tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post1520422305277420356..comments2024-03-12T08:32:00.120-04:00Comments on EditorMom: What's Really Going On in PublishingKatharine O'Moore-Klopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-39806290067076085822008-12-08T16:22:00.000-05:002008-12-08T16:22:00.000-05:00Oh, no, Kathy F., it's never the wrong time to get...Oh, no, Kathy F., it's never the wrong time to get back to writing. If you write fiction well enough, there will always be a place for it. Human beings love a good story.Katharine O'Moore-Klopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-64581152469792600812008-12-08T16:06:00.000-05:002008-12-08T16:06:00.000-05:00I guess I picked the wrong time to think about get...I guess I picked the wrong time to think about getting back into the business of writing. <BR/><BR/>But then I never thought of it as a business in the first place, which was part of my problem. <BR/><BR/>I think fiction is quite a different animal, though, than nonfiction. I rarely want to search for phrases when I read fiction; I just want to get to the satisfying ending, and be on the edge of my seat along the way! Not the same reading online, though I agree with you about reading online generally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-35620003346604726512008-12-08T08:58:00.000-05:002008-12-08T08:58:00.000-05:00I'm a dinosaur too, Valbrussell, both in publishin...I'm a dinosaur too, Valbrussell, both in publishing and in journalism. I thought that I'd hate it when print newspapers became obsolete. You know what, though? I much prefer reading them onscreen. And as a copyeditor of book and journal manuscripts, I already read manuscripts onscreen all day long. I'm very happy with the ability to search and scroll that onscreen reading offers and that hard-copy reading doesn't. I guess I've always been an adaptable dinosaur: I was using a computer as a freelancer long before my publisher clients were using computers. I've always wondered why they're so slow to take to new technology. It seems that that reluctance has major consequences.Katharine O'Moore-Klopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-73907574072767514962008-12-08T08:22:00.000-05:002008-12-08T08:22:00.000-05:00I'm not sure if it's because I'm a dinosaur, but t...I'm not sure if it's because I'm a dinosaur, but this is a chilling thought. As a writer it pains me to think of books without covers, ink and paper. It all feels too transient and superficial to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com