Heart & Mind

I'm a publishing student who reblogs an assortment of things, hopefully mostly centered around books, grammar, and TV &Film. But whatever strikes my fancy may sneak in here sometimes, too.

[booksandpublishing]

Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome.

Christopher Hitchens (via booksandpublishing)

[athenasdragon]

I wish that book reviews were presented the same way as fanfiction reviews:

“AFHAKFHDKFHAKHFADSKFHKDFDKJHFKJAD” –The New York Times

“OMG I CANT EVEN WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO THEM” –The Wall Street Journal

“you asshole im crying now” –NPR

“AHH THAT WAS SO CUTE THANK YOU! I’ll publish that book I said I’d write for you like next week, I’m a little busy right now but I LOVE THIS” –Sarah Dessen

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

WHEN I TELL PEOPLE A BOOK IS TERRIBLE AND THEY READ IT ANYWAY

It’s just like:

[raphmike]

Dumbledore is sick of your bullshit games Harry

[ooliganpress]

So You’ve Never Written a Query Letter Before: Here’s How

As one of Ooligan’s acquisitions managers, I read a lot of query letters. Like any other publishing house, we see lots of them, and because we accept unagented submissions, we see a lot of query letters that are written by authors who might not know what should be in a query letter. Sometimes this means … Read more »

The post So You’ve Never Written a Query Letter Before: Here’s How appeared first on Ooligan Press.

[toronoh]

everyone: are you in school? Have you graduated? What are you doing with your degree? Where do you work? What do you plan on doing, long term? What’s your ideal career? How are you saving money? Are you still living at home? When are you moving out? Are you still single? Are you meeting anyone? What–

me:

[egobuzz]

parents: we want grandchildren 

me: [adopts puppy] 

me: congratulations, his name is bark ruffalo and he loves you

[queerbookclub]

Congratulations to all the finalists, winners & honorees of the 2015 Lambda Literary Awards! Below are all of last night’s winners - see the other finalists and learn more about the awards over at Lambda Literary!

LESBIAN FICTION

Yabo, Alexis De Veaux, RedBone Press

GAY FICTION

I Loved You More, Tom Spanbauer, Hawthorne Books

BISEXUAL FICTION

Give It to Me, Ana Castillo, The Feminist Press

TRANSGENDER FICTION

A Safe Girl To Love, Casey Plett, Topside Press

LGBT DEBUT FICTION

The Walk-In Closet, Abdi Nazemian, Curtis Brown Unlimited

LGBT NONFICTION

Hold Tight Gently: Michael Callen, Essex Hemphill, and the Battlefield of AIDS, Martin Duberman, The New Press

BISEXUAL NONFICTION

Fire Shut Up In My Bones, Charles M. Blow, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

TRANSGENDER NONFICTION

Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man, Thomas Page McBee, City Lights/Sister Spit

LESBIAN POETRY

Mysterious Acts by My People, Valerie Wetlaufer, Sibling Rivalry Press

GAY POETRY

[insert] boy, Danez Smith, YesYes Books

 LESBIAN MYSTERY

The Old Deep and Dark, Ellen Hart, Minotaur Books

GAY MYSTERY

Blackmail, My Love: A Murder Mystery, Katie Gilmartin, Cleis Press

LESBIAN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY

Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith, Alethia Jones and Virginia Eubanks, with Barbara Smith,  SUNY Press

Gay Memoir/Biography was a tie! The two winners were:

GAY MEMOIR:

The Prince of Los Cocuyos, Richard Blanco, HarperCollins/Ecco 

GAY BIOGRAPHY:

Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, John Lahr, W. W. Norton & Company

LESBIAN ROMANCE

The Farmer’s Daughter, Robbi McCoy, Bella Books

GAY ROMANCE

Salvation: A Novel of the Civil War, Jeff Mann, Bear Bones Books

LESBIAN EROTICA

Lesbian Sex Bible, Diana Cage, Quiver Books

GAY EROTICA

The King, Tiffany Reisz, MIRA Books

LGBT ANTHOLOGY

Understanding and Teaching US Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History, Leila J. Rupp & Susan K. Freeman, University of Wisconsin Press

LGBT CHILDREN’S/Young adult

Five, Six, Seven, Nate!, Tim Federle, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

LGBT DRAMA

Bootycandy, Robert O'Hara, Samuel French

LGBT GRAPHIC NOVELS

Second Avenue Caper, Joyce Brabner; Art by Mark Zingarelli, Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux

LGBT SF/F/HORROR

Bitter Waters, Chaz Brenchley, Lethe Press

LGBT STUDIES

The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within U.S. Slave Culture, Vincent Woodard, Ed. Justin A. Joyce and Dwight McBride, New York University Press

BETTY BERZON EMERGING WRITER AWARD

Anne Balay

Daisy Hernandez

PIONEER AWARD

Rita Mae Brown

TRUSTEE AWARD

John Waters

[desperatelyseekingwords]

Reading back over your total mess of a first draft

[10aya]

I should be writing my thesis...

But I'm letting someone stab me very quickly with tiny needles instead.

[englishmajorhumor]

My English Major Success Story

chucktingleofficial submitted:

I graduated with a B.A. in English with a concentration in writing and a specialty in queer theory on May 3, 2014. After 11 months working a few jobs that were okay but not great in unrelated fields, I got a job in April as a proofreader at a publishing company in Nashville. I make good money, I work with kind, creative people who care about me and appreciate my talent, and I’m doing something that I enjoy and am good at.

Don’t let anybody discourage you from getting an English degree (ESPECIALLY if you aren’t getting a teaching degree to go with it) by saying that you won’t find a job in your field. I let people convince me my degree was useless and it took me almost a year to find the right fit for me because I thought I wouldn’t be prepared to handle a “real job”. Your English degree IS useful, you CAN find your dream job, and it will be worth it! I’m so happy now! And I won’t lie–being able to tell the people who said I had a “useless degree” that I’ve found a great English career and am making more money than them is SWEET. 😊

I’m so glad you found something you love! Thank you for sharing your story :)

[whatshouldwecallgradschool]

WHEN YOU GAIN THE “THESIS 15″

credit: nature-runs

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

WHEN I’M REALLY INTO MY BOOK AND OBLIVIOUS TO EVERYTHING ELSE

It’s just like:

[10aya]

The title of a classmate's presentation.

[10aya]

me: wakes up an hour early with more than enough time to shower and get ready

me: lies in bed until ten minutes before the time i have to leave

me: still debates whether i can get away with lying here for another five minutes

[snowedinscribe]

Vote on the Best Title!

ooliganpress Press wants your help to name their new book on the history of jazz. Vote today and be a part of the publishing process!

http://ooligan.pdx.edu/start-to-finish/mastersounds/

[freakofliterature]

If you’re not following publishing houses on Twitter then you’re chirping all wrong.