When my editor sends me a note about something that I don't quite understand or asks me to do something I hadn't heard about before, I can quickly contact my agent and ask her: "Is this a big deal or standard operating procedure?" "Should I buy a ticket and go to this thing they're inviting me to?"
This is a good point, and one I hadn't considered, for two reasons. I spent so long working in bookstores in one capacity or another, it wasn't one of the things that would have occurred to me to ask, and if I was going to ask, I'd actually phone my editor and say "Ummm, is this a big thing and do I have to go?"
The only things I really don't talk to my editor(s) about involve money.
But just as none of us write the same way, probably none of us work exactly the same way, either, which is to say, just because it would never have occurred to me (demonstrably) doesn't mean that it shouldn't occur to others -- and I think it would be very useful.
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Date: 2009-04-26 02:04 am (UTC)This is a good point, and one I hadn't considered, for two reasons. I spent so long working in bookstores in one capacity or another, it wasn't one of the things that would have occurred to me to ask, and if I was going to ask, I'd actually phone my editor and say "Ummm, is this a big thing and do I have to go?"
The only things I really don't talk to my editor(s) about involve money.
But just as none of us write the same way, probably none of us work exactly the same way, either, which is to say, just because it would never have occurred to me (demonstrably) doesn't mean that it shouldn't occur to others -- and I think it would be very useful.