George and Michael and I finalized our search for an editor for our first Random Acts Books publication and are moving forward with revisions to our stories. The first book to come out will be Illusions, an Ekphrastic Trio, with a target publication date next spring. In the earlier post, And Then There Were Three, I noted we were in the process of finding that editor but didn't get into much detail. The process was fascinating and enlightening to say the least.
We started by selecting seven likely editors from several sources, mostly those recommended by Joanna Penn at her great website The Creative Penn. I emailed all seven, telling them about ourselves and our concept for our company and our projects--and including samples of our writing where requested--and we got responses from five of them. Not bad. Two of the five said they were extremely busy and probably couldn't work with us for months. Of those two, one said she loved my writing sample and we engaged in a lively email discussion of the arts and have actually reached a handshake to work together on my story collection, A Quiet Polyphony, once I've completed it. Very exciting and inspiring.
