Interview with Scholastic Editor Orli Zuravicky :: Stories Unbound #19

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Orli Zuravicky is a Senior Editor at Scholastic and the author of the forthcoming Happily Ever Afterlife middle grade novel series.

In this interview we talk about:

How an Editor chooses an Illustrator.
How to approach an Editor at a conference.
How being an Editor helped Orli become a better writer.
Why manuscript submissions get rejected.
Why there are more opportunities in Kidlit now than ever before.

Listen to ‘Stories Unbound’ Episode 19:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/oatley/SU019_OrliZuravicky.mp3

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Awesome Links:

Orli Zuravicky

Scholastic Publishing

Happily Ever Afterlife (Shawna’s Affiliate Link)

Connect with Shawna on Twitter

Music by Ryan Keith and Wes Cepin

Share Your Thoughts:

Today Orli helped us understand what it’s like to be an Editor at a major publishing house.

What did you learn about the Editor’s role that you didn’t know before?

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