Stark Reflections On Writing And Publishing

Mark interviews editor Erika Steeves about her experiences in working with publishers and authors as an editor. Prior to the interview, Mark shares a brief personal update and a word about this episode's sponsor. This episode is sponsored by HOW TO WRITE A HOWLING GOOD STORY by Wulf Moon You can get this book in eBook, Trade Paperback, and Hardcover editions here. Between Dec 15, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024, you can get the eBook for 50% off at Smashwords.   In their interview, Mark and Erika talk about: Meeting at the Waterloo Book Festival How Erika got involved in the world of writing and editing by starting off as an editorial internship at a regional Canadian publisher on Canada's East Coast Deciding to become a freelance editor in 2012 taking on academic projects and some book projects Pivoting over to do more editing on fiction in 2019/2020 Erika's experience reading the slushpile from a publisher and how that exposed her to great manuscripts that she loved but which weren't suited for that publisher's mand