So, here I am. Still in New York, but now I have a job! That doesn’t mean I’ll stop editing for The Handle, because you guys are awesome. Obviously. It just means that maybe I will finally have something to blog about! I’ve started working for the German Book Office New York, which “is a small nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote German rights and licenses. It also acts as a liaison between the German and North American publishing communities. The GBO supports German rights holders as they sell their titles to North American publishers and works to make translated German titles available to a large reading audience in the U.S.” I didn’t write that last part. But I could if I wanted to! So I’m here, figuring things out. Last night, I attended the first of many book clubs I will attend hosted by my predecessor, …
So, it’s been longer than I had planned for another update from my New York adventures. I’m so behind because I’ve been so busy here! Life moves very quickly, and therefore I have quite a bit to share with y’all. I’ve officially been in the city for two weeks now, and experienced an impressive amount of the city in such a short period of time. Let’s see, here’s a rough break-down of what I’ve been up to: -I started my internship with the Waxman Literary Agency last Monday, and I love it! The agents and other office peoples are very pleasant, smart, and appear to have good music taste (or whoever keeps playing random singles that I love does, anyhow). At the internship I get to read Scott’s slush, which basically means I get to determine whether or not various queries are worth the agents’ time. That is a power …
So I had planned on writing about my great first two days in NYC, but instead I am going to write about how terrified I am of the now-impending zombie apocalypse. The recent news from Canada, Maryland, and Miami is horrifying. My fear of the new bath salts drug has been amplified, and I am concerned even more by the apparent lack of reason behind the other brutal murders that happened recently. These type of things are what I fear the “2012/end of the world” scare is really about. People are crazy! Gah. Okay, I guess this is a short and horrifying rant. Here is my PSA: Please do not do bath salts.
Hi! So, I’m the copy editor for The Handle, and I’ve really enjoyed it this far. I just graduated from Auburn University, and I’m making a trek to the Big Apple next week to start an internship at the Waxman Literary Agency. That said, I’ll probably be blogging about my time in New York. I’ll occasionally write about something controversial, I’m sure, but for now I’m planning to give y’all a semi-play-by-play of my goings-on in the wide world (or small world, really) of publishing. Going to New York (read: trying to live in NYC) is the one thing I can say has always been a dream of mine. There’s nothing else I can say I have always wanted to do, so this is a great chance for me! I guess I don’t know what else to post here except maybe a short list of everything I’m excited about doing…. …