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Wrestling with Authors is an interesting perspective on how much (or little) control editors have over their charges.

The let the authors have a little fun with these cage matches

Check out the White Witch versus Baltar

Here is an interesting blog on being an editorial assistant at Del Rey. -

http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2010/11/the-c...Suvudu_Facebook

Blog on descriptive writing

For those who write it's worth reading one author's view

They featured Michael Whelan's artwork on the Suvudu site today.

Love it.

Michael Whelan

A short piece today from Shelly Shapiro.

The Cubicle at the End of the Universe: Shelly Shapiro

Sometimes little blog insights are cool, other times they take away from the experience. Hidden away in Maine...interesting.

In a way the blip on the quality control for Allies seems more understandable. I know people are more into working from home, but I've seen many problems arise from this type of arrangement. There is something to be said for being immersed in the corporate mindset.

I guess I've always had in my head that Shelley was an iconic NY publishing editor, tough, businesswoman, corporate-minded, and that's not the picture I have anymore in my mind.

This post has been edited by T'Keira Lea on Dec 10 2010, 08:34 PM

Cool Superhero giveaway contest at Suvudu

So one fan didn't think so highly of the WoW connection when commenting on the blog.

Methinks they didn't go looking for a next great author for Star Wars when signing Golden but rather handed it to one of Shelley's WoW pals, which makes this all the more painful.

Suvudu blog on what the next Star Wars movie should be

I'm not sure why this topic has come up so much recently except that people in the know have gotten wind this may be a possibility. So if you want to get your in...

Thanks for the heads up, TKL. Now I feel like I got in at the ground level.

Vote on your fave lightsaber battle.

http://star-wars.suvudu.com/2011/02/poll-f...ber-battle.html

Would you pay more for interior art?

Yes.

But coming from me, that answer is kind of obvious.

Oddly what I've seen in buzz about trends is that art will be what gets people to buy a book as opposed to the eversions of books. They be more like collector copies.

I can see that happening. Aside from enjoying art for the quality of it, there's something special about turning a page and seeing a well-done piece of art that helps to cement the pictures already formed/forming in your head from reading the prose.

On the other hand, I cite the strong reaction to DR's change in cover art style. The response was swift - and significantly negative - which tells me that people do care about such things. And now that we know the series ought to have been tossed in a dumper, I sometimes wonder whether the awful new covers were an intentional smokescreen, a way of informing us that bigger change was afoot (and we've seen plenty over the course of FOTJ), or perhaps Shelley and Sue thought we'd be so mesmerized by the "spiffy" new cover art we wouldn't realize what a craptastic story arc they'd developed.

Of course, there's always the chance that the DR and LL people are simply clueless on yet another level: that they couldn't tell a good piece of book art (cover or interior) if it was tattooed on their faces. We've already seen what a great job they do of identifying ripping good SW space opera when they read it.

This post has been edited by oldjedinurse on Mar 9 2011, 04:48 PM

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy...h-makeover.html

Along the lines of art selling a book, check out the new Little Red Riding Hood.

Beautiful artwork. Certainly not aimed at an audience of children - although the Brothers Grimm were actually rather adult and dark in their writing which in my mind makes their stories borderline as children's lit anyway.

Advice on settings as characters from Terry Brooks

http://suvudu.com/2011/07/have-lunch-with-...t_Suvudu_stream

Free lunch with Zahn and Shapiro at Comic Con. Hmmm, interesting.