Letters To The Editor For March 21st
Letters will return next week.
The Care And Feeding Of Editorial Assistants By Allyson E. Peltier
Few writers know this, but Editorial Assistants (EAs) are the gatekeepers of publishing. In the world of towering slush piles and deep agented-submissions bins, EAs are often the first to look at submissions. They screen calls and fend off anxious authors and would-be authors.
Editor’s Procrastination Shouldn’t Be Your Problem
Hi Angela,
What do you do with difficult editors? I just ran into two situations with two different editors that have set my teeth on edge. It’s one of these situations where their procrastination becomes my problem. Essentially, I messed up by agreeing to do an article with a very short deadline, but I did let the editor know that I was concerned about my interviewees not cooperating with me in such a short time period.
I Knew I Couldn’t Write a Whole Book…But I Did! By Kristen J. Tsetsi
A few years ago, I knew I would never, ever write a book. I’d written short stories, a few plays, even a screenplay or two, but a book? A book was two-hundred (plus!) pages. A book had characters doing God-knows-what, chapter after chapter, and staying interesting at the same time. A book had the interweaving of types and archetypes with subplots and symbols and…
Preposterous.
Spring Cleaning and Spring Building
It’s finally warming up a bit in Maine. The thermometer actually got above freezing last week and it was over 50 today! Some of the snow is melting, but there’s a ton of it so it’ll take awhile.
Writers I Can’t/Won’t Help Through Whispers And Warnings By Angela Hoy
As WritersWeekly.com Whispers and Warnings becomes more well-known in the industry, there is a growing list of writers who I just can’t and/or won’t help.
Letters To The Editor For March 14th
- Add a “Publish-By-Or-Pay” Clause to Your “Pays On Publication” Contracts
- Promote Your OWN Website, Not Your Publisher’s
- Giving Writers Leverage
Writers Come Last In The Publishing Food Chain By E.D. Easley and Angela Hoy – Part 2 Of 2
Part 2 of 2
Last week, we looked at the insulting rates writers are often paid by electronic writing publications.
Help Leaping from Newspapers to Magazines
Angela,
I have been reading your newsletter on and off now for ages now and I’m always amazed at your fluid personal style, but this was absolutely the cutest thing so far…”As her emails came faster and with more anger, she stopped using any capital letters at all. Can you imagine how embarrassed she would be if I published her emails?”
My Writing Journey With Booklocker: Help When There Was None By Rickey E. Pittman
Several years ago, I had completed my first novel, Red River Fever. Discouraged from having wasted a year with an editing/agent scam, I didn’t know what to do with my novel. I knew it was a good novel, and wanted to get it into print so I could move on to other books I wanted to write. My best writing friend, who had read my novel, recommended that I take a look at Booklocker.com, and consider using them.