Novel Writing on Edge - Development Notes From Algonkian Writer Conferences

    by Connie Chenowith of Author Salon _______ Q: What made you guys decide to start a novel editing service ? It's a natural outgrowth of the writer conferences. Writers are always asking for something like this, especially following the New York Pitch Conference . Overall, I've spent many hours helping alums get published, all pro bono, and now I feel it's time to parallel that with another more methodical and goal-defined process. Besides, we can justify far more dedication to any given project over a longer length of time if actual remuneration is involved.  CC:  That makes sense, of course, but seriously, does the world need another novel editing service? Yes and no. The world does not need another commonplace editorial service. Ours is unique, indefinite in length, customized for each writer, and finally, structured more productively than other novel editing services--the condition we're striving for in terms of methods and final resu...

ALL THE DARK WE WILL NOT SEE , published by the distinguished Serving House Books, first appeared as "Year of The Rhinoceros," published by a popular and respected literary press in LA known as Red Hen Press. The initial birth of this story, fallen to earth as a big cracked egg, never possessed the proper edits or even a suitable cover. Not only that, but the lamination peeled easily, type was smudged in quarter-sized spots throughout the book, and the presence of it was generally rendered odd by "burn victim" artwork I was forced to swallow in order to prevent an even worse cover from potentially manifesting itself. But my intention here isn't to bitch about the staff of chickens at Red Hen, it's to make sense out of the emergence of a new edition of the novel now entitled ALL THE DARK WE WILL NOT SEE . As time passed, I became more and more determined to get my rights back and land a new publisher, and I was eventually successful. The new edition now ...