Shimmai Henshu Sha Sunohara Yoshi Kin Ha Kujikenai (Media Works Bunko) [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] Why do I have to be assigned to the novel editorial department? Mikoto Haruhara, who hates novels, was troubled by her sudden transfer. Under the guidance of a brusque senior editor who tells her, "A literary editor is a person who lives off novels," she struggles daily with writers who are not always easy to get along with. She struggles with a group of writers who are not always easy to get along with. The director of the literary bureau, whom everyone fears, asks her with a glare, "Are you sure this book will sell? This is the story of Mikoto's growth and development as she struggles with her unfamiliar job.

「どうして小説の編集部に配属されなきゃいけないの?」小説嫌いの春原美琴は、突然の異動に頭を抱えていた。「文芸編集者ってのはな、小説を食って生きるやつのことを言うんだよ」と語る無愛想な先輩の指導のもと、彼女は一筋縄ではいかない作家達と悪戦苦闘の日々を送ることに。そして「この本は絶対に売れるのかい?」と睨むような目で訊いてくるのは、誰もが恐れる厳格な文芸局長―。これは、慣れない仕事に悩みながらも挫けず、成長していく美琴の姿を描く物語。