2024May<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My initiation into the world of book publishing was traumatic and unpleasant, to say the least. The writer\u2019s group held a convention, inviting Kent Brown, an editor\/publisher. He was enthusiastic about my manuscript for a children\u2019s book, asked a lot of questions, and asked to take it with him. I was thrilled. After 6 weeks, my colleagues urged me to write to ask the status of my manuscript. He replied, he\u2019d sent it to another department for review. After another few weeks, my colleague heard from a friend in the Buffalo writer\u2019s group that he\u2019d given it to a woman in his stable of writers. She changed my story to have the young blind girl walking with a guide dog in harness. I wrote that it had been brought to my attention that the change to my story was a dis-service to the blind, as trained guide dogs are not issued to very young children. Although I received no response, the woman changed the ending to have the young child playing in the meadow with the dog sans harness. The experience made me very wary of submitting my intellectual properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My next foray into publishing was to submit an article from the dog\u2019s point of view to a dog magazine. Ross Becker, the editor, promptly replied that he really wanted my article, but that he was the only one who would write from the dog\u2019s point of view and would I change it to a person\u2019s point of view. Of course, I agreed and a long-term relationship was formed. I wrote two or three articles each year for several years until he and Judy\u2019s untimely death in a car crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After my children went to school, I established a daily writing schedule to write from 9:00AM to Noon and beyond if I was in hot pursuit of a story. Many times I found the pieces I wrote through my tears or as I laughed turned out to be the most emotionally grabbing and popular pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I edited my manuscript as best I could with the screen reader and the word processor\u2019s attributes, then, discuss any edits with the publisher. With \u201cCharles and David\u201d the editor and I went toe to toe about an issue until we realized that she was coming at the diabetes from a hypo glycimic point, while I was coming at it from the hyper glycimic side. Bottom line, to get the book published, I caved and agreed with her. She carried \u201cThe Night Search\u201d and \u201cCharles and David\u201d for 26 of her 27 years of being in business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Self-publishing \u201cGreen Trillium\u201d was not an experience I\u2019d like to do again. I had a manuscript started and was introduced to illustrator from Finland who was here with her husband, a nano-physisist. They were here for the one year of his research grant. We got along well and I liked the descriptions I heard about the sample pictures she drew. I wantedto get the book published as a gift to her before they left the states. The publishers didn\u2019t follow my directions about color, making the illustrations very cartoonish. They refused to put page numbers on a children\u2019s book and a variety of other issues. A year after Mia and her husband went on to Genoa, Italy, I paid $75 to mail her one copy. Not long after that, I bing-ed her name and found that she\u2019d translated it into Finish, without my copyright permission, but it was done and I didn\u2019t see much sense of suing for royalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While I have two book manuscripts on my dream list of things to have published, I find magazine and newspaper articles are most rewarding. They have a built-In market and I can concentrate more on writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ll be happy to answer any questions when Alice opens the discussion phase of our meeting. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
### format for talk<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My initiation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
into the world of<\/p>\n\n\n\n
book publishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
was traumatic<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and unpleasant,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to say the least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The writer\u2019s group held<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a convention,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
inviting Kent Brown,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
an editor\/publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was enthusiastic<\/p>\n\n\n\n
about my manuscript<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for a children\u2019s book,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
asked a lot of questions,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and asked to take it with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was thrilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After 6 weeks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
my colleagues urged me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to write to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ask the status<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of my manuscript.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He replied,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
he\u2019d sent it to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
another department for review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After another few weeks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
my colleague heard from<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a friend in the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buffalo writer\u2019s group<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that he\u2019d given it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to a woman in his stable<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of writers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She changed my story<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to have the young blind girl<\/p>\n\n\n\n
walking with a guide dog in harness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wrote that<\/p>\n\n\n\n
it had been brought to my attention<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that the change to my story<\/p>\n\n\n\n
was a dis-service to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the blind,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
as trained guide dogs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
are not issued<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to very young children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although I received no response<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the woman changed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the ending to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
have the young child<\/p>\n\n\n\n
playing in the meadow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with the dog sans harness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The experience made me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
very wary of submitting<\/p>\n\n\n\n
my intellectual properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My next foray<\/p>\n\n\n\n
into publishing was to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
submit an article<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from the dog\u2019s point of view<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to a dog magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ross Becker, the editor,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
promptly replied<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that he really wanted my article,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
but that he was the only<\/p>\n\n\n\n
one who would write from<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the dog\u2019s point of view<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and would I change<\/p>\n\n\n\n
it to a person\u2019s point of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, I agreed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and a long-term relationship<\/p>\n\n\n\n
was formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wrote two or three<\/p>\n\n\n\n
articles each year<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for several years<\/p>\n\n\n\n
until he and Judy\u2019s untimely death<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in a car crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After my children went to school,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I established a daily writing schedule<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to write from 9 aM to Noon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and beyond<\/p>\n\n\n\n
if I was in hot pursuit<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of a story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many times I found<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the pieces I wrote<\/p>\n\n\n\n
through my tears<\/p>\n\n\n\n
or as I laughed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
turned out to be<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the most emotionally grabbing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and popular pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I edited my manuscript<\/p>\n\n\n\n
as best I could<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with the screen reader<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and the word<\/p>\n\n\n\n
processor\u2019s attributes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
then, discuss any edits<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With \u201cCharles and David\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the editor and I<\/p>\n\n\n\n
went toe to toe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
about an issue<\/p>\n\n\n\n
until we realized<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that she was coming at the diabetes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from a hypo glycimic point,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
while I was coming at it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from the hyper glycimic side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bottom line,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to get the book published,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I caved and<\/p>\n\n\n\n
agreed with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She carried \u201cThe Night Search\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and \u201cCharles and David\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for 26 of her 27 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of being in business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Self-publishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGreen Trillium\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
was not an experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019d like to do again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had a manuscript started<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and was introduced to an<\/p>\n\n\n\n
illustrator from Finland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
who was here with her husband<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a nano-physisist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were here<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for the one year of his research grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We got along well<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and I liked the descriptions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I heard about the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sample pictures she drew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wanted to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
get the book published<\/p>\n\n\n\n
as a gift to her<\/p>\n\n\n\n
before they left the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The publishers didn\u2019t follow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
my directions about color,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
they made the illustrations very cartoonish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They refused to put page numbers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
on a children\u2019s book<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and a variety of<\/p>\n\n\n\n
other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A year after Mia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and her husband went on<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to Genoa, Italy,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I paid $75 to mail<\/p>\n\n\n\n
her one free copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not long after that,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I bing-ed her name<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and found that she\u2019d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
translated it into Finish,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
without my copyright permission,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
but it was done<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and I didn\u2019t see<\/p>\n\n\n\n
much sense of<\/p>\n\n\n\n
suing for royalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While I have two<\/p>\n\n\n\n
book manuscripts<\/p>\n\n\n\n
on my dream list<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of things to have published,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I find magazine<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and newspaper articles<\/p>\n\n\n\n
are most rewarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They have a built-In<\/p>\n\n\n\n
market<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and I can concentrate more<\/p>\n\n\n\n
on writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I may have<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only 3 books<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I have<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over fifteen hundred by-lines to my credit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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