Editor Life

when someone asks you how the event was last night

when you request a P & L

when a submission letter name-checks nabokov/faulkner/cormac mccarthy

whenever you meet a straight man in the publishing industry

when somebody asks you if you ever want to write your own book

When the interns leave and you and your colleagues have to go through the slush pile

when you learn that drinks will not be served after the reading

when someone tells you that self-publishing is better for authors

when someone asks you to explain why the 50 shades series is so successful

when HR announces that performance self-evaluation worksheets are due