Hi, guys, how have you been?
Lately I've been thinking a lot about the publishers' answers, and it really amazes me how many times and so often, after sending them an email about your manuscript, the most heard answer is a syllable I'm starting to hate: No.
We all know that publishers are companies, they are a business that needs to be sure they can have the livelihood of tomorrow and that whatever they publish must have a minimum of sales worthy of an investment. Publishing a book is not easy, we know that.
However, I still have that bad taste in my mouth. I thought, after a long time without sending to publishers, that maybe I was in a bad time to publish, that they were all crowded, that it would not be possible for some economic phenomenon, you never know, but after sending to a long list of emails, I see that the thing remains the same.
What is even more exasperating, you remain waiting for an answer, so be that bad blessed "no" that we all fear, but the mail never arrives. I understand that it's million times simpler to write a letter requesting to be published compared to the entire evaluation process, but at least have a standard text, such as the one I just received to give the bad news. It makes the blow a little softer I think.
It discourages, all this discourages and makes you want to publish nothing, because you spend the months in silence, looking at the calendar every week, waiting for the month where you should receive a response, until you see another month passes, and another... and you understand they simply erased you from the inbox.
The solution? Swallow thick, take a lot of air, close your eyes and say "they miss it" until you believe it yourself. I'm pretty far from being the perfect writer, everyone who reads me tells me of this mistake or that letter that I left, which I always appreciate to try to do it better next time, so just wait, keep sending and keep writing.
And you? What do you think about it? Am I wrong or the editorial "No" is still in fashion? Let me know in the comments. :)
Hola muchachos, ¿qué tal han
estado?
Lo que es más exasperante aún, te
quedas esperando una respuesta, así sea ese mal bendecido “no” que todos
tememos, pero el correo nunca llega. Entiendo que es millones de veces más
sencillo escribir una carta solicitando que te publiquen comparado con todo el
proceso de valoración, pero al menos tener un texto estándar, como el que
recibí recién, para dar las malas noticias. Hace el golpe un poco más suave
pienso yo.
Lately I've been thinking a lot about the publishers' answers, and it really amazes me how many times and so often, after sending them an email about your manuscript, the most heard answer is a syllable I'm starting to hate: No.
We all know that publishers are companies, they are a business that needs to be sure they can have the livelihood of tomorrow and that whatever they publish must have a minimum of sales worthy of an investment. Publishing a book is not easy, we know that.
However, I still have that bad taste in my mouth. I thought, after a long time without sending to publishers, that maybe I was in a bad time to publish, that they were all crowded, that it would not be possible for some economic phenomenon, you never know, but after sending to a long list of emails, I see that the thing remains the same.
My face when I see I haven't got a response. Mi cara cuando veo que aún no tengo respuesta. |
It discourages, all this discourages and makes you want to publish nothing, because you spend the months in silence, looking at the calendar every week, waiting for the month where you should receive a response, until you see another month passes, and another... and you understand they simply erased you from the inbox.
The solution? Swallow thick, take a lot of air, close your eyes and say "they miss it" until you believe it yourself. I'm pretty far from being the perfect writer, everyone who reads me tells me of this mistake or that letter that I left, which I always appreciate to try to do it better next time, so just wait, keep sending and keep writing.
And you? What do you think about it? Am I wrong or the editorial "No" is still in fashion? Let me know in the comments. :)
We can dream, always dream, to do this. Podemos soñar, siempre soñar, con hacerlo. |
Últimamente he estado pensando
mucho en algo con respecto a las respuestas de las editoriales, y es que me
sorprende de verdad cómo tantas veces y tan seguido, luego de enviarles un
correo sobre tu manuscrito, la respuesta más escuchada sea una sílaba que estoy
empezando a odiar: No.
Todos sabemos que las editoriales
son compañías, son empresas que necesitan estar seguras de que podrán tener el
sustento de mañana y que lo que sea que publiquen debe tener un mínimo de
ventas merecedor de una inversión. Publicar un libro no es cosa fácil, eso lo
sabemos.
Sin embargo, no dejo de tener ese
mal sabor en la boca. Pensé, luego de mucho tiempo sin enviar a editoriales,
que a lo mejor estaba en una mala época para publicar, que todas estaban
abarrotadas, que no sería posible por algún fenómeno económico, uno nunca sabe,
pero luego de enviar a una larga lista de correos, veo que la cosa sigue igual.
It discourages, all this discourages a lot. Desanima, todo esto desanima bastante. |
Desanima, todo esto desanima
bastante y hace que se te quiten las ganas de publicar, porque pasas los meses
en silencio, mirando el calendario todas las semanas, esperando a que sea el
mes en donde deberías recibir respuesta, hasta que ves que pasa otro mes, y
otro… y entiendes que simplemente te borraron de la bandeja de entrada.
¿La solución? Tragar grueso,
tomar mucho aire, cerrar los ojos y decirte “ellos se lo pierden” hasta que tú
mismo te lo creas. Estoy bastante lejos de ser el escritor perfecto, todo el
que me lee me dice de este error o de aquella letra que se me fue, cosa que
agradezco siempre para intentar hacerlo mejor la próxima vez, así que solo
queda esperar, seguir enviando y seguir escribiendo.
¿Y ustedes? ¿Qué opinan al
respecto? ¿Son cosas mías o el “No” editorial sigue estando de moda? Déjenme
saber en los comentarios. :)
Greetings and hugs!
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