"Mr. Kellwood is looking for someone to assist him in recasting his journals into a form suitable for wider audience. The tone should be urbane, warm, and scholarly—somewhat in the manner of Lewis Thomas, but, of course, about plywood."
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book, books, novel, novels, literature, writer, writers, author, authors, writing, publishing, publisher, publishers, editor, editors, publishing house, publishing houses, publishing company, publishing companies, manuscript, manuscripts, animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, rodent, rodents, squirrel, squirrels, nest, nests, nesting, material, materials, backhanded compliment, backhanded compliments, compliment, compliments, complimenting, insulting"I can't help thinking there's a book in this."
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adam and eve, adam & eve, book, books, publisher, publishers, publishing, writer, writers, author, authors, autobiography, autobiographical, bible, bible story, bible stories, the bible, old testament, genesis, garden of eden, inspiration, inspirations, muse, muses, inspire, inspires, inspiring"We do not usually acknowledge unsolicited manuscripts, but we want you to know that we tore yours into tiny pieces. Yours sincerely, The Op-Ed Page."
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manuscript, manuscripts, unsolicited manuscript, unsolicited manuscripts, publisher, publishers, publishing, rejection, rejections, writer, writers, writing, author, authors, newspaper, newspapers, rejection letter, rejection letters, paranoia, paranoid, greatest fear, greatest fears, self-esteem, op-ed, op-ed page, editorial, editorials, freelancer, freelancers, freelancing, cruel, heartless"I'd like the novel they paid 3.2 million dollars for, whatever the hell it is."
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book shop, book shops, bookshop, bookshops, book store, book stores, bookstore, bookstores, book seller, bookseller, book sellers, booksellers, book selling, book selling, reading, expensive book, expensive books, pretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, uniformed, following trends, following the pack, empty headed, publishing, publisher, publishers"Frankly, it sucks. On the other hand, there's nothing in it to offend China."
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china, chinese, chinese market, chinese markets, growing economy, economic growth, writer, writers, writing, mass appeal, appeal, appeals, lowest common denominator, lowest common denominators, pander, panders, pandering, sellout, sellouts, sell out, sell outs, selling out, author, authors, writer, writers, novelist, novelists, publisher, publishers, publishing, crossover, crossovers, globalist, globalism, world trade, free trade"Great news! Your novel is in a medium-size pile in the middle of the floor about four feet from the left side of Oprah's assistant's desk."
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writer, writers, author, authors, oprah, oprah winfrey, oprah's book club, bestseller, bestsellers, bestselling, publisher, publishers, publishing, acclaim, critical acclaim, book sales, book seller, book sellers, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, big break, big breaks, break, breaks, literary agent, literary agents, shortlist, shortlists, shortlisted"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."
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writer, writers, writing, author, authors, book, books, novel, novels, literature, publisher, publishers, publishing, editor, editors, publishing company, publishing companies, publishing house, publishing industry, literary agent, literary agents, public, pressure, internal motivation, student, students, college, college, college student, college students, university, universities, essay, essays, paper, papers, dating, date, dates, stress, stressful, education, higher education, academia, academics, pretentious, flattery, pompous"The editor who turned down the first Harry Potter book, say hello to the publisher who took a pass on Stephen King."
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publisher, publishers, publishing, literary gathering, literary gatherings, literary editor, literary editors, editor, editors, publishing house, publishing houses, intro, intros, introduction, introductions, small talk, party, parties, missed opportunity, missed opportunities, lost opportunity, lost opportunities"It's a children's book, with lots and lots of interesting recipes."
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witch, witches, writer, writers, writing, write, author, authors, literary, literacy, literature, book, books, novel, novels, cookbook, cookbooks, recipe, recipes, recipe book, recipe books, fairy tale, fairy tales, poison, potion, potions, children, child, kid, kids, publisher, publishers, publishing"Pecos Bildungsroman"
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pecos bill, tall tale, tall tales, western, westerns, myth, myths, mythology, mythological figure, mythological figures, bildungsroman, come of age, comes of age, coming of age, novel, novels, autobiography, autobiographies, biography, biographies, biographer, biographers, portmanteau, portmanteaus, outlaw, outlaws, cowboy, cowboys, legend, lgends, legendary, lore, publisher, publishers, publishing'The Moving Finger Writes; And, Having Writ, Moves On To A Three Week, Twenty City Book Tour.'
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omar, khayyam, rubaiyat of omar khayyam, the moving finger, writer, writers, writing, write, author, authors, literary, literacy, literature, book, books, novel, novels, tour, tours, publisher, publishers, publishing, published, finger, fingers, book tour, book tours"We're really, really interested. Now take it home and make it sing."
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literature, literary, word play, play on words, bookworm, book worm, bookworms, book worm, book, books, novel, novels, library, librarians, librarian, book lover, book lovers, literature, literary, lit, lit major, read, reading, avid reader, readers, reader, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, bookstore, book store, bookstores, book stores, editor, editors, publisher, publishers, publishing, jargon, excuse, excuses, sleaze, sleazy"As a cost-cutting measure, for our fall list we have decided to bypass traditional bookstore sales and subsequent remaindering, and instead go directly to the shredder."
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cost-cutting, cost-cutting measure, cost-cutting measures, brick and mortar, bookstore, bookstores, book store, book stores, publisher, publishers, publishing, bad book, bad books, bad writer, bad writers, author, authors, writer, writers, writing, sales, seller, sellers, book sale, book sales, shredder, shredders, shredding, paper shredder, paper shredders, paper shredding"Your editor wants to know if you have enough flexibility to just give up."
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give up, writer, writers, publisher, publishers, editor, editors, harsh, flexibility, veiled, veiled, fire, firing, give-up, giving up, give-up, giving-up, phone call, phone calls, threat, threatening, flexible, fired, fired, minced words, writing, telephone, telephones, book, books, journalist, journalism, novel, novels"I'm calling it 'Genesis.' It's part of a five-book contract."
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religion, religious, bible, old testament, book, books, writer, writers, author, authors, literature, publisher, publishers, series, book series, series of books, desert, history, historical, popular book, popular books, ancient, jewish, judaism, christian, christianity, scribe, scribes, contract, contracts, shpasik, jtoons"This is a very important book. In fact, it's too important to publish."
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publisher, publishers, author, authors, book, books, writer, writers, writing, business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, rejected, rejection, starving artist, starving writer, freelance, freelance writer, published writer, english literature, english lit majors, english lit degree, english literature degree, english literature major, excuse, excuses, excuse making, editor, editors"You know what I wish? I wish there was a foundation that gave grants just to lie fallow for a year or so."
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grant, grants, lazy, laziness, writer, writers, writing, author, authors, journalist, journalists, journalism, write, writing, writing process, manuscript, manuscripts, fund, funds, funding, literature, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, wish, wishes, wishing, idea, ideas, inspiration, inspirations, grant money, freelance, freelances, freelancing, freelancer, freelancers, recharge, recharges, recharging, publish, publishes, publishing, publisher, publishers, fund, funds, funding, creative, creative process, creativityPublishing Clauses Of The '90s.
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publisher, publishers, contract, contracts, publishing, publishing contract, publishing contracts, contract, contracts, clause, clauses, fine print, read the fine print, author, authors, writer, writers, novelist, novelists, advance, advances, bilk, bilks, literary agent, literary agents, litigation, take advantage, takes advantage, taking advantage"We've never published anything by a Pearl Harbor denier before."
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pearl harbor, peal harbour, global warming, denier, deniers, denial, denialism, holocaust, holocaust denier, holocaust deniers, wwii, wwii history, history, peer review, peer reviewed, peer reviewed journal, academic journal, academic journals, publisher, publishers, educators, educators, ignorant, ignorance"It's structured as a set of two parallel stories that no one would ever want to read."
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pitch, pitches, pitch meeting, pitch meetings, writer, writers, author, authors, structure, structures, story structure, story structures, publisher, publishers, publishing, self-doubt, doubt, doubts, nagging doubt, nagging doubts, insecure, insecurity, insecurities, read, reads, readers, readership, readerships, book, books, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, editor, editors, editing, creative, creativity, creative person, creative people, readership, hook, hooks, hooking readers, ratings, bestseller, bestsellers, honest, honesty, brutal honesty, brutally honest"It's a terrifically gripping detective thriller, but we were wondering if you could make it Swedish."
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