Book Keeping: Bridie Clark’s Inside Track

The latest article in mediabistro.com’s Book Keeping series (available to AvantGuild subscribers) features Bridie Clark discussing Because She Can, including the decision to leave ReganBooks to work on a novel based (only in part, though, at least officially) on her experiences there:

“I was over the job, I didn’t love working there. It was really a positive new step, but it had the added benefit of also being an exit from a job I didn’t like very much… I wouldn’t say I didn’t like the job very much, but it was a challenging place to work.”

Clark also explains why working in publishing turned out to be “a great MFA program” for her: “You read so much, you get some sense of what’s working in the marketplace and what isn’t, and you have to develop opinions about what’s working.” If you’re a young media professional like Clark once was, and you’ve got an idea for a novel kicking around, you could ask her more about how she made the transition at her mediabistro.com book party tomorrow night.

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