How a Book Gets Made: Editor Amanda Bergeron and Author Carley Fortune
Bad On Paper20 Heinä 2022

How a Book Gets Made: Editor Amanda Bergeron and Author Carley Fortune

We're BACK and continuing our series about how a book gets made! This week we're chatting with Amanda Bergeron, an executive editor at Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, and Carley Fortune, the author of Every Summer After.

Amanda breaks down the acquisition & publication process from the editor's end, how many submissions she receives, and what leads her to choose a book to work on. Carley shares her writing process from conception to submission, how she felt when she got her initial edit letter, and how much her manuscript changed from acquisition to publishing. We also ask them about how many rounds of edits they worked through together, what happens when they disagree on a change, and what makes a successful author/editor relationship.

Find Carley Fortune at @carleyfortune on Instagram, carleyfortune.com, and get a signed copy of Every Summer After via Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston Texas.

Books Carley and Amanda are Excited about

The No-Show by Beth O'Leary

A Hundred Other Girls by Iman Hariri-Kia (Out July 26)

Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Obsessions

Becca:

Paris, Perfected

Burgundy Wines!

Digit for a rainy day fund

Olivia:

Pod Meets World Podcast

What we read this week

Olivia:

Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors by Sarah Stodola

The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

Becca:

Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore

The Cloisters by Katy Hays (Out November 1)

The Work Wife by Alison B Hart

This Month's Book Club Pick: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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