After getting a slow start yesterday sleeping in and reading some great books, I’ve made it to my first publishing house: Algonquin Books in Chapel Hill, NC! Working with them has been great– I have learned everything from what a “deckled edge” is to a “galley” to a “frontlist”.

I also got to see inside the office of one of the main editors for Water For Elephants, who told me that the painting above his desk was done by an elephant and given to him by the author of the book!

He also showed me the piles of manuscripts that he, sadly, has to write rejection letters for:

Algonquin Books publishes only twenty titles a year– something which makes the work of the editors, marketing, and everyone else much more important: every book that they publish has to be successful.

See y’all tomorrow for more updates from Algonquin!