perfectly parodic

Rick Walton's Frankenstein with Madeline-y pictures by Nathan Hale is coming from Macmillan's Feiwel & Friends onTuesday. Monsters big and small will yelp with joy! We are pleased to report its first printing: 75,000!

A Publishing Industry Glossary

by our own Rick Walton...

(a brief sampling)

Advance - the best proof your project is moving forward.

Author - the costume a writer puts on when he goes to a cocktail party.

Backlist - books still in print, but which the publisher hides behind his back so they are hard to see.

Cover letter - a letter designed to cover the weaknesses in your manuscript.

E-book - E stands for everyone, as in everyone now will think they can write a book.

Graphic novel - a comic book that went to college.

Hardcover - the best kind of book to use as a murder weapon.

Mass-market - a type of book that most of the time the masses, with great enthusiasm, ignore.

Typewriter - the best writing device ever to use as a murder weapon.

Vanity press - a variation of "van o' depressed." So-called because you end up depressed with a van full of books.

Young adult - the average age of editors today.