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So You Want to Edit a YA Anthology?


Should you credit an editor in a book? - Quora

Take a look at published books. Very seldom are editors given credit. It's nice when they are . . . but they were paid to do a job and they did ...

How and Why to Edit an Anthology: Addressing the Naysayers

People don't like reading collections. These were the words of the naysayers, and there were many. “Don't do it,” my friend's agent said to her ...

I contributed to an anthology that is a mess. Will this hurt my query?

Chapters would be contributed by writers and non-writers alike, and she would edit the work and get it published. Since I had personal ...

How to Publish an Anthology

As the publisher and editor of the anthology, you want to ensure that the readers get a cohesive set of stories. If an account doesn't fit the ...

EDITING - Emily Colin

Are you getting ready to pitch your book? I'll do a line-by-line edit pass of your query letter, making sure it's genre-appropriate, has a strong hook, and ...

How To Become A Book Editor: A Guide For Newcomers | Book Riot

You want to edit picture books? Read every picture book you can get your hands on. Do internships! Pretty much everyone I know in publishing got ...

Anatomy of an Anthology: THE V WORD edited by Amber J Keyser

Today's edition of “Anatomy of an Anthology” comes from Amber J. Keyser, editor of the nonfiction YA anthology The V-Word, published by ...

In Celebration of When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology

Join Also-Known-As and the Asian American Writers' Workshop in person to celebrate When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology, ...

Editing - Kat Howard

No. I do not edit query letters, sample chapters, synopses, partial manuscripts or anything other than full manuscripts. What kind of editing is this?

On Editing an Anthology - Writers and Publishers Network

You put out a call for auditions (submissions), audition potential cast members (read and rank the submissions), select the cast (choose the ...

Dahlia Adler's Blog - Goodreads

So You Want to Edit a YA Anthology? Anyone who's edited a YA anthology since the recent boom began knows it's pretty impossible to go at the proposal stage ...

Dane Swan on Diversity, Good Editing, and His New Anthology

Changing the Face of Canadian Literature is an anthology of poetry and prose that I compiled and edited for Guernica Editions. It's an anthology ...

Writing Podcast Episode 234 Meet Dr Anita Heiss, editor of the ...

In Episode 234 of So you want to be a writer: How to give a bad author talk (yes a bad one!). You'll hear about the Kids & YA Festival (now ...

A Serial YA Anthology | EPISTOLARY - FORESHADOW

What do you want?” “Hot chocolate with peppermint. A big one.” Sivan makes a ... I change Moshe the frog's clothes, too, putting him in a nice frilly ...

Read This Short Story From New BAME YA Anthology "A Change Is ...

I want to say someone is in my place but it's a girl who's just visiting for the day before deciding whether to join our school next year. Milly ...

Creating book trailers for YA fiction anthology TOMO - Inkygirl

I created two book trailers to help promote the anthology. The editor, Holly Thompson, helped me collect the materials I needed. Here's the ...

Anthology and Magazine Editor, Michael Bracken - Joan Leotta

Michael: This goes back to an earlier answer: I want to see more stories that have an emotional impact. And I want to see more manuscripts from ...

Guest Post: Erin E. Moulton on an Anthology Proposal Crash Course

Anthologies aren't anthologies without contributors. When considering contributors, you'll want to figure out who they are and where you'll find them. Will they ...

How to Create a Riveting Collection of Short Stories or Poems

If you like to write short pieces like I do, you will probably want to ... As a teenager I picked up The Dragon Book, which is an anthology ...

How to Collaborate with Other Authors on an Anthology - Lyndsey Hall

I first got the opportunity to submit a story to an anthology a couple of months before I published my debut novel, sometime in mid-2020. I'd ...