tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post8620387421356502571..comments2024-03-26T12:40:12.966-07:00Comments on Mirka Muse: Glamour and glitzMirka Breenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653086859905415156noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-43955839392310660692012-03-04T08:26:34.819-08:002012-03-04T08:26:34.819-08:00Thank you for sharing! its cool..;)Thank you for sharing! its cool..;)Jeremy Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00877532315856151843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-10154462956254286672011-12-11T19:46:22.141-08:002011-12-11T19:46:22.141-08:00What a great post. Very thought-provoking.
"...What a great post. Very thought-provoking.<br /><br />"Passing some of the addresses I know so well from queries and submissions..." I loved this line. I would love to go the NYC and pass by those houses, those majestic and tantalizing houses that I so aspire to enter. :)Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293316104653990391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-90155795398943185552011-12-10T19:27:28.251-08:002011-12-10T19:27:28.251-08:00Hello Mirka, I think it'd make sense to a lot ...Hello Mirka, I think it'd make sense to a lot of people if they'd cut on their rent so there could be more editors or first-readers. But branding and marketing are such huge parts of the big publishing houses, it'll probably take someone with a lot of swashbuckling guts to suggest putting more budget in the editorial department. (Which is why I like the indies like Dave Eggers's McSweeney ... I could picture them working in a smaller office with tighter budgets. But look at the quality of their works!)Claudinehttp://www.carryusoffbooks.com/blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-69423837192936684822011-12-08T22:25:53.535-08:002011-12-08T22:25:53.535-08:00I like your last line..."Our stories get to g...I like your last line..."Our stories get to glimpse the glitz and glamor." Interesting ideas! Maybe a NY editor should read your blog post!Tina Chohttp://tinamcho.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-61274289434354884312011-12-08T12:49:17.441-08:002011-12-08T12:49:17.441-08:00hmmmmm . . . .interesting. That's a good thou...hmmmmm . . . .interesting. That's a good thought. I'm curious to hear what others have to say.C.R. Evershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034891037873664976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-11359846728756349222011-12-08T06:45:42.962-08:002011-12-08T06:45:42.962-08:00I do agree with Karen about the message it would s...I do agree with Karen about the message it would send if publishers abandoned those buildings (which would then have to be occupied by somebody, which would probably also affect us somehow). Perception is everything, and our economy runs on the public's degree of nervousness.<br /><br />My favorite days are days I don't have to leave the house. While I wouldn't pass up a short jaunt to NYC, London, Paris, etc. (I've never been, and probably never will), I know I'd implode if I ever tried it as a lifestyle.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-86398998811927201312011-12-06T20:03:34.813-08:002011-12-06T20:03:34.813-08:00I think that's a life that sounds more glamoro...I think that's a life that sounds more glamorous than it is in reality -- the world-traveling lifestyle, that is. Yes in small doses. Exhausting in large.Jen Kleinhttp://jenkleinbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-80023448037589862192011-12-06T17:50:37.493-08:002011-12-06T17:50:37.493-08:00Interesting ponderings, Mirka. I probably would r...Interesting ponderings, Mirka. I probably would respect the publishers more if they followed your paradigm, but then I've never been one for spending money on the glitz and high class image. But maybe that high class image is somehow important to success in the world they live and work in. I'm just glad that's not my world.<br /><br />Awesome photo, btw.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458293325369594900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-25727060872070906672011-12-06T14:53:12.229-08:002011-12-06T14:53:12.229-08:00Hopping around like that does sound glamorous when...Hopping around like that does sound glamorous when we read about it, but I'm with Vijaya; give me laundry and grocery shopping any day.<br /><br />I am glad you and your daughter got to share the experience together and I hope her auditions went well.Ruth Schiffmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02625363295823548969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-27243412401240067682011-12-06T12:48:06.983-08:002011-12-06T12:48:06.983-08:00I wish editors weren't being laid off, too. I ...I wish editors weren't being laid off, too. I don't know what the answer is. NYC is definitely an amazing city and I think most people who work there like being there. Are rents too high? Is that what's causing the lay offs? That I don't know. It's a good question though.Kelly Hashwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936313159809041986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-3083907500257731522011-12-06T11:19:20.650-08:002011-12-06T11:19:20.650-08:00Things are changing fast ... maybe the right addre...Things are changing fast ... maybe the right address no longer matters anymore. Sometimes it is the lean times that gives rise to a new paradigm. I am of course, perennially optimistic about everything.<br /><br />So fun that you got to be the jet-setter kind. I've never been, and actually prefer doing laundry over the glitz and glamour of the big city.<br /><br />VijayaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-25632110673996411622011-12-06T11:06:58.112-08:002011-12-06T11:06:58.112-08:00I read an interesting post from an agent a while b...I read an interesting post from an agent a while back... wish I could remember who! Someone had asked if she was reputable being based outside NYC, and she pointed out that she was saving a ton in real estate costs and with modern technology it didn't make any difference. But I wonder how a NY agent, or even better an editor, would respond to that.<br /><br />I def agree with Karen's point about NY and keeping the real estate they have, but what she stays still holds true in London. My friends always travel to London to meet with their agents and editors, sometimes they tour the publishing houses if there is interest in their book from multiple sources. But then again, the UK is a much smaller country, and that's pretty feasible for large chunks of the population. And there are a few houses (Chicken House and Barefoot Books, for example) who have chosen not to set up shop in London.Anne M Leonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04547591113801578453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-53374711122042164802011-12-06T10:25:39.114-08:002011-12-06T10:25:39.114-08:00Great point^, Karen.
Seems to that if the business...Great point^, Karen.<br />Seems to that if the business sense is solid, changes will be embraced.Mirka Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653086859905415156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570512522741409033.post-14010099531250486222011-12-06T09:42:23.954-08:002011-12-06T09:42:23.954-08:00I just finished reading two books about the golden...I just finished reading two books about the golden days of publishing, written about two famous editors, Korda and Max Perkins. It's fascinating to compare publishing back then to now. So many changes! Back then NYC and London were the publishing centers, and authors came to the offices to meet their editors, or editors traveled to meet their authors. Now it's all done through email, and a publisher doesn't need the high end real estate. But since they already have it, if they dismantled, sold out, moved everything to Jersey or Wyoming, what would that say about how business is going? So I guess they have to keep the image up or it would look like failure.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.com