What does it mean when an editor is fighting for my book with his acquisitions team?
"Fighting for your book" is always a good thing, inasmuch as somebody is on your side. I mean, it's not all sweetness and light and "Here's your standard overnight rich-and-famous contract," because it means there's probably some budget-wrangling and schedule-wrangling and "You promised you wouldn't saddle me with another first-time author!!" -- but all of those wranglings say
deciding whether we can afford to make this deal
rather than
deciding whether the book is good enough.
So it's more like Lloyd working up his courage to ask out Diane Court, and less like Are You Hot Or Not.
Nutty got it one, Allyson. She is wise, and bang on the money.
Editor wants your book; AT is dancing about whether or not they do.
Editors generally win, unless we're talking bazillion-dollar contracts. This is muy promising.
Thanks! Back to the grind. Champagne is chilling, I have coffee and cigarettes and some hearty determination.
I'm unsure, deb, and my agent hasn't replied yet to the question, when it's complete, do i add my table of contents with page numbers to it, or just the title page? I'm unsure what to do on that front.
Damn - that's one I honestly can't answer with any certainty, because, again, fiction is different. My take would be to make one up, and include it, up front with the acknowledgements, etc; if your agent/editor decides it doesn't need to be there, they can always take it out, yes?
Woohoo!! Hooray, Allyson!!!
Allyson, if you're around, I would love to read
Munchasen's by Internet.
Allyson--read and insent. Great job!
Glad you enjoyed it, Cindy!
