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INTEREST: Holmes of Kyoto Novelist Mai Mochizuki Tweets That Certain Editors Don't Bother with Light

Feel like we're missing something here. The article starts by asking about how light novel writers can get noticed by editors, but then the tweet is about an editor who is specifically wanting to avoid light novels.

Discrepancy aside, the point just seems to boil down to "a story's quality is more important than its popularity," which any editor in the world would say—but isn't actually reflective of the reality of publishing at large (especially for light novels in Japan).

Cho_Desu wrote:

Feel like we're missing something here. The article starts by asking about how light novel writers can get noticed by editors, but then the tweet is about an editor who is specifically wanting to avoid light novels. Discrepancy aside, the point just seems to boil down to "a story's quality is more important than its popularity," which any editor in the world would say—but isn't actually reflective of the reality of publishing at large (especially for light novels in Japan).

Only tip I could see for writers was to quit it with the long titles. Definitely agree with that.

Thought the two different translations for the tweet bullet points was strange. It was an interesting article, though. You would expect rankings to be a big deal since I'm guessing they're related to reader reviews? And what exactly does deep diving into searches even mean? Like going to other websites to see if people are talking about the LN?

Emerje