I read and I question

      As it turns out, not only did I completely forget Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson the last time I read it, but I also totally missed when the sequel came out. In my last post, I said that the sequel just came out, but apparently I was wrong and it’s actually the conclusion to the trilogy that just came out. So that’s a little embarrassing. But also exciting because now, as a pleasant surprise, I do not have to wait for the third book. 

     Last week, I finished the first book and I started the second, The Vanishing Stair. I don’t know how I forgot the first book so completely when I enjoyed it a lot. There were several times where I delayed going to sleep or doing homework because I wanted to keep reading it. So far the second book is also really good. I feel like sequels are sometimes hard when they pick up right after the first one, but this one did it well. The main character left the main setting in the beginning and then came back, so it feels like a restart for the characters as the story is restarting as well, if that makes sense. I recommend the first book if you like Young Adult and mystery. 

      Unfortunately this means that I have put down An Absolutely Remarkable Thing AGAIN. Maybe it is still not the time to read it. 

     I’m a little late in this post so now I get to also talk about what I maybe want to question/research/think about in publishing. To be honest, I don’t have a very good plan for a question. The thing is, I am, sadly, a person that is mainly interested in publishing because I would like to hopefully maybe perhaps possibly get published one day. So a lot of my curiosity about publishing is, like, how to do that. 

     Slightly related to that, I’ve been thinking about what happens to writers that go into publishing as editors or agents or something else. I think we read one thing that mentioned writers who become editorial assistants but eventually leave because they can’t stand working on other peoples’ writing or something like that. But that can’t be everyone, right? Surely being a writer must allow for good editing and reviewing skills as well. And if writing is not a life-sustaining job anyway, why not do publishing as well? I guess I’m wondering if all writers that go into publishing are doomed to hate it or to leave. Wouldn't having connections in publishing be useful for personal writing? I don’t know if this is actually a reasonable question to ask but at this moment, that’s what I’m most curious about.