Unexpected Queries
Today I got an email from my editor telling me that we need to think about the catalog copy for the paperback version of MSOSD. Egads! Really? Yes, really. No matter that the book's only been in print 6 weeks--we need to start thinking ahead to next year, when the paperback comes out.
Here's the stuff you don't realize/know/think about pre-publication. You never know that you'll get requests for things that seem so far into the future it's bizarre, but you will. And usually when you're least expecting/prepared for it. For example, I'm now staring at the catalog copy, scrambling for ideas, aware that for every word I add I have to take a word away. You don't get many words to begin with, so it's tough.
Unlike my character,Natalie, I never had a life plan and I don't make plans that extend more than three months out. Thinking ahead is a new skill.