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Episode #37: Lifting the curtain on traditional publishing, with Legendary Marina Green


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Welcome to another LEGENDARY episode! Our Legendaries are special guests who are an expert within their area of storytelling. In this episode, Courtney Shack, Ghabiba Weston, and Nadine Flint have the pleasure of interviewing Marina Green.

Marina Green was lucky enough to grow up in a house filled with books. It is no wonder that, even before she learned how to read, she used to make up her own stories that she would recite to her parents every night before bed. Her love and eclectic taste for story has stuck with her all her life. Marina began her publishing career as a part of the editorial team at AOS Publishing while simultaneously building her own freelance editing business. She also spent half a decade working on the other side of the industry as a bookseller and social media manager at Indigo. Currently, Marina works as an editorial assistant at Graydon House, Canary Street Press, and Silhouette at Harlequin. When Marina isn’t editing, you can find her curled up with a good book and her dog Bailey or writing some of her own stories.

In this episode:

  • We hear about the many layers to Marina's journey that feed into her story treasure chest
  • Marina shares her insight into how to know when you should look for an editor, for both indie and trad authors
  • We get a behind the scenes peek at the ins and outs of the submission process in traditional publishing
  • Marina explains what a pre-empt is in traditional publishing
  • we discuss the rise in indie authors being picked up by trad houses
  • we talk about the writer's grief journey as readers
  • Marina shares her advice on how to find joy in reading when your editing voice is being loud
  • we get the details on what Marina looks for as an editor when deciding which stories might be a good fit
  • we talk popcorn and pie charts
    • we chat through some of Marina's editorial services.
    • we spread some love for Rachel Greenlaw and her debut, ONCE CHRISTMAS MORNING which comes out October 12th 2023. You can pre-order it here.
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      A warm thank you to Deore for our musical number. You can find more of her creative work on Spotify. 

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