tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post5279438104582066997..comments2024-02-17T09:53:06.168+00:00Comments on Notes from the Slushpile: Failing... and picking ourselves up againCandy Gourlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-39558939486084089872018-08-12T09:11:11.068+01:002018-08-12T09:11:11.068+01:00Three books cancelled! What a roller coaster this ...Three books cancelled! What a roller coaster this business is! Thanks for including me in this post, Paula. I think what we can take away from this is that if you weren't tough before, you've gotta toughen up fast in this business! Good luck to one and all!Candy Gourlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-50476793577681172462018-07-22T18:42:48.028+01:002018-07-22T18:42:48.028+01:00Thanks for commenting Enid. Publishing certainly i...Thanks for commenting Enid. Publishing certainly is a very up and down business. I think we should celebrate any success whenever we can - no matter how small.Paula Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455380645038090414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-54326589947099045942018-07-22T12:32:13.611+01:002018-07-22T12:32:13.611+01:00Oh I do know about this one. A VERY long time ago,...Oh I do know about this one. A VERY long time ago, I spent almost ten years trying to get a chidren's novel published, but in the process, learning so much. When it finally went to Walker Books, which was back then as much a debut publisher as I was a debut author,it did amazingly well, and for the next ten or so years, they became almost - for there were others - my main publisher. There is nothing that feeds creativity more than the approval and enthusiasm of professional editors in what was fast becoming a highly respected publishing house. No problem acquiring an agent either, as they wanted me.<br />Then, out of the blue, came crunch time. In the middle of celebrating my new Young Adult novel with Simon & Schuster,I discovered that my complete Walker list had been put out of print. This came when I was booked for the Northern Children's Book Festival, and wanted to take some of those books to the schools I was visiting. Well, that, too, was a long time ago, but I still haven't recovered.<br />I'm regularly published at present by an educational publisher, but it's not the same. You can see my old Walker list on my website: www.enidrichemont.org.uk Fantastic cover illustrations! Most published as ebooks, but I'm bad at publicity and mostly can't be bothered. Enid Richemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218197995089241666noreply@blogger.com