Sorry to interrupt A Short Season of Other Poets in this abrupt manner, but the big news is finally out. I have skipped the usual publishing tradition of tea-making and dutiful licking of envelopes for five years, and am joining Salt Publishing as a Commissioning Editor.
You can find the full story on the Salt Confidential site.
For those eagerly awaiting a new poem, another poet will be up on Raw Light very shortly. Though there's a bit of a queue now, to be honest, and indeed I may have to say to any further hopefuls, 'Namore, thanks.'
13 comments:
Congratulations, Jane!
That's fantastic, congratulations!
Congratulations! But I have a question: what does a "Commissioning Editor" do?
Wonderful news!!
Congrats Jane, that's super news. So, are you looking for poetry MS's?!
A Commissioning Editor does what it says on the tin ... commissions new books. Which means, yes, I am looking for poetry MSS.
[She says, and hurriedly barricades herself into the house for fear of a stampede.]
I won't, however, take the chosen titles all the way through to production unless there's a special reason for that.
Basically, I choose the writers and get the MSS ready for production. But once a MS is ready, I simply hand it over to Chris at Salt and he does the rest: proofs, cover, marketing decisions, etc.
So I get the fun part without any of the aggro - a good deal all round!
So, I'm commissioning now for 2010 and beyond. Oh, and I'm not keen on dark chocolate.
Wow! That is wonderful news, Jane. You must be thrilled - good on ya girl!
Congratulations, Jane - sounds like a lot of fun!
Congratulations, Jane - excellent news.
Excellent news - Salt is dynamic and so are you.
Belated congratulations - I started a new job a couple of weeks ago and haven't been keeping up with blog reading. Good to see credit where it's due.
Aye, Congrats indeed! Good for you, and good for Salt too!
Woohoo! That'll keep you out of trouble ;)
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