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Ellen Datlow

Ellen Datlow

American Editor

Born: Dec 31, 1949

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Editing cannot be taught. Developing your own taste cannot be taught. Ellen Datlow

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Horror is edgier. Dark fantasy feels mushier to me. Finding the difference - it's an instinct. And they overlap a lot. Ellen Datlow

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I think most new writers are better off going with traditional publishers who will actually, at a minimum, edit your work, package it well, and market it for you. Ellen Datlow

Amanda Hocking and Hugh Howey have been successful in their self-publishing ventures. But notice that Hocking would prefer to write and hand over the editing, promotion, and selling to a traditional publisher. Ellen Datlow

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I feel lucky that I get to read and publish stories that are not necessarily overtly horror in 'Best Horror of the Year.' Ellen Datlow

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I am a collector of dolls and doll parts. I'm rarely creeped out by most dolls, either in real life or in literature, but I know many people who are. Ellen Datlow

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I generally find fiction without some move to the weird, less imaginative, dull, prosaic. Not all of it, of course, but a lot of it. I suppose it's just a question of taste. Ellen Datlow

Find Some Generally Weird Suppose Course Without Dull Question Lot Taste Move Just Fiction Less Imaginative

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