![]() ![]() I also helped curate content for Razorbill’s various social media platforms.īecause I was doing what I loved, time passed so quickly. I would talk about the story’s plot, its characters, the writing style, or anything else that jumped out at me. These little write ups would help the editors determine how much time, if any, they wanted to spend reading the manuscript. Never, ever going to get over that!) I was tasked with reading from the slush pile, which was made up of unsolicited manuscripts, and sending rejection letters as well as reading agented submissions and writing reader’s reports. Razorbill consists of a small team of dedicated editors whom I assisted by reading new material. I also heartily recommend An Ember in the Ashes and The Valiant, if you want to explore more of their publications. Familiar with the new Netflix sensation, 13 Reasons Why? Yeah, Razorbill published it. Razorbill publishes Young Adult and Middle Grade books, mostly fiction with a little non-fiction sprinkled in. ![]() I have spent hours researching the industry since I began the internship, and have learned so much that I can put to practical use. Being selected as a Sigma Tau Delta Penguin Random House Internship finalist and then being awarded a Penguin Internship Stipend after I secured the internship helped me learn what it means to be in the publishing industry. Obviously then, I was so grateful when Sigma Tau Delta gave me the opportunity to do what I had been dreaming of since I was sixteen. And so I decided that was what I wanted to do. ![]() At the time, all I knew about the publishing industry was that editors improve stories before they become actual, physical books. I actually probably knew this a lot earlier but I committed myself to this idea six years ago. I have wanted to work in the publishing field since I was sixteen. Time, specifically 140 hours, is everything and also not nearly enough when you are doing the thing you have desperately wanted for the past six years of your life. Two days a week at seven hours a day adds up to 140 hours that I worked for Razorbill, an imprint of the Penguin’s Young Readers group. Ten weeks is just about the shortest amount of time there is. ![]()
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