Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Is Emily Gould the New Sloane Crosley?

Let's compare, shall we?

Publishing Experience:

  • Emily used to be an associate editor at Hyperion and now blogs for Galleycat.
  • Sloane is the associate director of publicity at Vintage/Anchor
Books:

  • Emily is the co-author of some YA novel called Hex Education
  • Sloane is the author of the New York Times bestselling essay collection, I Was Told There Would Be Cake

Gawker Connection:

  • Emily is a former co-editor of the blog. It now mocks her.
  • Sloane has never worked for the blog but is still mocked repeatedly.

Freelance writing pieces:

  • Emily has had articles published in the New York Times op-ed section, Radar, Bookslut, and the New York Observer.
  • Sloane has had pieces published in the New York Times, Village Voice, Maxim, BlackBook Magazine, Playboy, and the New York Observer.
Jimmy Kimmel:

  • Emily was torn a new asshole by JK when he guest-hosted on Larry King Live.
  • To my knowledge, Sloane has no connection to Jimmy.
Over-exposure:

  • Emily's piece has spawned coverage in media outlets such as NPR, Slate, Atlantic, L.A. Times, New York Observer, Huffington Post, Philadelphia Weekly, New York Magazine's CultureVulture, Wired online, countless websites and blogs, and of course, Gawker.
  • Sloane's book got her coverage in New York Observer, New York Times, Daily Candy, Radar, San Francisco Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, New York Magazine, Forbes, Newsweek Online, Paste, Salon, Gawker, etc.
Connection to one another:
  • Emily interviewed Sloane for Radar
Hair:

  • Emily's looks a bit lackluster and even in a little greasy in one of the pics.
  • Sloane has been proven to have the shiniest hair in the publishing.
Slunch opinion:

  • Emily is a nice girl and a funny blogger, but "Exposed" was the most boring, self-involved piece that I have ever read in the New York Times Magazine. Appropriate for Glamour? Maybe. But the New York Times?? No way. DO NOT WANT.
  • Sloane is a nice girl and a good publicist, but the coverage of I Was Told There Would Be Cake was ridiculous. Is Sloane a good writer? Sure. Is she good enough to merit more coverage than all the other authors. Um, no.
So, there you have it. Young, cute ladies with publishing connections trying to make it as writers. Unfortunately for them, while the connections they have made may help them "further" their career, they also might piss off their peers to the point of never-ending mockery and skepticism about their true abilities.

Oh, also, I think Sloane wins the battle. New York Times bestselling books trumps cover story of New York Times Magazine.

--Paige Sexie

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

very well put!

Anonymous said...

The weird thing to me is that no one seems to be discussing the fact that this seems, to me at least, a naked bid for a book deal. Isn't it pretty much par for the course for widely read and commented upon NYT Magazine articles to become books? Aren't they more or less serving as book proposals nowadays?

Keep your eyes on Publishers Lunch, my friends.

Anonymous said...

Agree! Sloane toats wins. Emily wishes. I know Crosley is older than Emily, but she had a regular gig at the Village Voice and a bunch of *contributing editor* gigs when Gould was still an asst. edit.

Trying to think of what other categories you missed...hmmm.

Also, yeah, Gould should get a movie deal off that cover bit.

Anonymous said...

Yup, no contest. Didn't one of them write for Vogue? I thought it was Emily but maybe it's actually Sloane (the book is really funny, emily's peice not so much). But maybe it was both. I like this game.

Piece of gossip for you: My co-worker reports that Sloane's ex-boyfriend is Keith Gessen's editor!

Anonymous said...

ooh very fun.
I gave sloane's book a fair shake on my blog (here, in case you're interested: http://maitresse.typepad.com/maitresse/2008/05/who-said-thered.html)
--but I wouldn't give EG's book the time of day. This is because Sloane is actually trying for something whereas EG is just trying too hard.

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