Thursday, February 9, 2017

Are you a snowflake?

It would appear that publishers are protecting us. I don't know what we'd do without them.

I don't know what's weirder -- that they're protecting readers or second-guessing writers. Or protecting themselves. I don't even know what's happening anymore. We have "culture experts" now? OK.

Some publishing houses provide their own sensitivity readers, particularly in genres—such as young adult literature—where the industry feels protective of its audience. Stacy Whitman, who helms the middle-grade imprint of Lee & Low Books, explained that on most manuscripts her team consults a plexus of “cultural experts” they’ve discovered through “networking and research.” The responses flow back to the author “as part of the editorial process,” and each reader earns a modest honorarium. (The site Writing in the Margins recommends $250 per manuscript as a starting fee.) MORE>>


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