tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post2186624972243482628..comments2024-03-10T16:42:34.106-04:00Comments on Collecting Children's Books: The Big Brush-OffPeter D. Sierutahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-90102258036040199622008-11-13T18:43:00.000-05:002008-11-13T18:43:00.000-05:00I was interested to hear about Margaret McElderry'...I was interested to hear about Margaret McElderry's role in getting Alphonse published. I had the great fortune to work with Margaret when Atheneum-Argo published Ratha's Creature in 1983. She was a magnificent person and an excellent editor. Has anyone published a biography of her?rathacathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863145097903792136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-34450402883615045882008-11-13T09:17:00.000-05:002008-11-13T09:17:00.000-05:00I realize that I'm not a winner of the NYHSBCAP, b...I realize that I'm not a winner of the NYHSBCAP, but I wouldn't hold a grudge over something like that. In fact, it was a really nice letter.<BR/>Today a writer is lucky to get an terse email forwarded from their agent.<BR/>For instance, the editor that signed my first two books was presented with a couple of others, one of which I never did get an answer on one way or t'other.<BR/>And yet we're still Facebook friends.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492841891625994218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-843882451833811672008-11-13T09:12:00.000-05:002008-11-13T09:12:00.000-05:00I would not have liked to get that letter at all. ...I would not have liked to get that letter at all. Ursula just keeps turning the knife. That last bit about Harcourt rejecting the first book seems really nasty. But probably she didn't mean it that way...Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.com