http://janetshaw.com/blog/another-angle-on-what-editors-really-want/ Australian Author & Freelance Writer Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:36:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://janetshaw.com/blog/another-angle-on-what-editors-really-want/#comment-323 SimoneM Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:18:57 +0000 http://janetshaw.com/blog/another-angle-on-what-editors-really-want/#comment-323 Hi Janet, I totally agree that manuscripts should be published on their merits, but as you've stated, often the "hook" that publishers are looking for is the sensational element that gets the title mentioned in blogs, chat shows etc etc. Some of the actor-turned-authors, for example, receive full page newspaper publicity, yet if you're unlucky enough to stumble over one of their books, two pages in you're twitching in horror... I still think the cream rises to the top... I just wish there was more of a patronage of unknown writers so that a great new book might hit the bookshelves every week! S. Hi Janet,
I totally agree that manuscripts should be published on their merits, but as you’ve stated, often the “hook” that publishers are looking for is the sensational element that gets the title mentioned in blogs, chat shows etc etc.
Some of the actor-turned-authors, for example, receive full page newspaper publicity, yet if you’re unlucky enough to stumble over one of their books, two pages in you’re twitching in horror…
I still think the cream rises to the top… I just wish there was more of a patronage of unknown writers so that a great new book might hit the bookshelves every week!
S.

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