Like everything else, publishing seems to be melting down. Harcourt announced a buying freeze, but they aren’t the only one, just the only one that has bothered to make it public. In other companies, salaries are frozen, lay-offs are rampant, and a general constriction is beginning. The economy is in the tank and no one is getting out unscathed.
So what does this mean for me?
2008 is coming to a close and, like 2007 and 2006 before that, I do not have a book contract. I haven’t sold a short story, either, but to be fair I haven’t been writing any. …