Comments on: Question of the Month: Joy http://www.litpark.com/2010/02/01/question-of-the-month-joy/ LitPark Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2010/02/01/question-of-the-month-joy/#comment-5621 SusanHenderson Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:43:51 +0000 http://litpark.com/?p=1503#comment-5621 More jobs, guys. Get to work! Editor—Razorbill [Full Time] Penguin Group (USA) (New York, NY) Contracts Associate [Full Time] Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY) Accounting Assistant, Children's Books [Full Time] Sheldon Fogelman Agency, Inc. (New York, NY) Editorial Director [Full Time] Brilliance Audio (Grand Haven, MI) Acquisitions Editor [Full Time/Freelance] Globe Pequot Press (Guilford, CT) Managing Editor (Pharma) [Full Time] WebMD (Manhattan, NY) Sales Assistant [Full Time] W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. (New York, NY) Publishersmarketplace.com/jobs Web Programmer Academy of American Poets http://www.facebook.com/l/72e8e;www.idealist.org/en/job/368872-118 New York, New York, United States Visitor Services Assistant The Morgan Library & Museum http://www.facebook.com/l/b06b3;www.idealist.org/en/job/369146-275 New York, New York, United States Assistant Director of Admissions for Recruitment The Juilliard School http://www.facebook.com/l/b06b3;www.idealist.org/en/job/369123-135 New York, New York, United States More jobs, guys. Get to work!

Editor—Razorbill [Full Time]
Penguin Group (USA) (New York, NY)

Contracts Associate [Full Time]
Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY)

Accounting Assistant, Children’s Books [Full Time]
Sheldon Fogelman Agency, Inc. (New York, NY)

Editorial Director [Full Time]
Brilliance Audio (Grand Haven, MI)

Acquisitions Editor [Full Time/Freelance]
Globe Pequot Press (Guilford, CT)

Managing Editor (Pharma) [Full Time]
WebMD (Manhattan, NY)

Sales Assistant [Full Time]
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. (New York, NY)

Publishersmarketplace.com/jobs

Web Programmer
Academy of American Poets
http://www.facebook.com/l/72e8e;www.idealist.org/en/job/368872-118
New York, New York, United States

Visitor Services Assistant
The Morgan Library & Museum
http://www.facebook.com/l/b06b3;www.idealist.org/en/job/369146-275
New York, New York, United States

Assistant Director of Admissions for Recruitment
The Juilliard School
http://www.facebook.com/l/b06b3;www.idealist.org/en/job/369123-135
New York, New York, United States

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2010/02/01/question-of-the-month-joy/#comment-5620 SusanHenderson Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:25:32 +0000 http://litpark.com/?p=1503#comment-5620 Ha! What you said about the shrinking clown car made me laugh out loud. And I think you're right, artists have to learn to transcend not only the rejections but also the pressure to produce what's trendy and get back to the art, the individual calling. Love what you said about the moment you don't feel like you're the puppet master so much as someone who's watching the story unfold. For me the final revisions are about removing all indications of those strings so that I, as a reader now, fully believe the characters and the story. It's a great feeling when something you imagined comes to life. Ha! What you said about the shrinking clown car made me laugh out loud. And I think you’re right, artists have to learn to transcend not only the rejections but also the pressure to produce what’s trendy and get back to the art, the individual calling. Love what you said about the moment you don’t feel like you’re the puppet master so much as someone who’s watching the story unfold. For me the final revisions are about removing all indications of those strings so that I, as a reader now, fully believe the characters and the story. It’s a great feeling when something you imagined comes to life.

]]> By: Aurelio http://www.litpark.com/2010/02/01/question-of-the-month-joy/#comment-5619 Aurelio Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:38:40 +0000 http://litpark.com/?p=1503#comment-5619 Oh, and to actually answer your question Susan, the real joy for me is when my characters come alive and begin writing themselves. It feels so strange. Like a variation on automatic writing. Like, "Is this coming out of me?" But when that separation happens, when they become real in my head, I can enjoy them as an observer rather than a puppet master. Oh, and to actually answer your question Susan, the real joy for me is when my characters come alive and begin writing themselves. It feels so strange. Like a variation on automatic writing. Like, “Is this coming out of me?” But when that separation happens, when they become real in my head, I can enjoy them as an observer rather than a puppet master.

]]> By: Aurelio http://www.litpark.com/2010/02/01/question-of-the-month-joy/#comment-5618 Aurelio Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:07:53 +0000 http://litpark.com/?p=1503#comment-5618 I believe any creative career comes with this potential downside, be it fine arts, acting, writing, dance, or music. It is especially difficult to be a creative sort in our current corporate-dominated, quick-money, short-term-gain world. This world insists on reducing risk, and the unknown is by definition risky. This leaves us only with the known, thus all the regurgitated fodder, the smaller and smaller client lists, ho-hum book sales and a shrinking market. I think to <i>creatively</I> flourish as writers we need to ignore things like publishing company's wants and be the ones driving the literary world rather than begging publishers, agents, and the like for a seat in their downsized and shrinking clown car. Just as Jobs, Wozniak, and Wayne did with Apple, Inc., we need to reinvent our industry out on the edges and away from corporate timidity and fear of failure. This means letting go of aiming for advances and multi-book deals and really digging into what we want to say. It means believing in the creative process more than the bottom line. I believe any creative career comes with this potential downside, be it fine arts, acting, writing, dance, or music. It is especially difficult to be a creative sort in our current corporate-dominated, quick-money, short-term-gain world. This world insists on reducing risk, and the unknown is by definition risky. This leaves us only with the known, thus all the regurgitated fodder, the smaller and smaller client lists, ho-hum book sales and a shrinking market.

I think to creatively flourish as writers we need to ignore things like publishing company’s wants and be the ones driving the literary world rather than begging publishers, agents, and the like for a seat in their downsized and shrinking clown car. Just as Jobs, Wozniak, and Wayne did with Apple, Inc., we need to reinvent our industry out on the edges and away from corporate timidity and fear of failure.

This means letting go of aiming for advances and multi-book deals and really digging into what we want to say. It means believing in the creative process more than the bottom line.

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2010/02/01/question-of-the-month-joy/#comment-5675 SusanHenderson Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:20:28 +0000 http://litpark.com/?p=1503#comment-5675 Me, too! Me, too!

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2010/02/01/question-of-the-month-joy/#comment-5674 SusanHenderson Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:19:29 +0000 http://litpark.com/?p=1503#comment-5674 I don't, but I highly recommend Jordan Rosenfeld: http://www.jordanrosenfeld.net/editing.html I don’t, but I highly recommend Jordan Rosenfeld: http://www.jordanrosenfeld.net/editing.html

]]> By: scapa http://www.litpark.com/2010/02/01/question-of-the-month-joy/#comment-5673 scapa Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:55:41 +0000 http://litpark.com/?p=1503#comment-5673 Do you still freelance edit? Do you still freelance edit?

]]> By: michaelmcintyre http://www.litpark.com/2010/02/01/question-of-the-month-joy/#comment-5672 michaelmcintyre Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:23:02 +0000 http://litpark.com/?p=1503#comment-5672 Finding that apt turn of phrase that fits, whether in first draft or rewrites. That's the supreme joy in writing for me. Finding that apt turn of phrase that fits, whether in first draft or rewrites. That’s the supreme joy in writing for me.

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2010/02/01/question-of-the-month-joy/#comment-5671 SusanHenderson Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:25:42 +0000 http://litpark.com/?p=1503#comment-5671 I agree. The artistry is in the editing process, but you said it better. I agree. The artistry is in the editing process, but you said it better.

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2010/02/01/question-of-the-month-joy/#comment-5670 SusanHenderson Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:24:39 +0000 http://litpark.com/?p=1503#comment-5670 More jobs for writers and creative types (Thanks, Eric!): Administrative Assistant - Special Events Department New York Philharmonic http://www.facebook.com/l/a96e6;www.idealist.org/en/job/368101-329 New York, New York, United States Associate Director of Special Events and Volunteer Services New York Philharmonic http://www.facebook.com/l/a96e6;www.idealist.org/en/job/368110-32 New York, New York, United States Visitor Services Associate Carnegie Hall http://www.facebook.com/l/e7af2;www.idealist.org/en/job/366923-31 New York, New York, United States Operations Manager Washington Bach Consort, Metro washington, DC Area http://www.facebook.com/l/e7af2;www.idealist.org/en/job/366829-234 Washington, District of Columbia, United States Salary: Negotiable. Flat fee per performance. Individual & Corporate Giving Manager Urban Arts Partnership http://www.facebook.com/l/e7af2;www.idealist.org/en/job/366713-67 New York, New York, United States Salary: Commensurate with Experience Events Coordination Manager The New York Open Center http://www.facebook.com/l/e7af2;www.idealist.org/en/job/366399-219 New York, New York, United States Salary: $38,000, possibly more depending on experience Deadline March 20, 2010 Web Programmer Academy of American Poets http://www.facebook.com/l/e7af2;www.idealist.org/en/job/366290-255 New York, New York, United States Salary: Deadline April 2, 2010 Managing Director Arts Nova http://www.facebook.com/l/e7af2;www.idealist.org/en/job/364119-199 New York, New York, United States Salary: Competitive salary, commensurate with experience Last day to apply: March 1, 2010 More jobs for writers and creative types (Thanks, Eric!):

Administrative Assistant – Special Events Department
New York Philharmonic
http://www.facebook.com/l/a96e6;www.idealist.org/en/job/368101-329
New York, New York, United States

Associate Director of Special Events and Volunteer Services
New York Philharmonic
http://www.facebook.com/l/a96e6;www.idealist.org/en/job/368110-32
New York, New York, United States

Visitor Services Associate
Carnegie Hall
http://www.facebook.com/l/e7af2;www.idealist.org/en/job/366923-31
New York, New York, United States

Operations Manager
Washington Bach Consort, Metro washington, DC Area
http://www.facebook.com/l/e7af2;www.idealist.org/en/job/366829-234
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Salary: Negotiable. Flat fee per performance.

Individual & Corporate Giving Manager
Urban Arts Partnership
http://www.facebook.com/l/e7af2;www.idealist.org/en/job/366713-67
New York, New York, United States
Salary: Commensurate with Experience

Events Coordination Manager
The New York Open Center
http://www.facebook.com/l/e7af2;www.idealist.org/en/job/366399-219
New York, New York, United States
Salary: $38,000, possibly more depending on experience
Deadline March 20, 2010

Web Programmer
Academy of American Poets
http://www.facebook.com/l/e7af2;www.idealist.org/en/job/366290-255
New York, New York, United States
Salary:
Deadline April 2, 2010

Managing Director
Arts Nova
http://www.facebook.com/l/e7af2;www.idealist.org/en/job/364119-199
New York, New York, United States
Salary: Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
Last day to apply: March 1, 2010

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