemblance to glacial time than normal, human time. And unfortunately, it's totally true.
Stylish zebra shoes to wear whilst waiting for Lisa from Chicago, who writes, "I have a dilemma that's new to me, regarding when (or whether) to make a status query about a submission."
My inbox seems to be behaving today -- i.e. not too many messages coming in stamped "URGENT!" -- so I've decided to take the rest of the day as a reading day.
Flew in from Denver late last night/early this morning to the New York office for a few days of meetings with editors and such.