tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663480056175321369.post6219109056685151944..comments2023-06-20T04:07:29.353-07:00Comments on Highland Rogue Writing: You Too!?RobRoy McCandlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07397516891800422514noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663480056175321369.post-18643030128217328642018-11-14T13:24:44.551-08:002018-11-14T13:24:44.551-08:00That's what pushed me over the edge. There wer...That's what pushed me over the edge. There were lots and lots of flags, but I ignored them. Hopefully, our experiences can help someone else!RobRoy McCandlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397516891800422514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663480056175321369.post-90422568279907862872018-11-14T13:00:55.375-08:002018-11-14T13:00:55.375-08:00I'm still shaking my head over the U-two. And ...I'm still shaking my head over the U-two. And she called me a "mediocre" editor. <br /><br />My ex agent insisted on replacing, using the term Shaman in my American Indian novels. Despite my telling him, no, it's not the right term. Once I got out of the contract with him, and saw the version he was shopping to publishers (as romance, the book is not romance) his editor had changed every instance of "medicine man" to "shaman". Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732990670104875171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663480056175321369.post-67956233333831087932018-11-13T13:01:02.431-08:002018-11-13T13:01:02.431-08:00That would indeed be incredibly frustrating. Autho...That would indeed be incredibly frustrating. Authors put thought in to the names—sometimes a great deal of thought—and usually that's not something that the editors/publishers care too much about (unless the name is too close to a real person, or sounds odd, etc.). The same EX publisher wanted to change my character's name. Story to follow!RobRoy McCandlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397516891800422514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663480056175321369.post-72204342462331036682018-11-13T12:43:31.774-08:002018-11-13T12:43:31.774-08:00Several years ago I went to a book signing by RA S...Several years ago I went to a book signing by RA Salvatore. I’m sure you know who that is, but for those that don’t he writes fantasy adventure novels in a D&D universe. At the time I think he was the most popular writer in the sub-genre, he may be still. He was much friendlier and down to earth than I expected, but someone in the audience asked him about an incident that clearly made him angry. Apparently during the publishing of Spine of the World his publisher changed the names of several new characters in the book without telling him. So when he went to a book signing, like the one I was at, people were asking him about characters in his book and he had no idea who they were talking about. This is an author who wrote several NYT best sellers and apparently had very little control over his work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15422226710191811143noreply@blogger.com