A great talk about editors…

I’m reading the Anywhere But Earth anthology, edited by Keith Stevenson, at the moment. It contains twenty-nine science fiction stories set, obviously, anywhere but Earth. Three of the stories were nominated for Aurealis awards. One of them, The Rains of La Strange, won. I’m loving the collection so far; I’m about half-way through.

Keith Stevenson gave a talk called, The Editing Apocalypse, or Why Authors Need Editors at at the Conflux 8 convention in Canberra on Saturday 29 September, 2012. Click on the link above and read this, if you are interested in the future of e-publishing. Much publishing happens these days, with little genuine editing. If I was writing a novel, I think I’d be doing my research, and taking Stevenson’s advice.