Tag Archives: Editors
Editors Should Be Your Writing Ally
An editor should be your ally in writing, not your adversary. We’ve all heard stories of nightmare editors–folks who make substantial change without consulting writers (then say they were only minor tweaks), not being communicative, not upholding contractual obligations (of … Continue reading
Your Editor is Your Friend
An editor should be a writer’s best friend. A good editor can take a decent story and help the writer make it a very good, or even great, one. I’ve had the opportunity to work with several editors that I … Continue reading
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Silence Speaks Loudly
I think it’s unprofessional when an editor sits on a manuscript and doesn’t respond to queries. Fortunately for me, this hasn’t happened often, but one publication (that will remain nameless) is doing just this to me now. They’ve had one … Continue reading
Analog Gets New Leadership
After 34 years at the helm of Analog, Dr. Stanley Schmidt is retiring. Analog is one of the “big three” publications in the short speculative fiction field, and has produced numerous Hugo and Nebula winning stories and launched the careers of … Continue reading
Beware the Cavalcade of Terror!
With the internet, news can spread like wildfire in a wind storm. I first caught of wind of this “writer beware” news yesterday (via Codex), and awoke this morning to find it had set the speculative-writing community ablaze. The story, … Continue reading
Editors Beware: Writers Talk
For me, the best thing I can get from an editor is a letter saying he or she wants to buy my story. Second to that is a personal rejection, wherein the editor offers me a few words of constructive criticism … Continue reading
Mr. Ramey’s Monumental Undertaking
One of the most common complaints—maybe “laments” is a better word—of new writers is the lack of feedback from editors. Stories often get rejected with form letters that contain no stated reason. Personally, I don’t think it’s an editor’s job … Continue reading
D. Thomas Minton 