Tips from an editor

folkchick · Jun 11, 2011

Excellent article on submitting to literary journals.

http://www.thereviewreview.net/publishing-tips/what-editors-want-must-read-writers-submitti

Smish · Jun 11, 2011

Good article. Thanks for posting. :Thumbs:

GCU_Dramatic Exit · Jun 11, 2011

bookmarked

Detri Redmond · Jun 13, 2011

Thanks for the homework folkchic...this is nice.

Amy LaBonte · Jun 16, 2011

I liked that article very much. I admit I have been through a couple of scenarios described by the author.

Buffysquirrel · Jun 20, 2011

Hmm, I notice there's nothing there about not emailing the editor and telling them you threw your contributor copy away because the magazine got your name wrong.

Lillie · Jun 20, 2011

Buffysquirrel said:
Hmm, I notice there's nothing there about not emailing the editor and telling them you threw your contributor copy away because the magazine got your name wrong.

Yeah, is that mandatory, or forbidden?
I need to know.

Buffysquirrel · Jun 20, 2011

Lillie said:
Yeah, is that mandatory, or forbidden?
I need to know.

Depends. Are you an artist?

Lillie · Jun 20, 2011

No.
I write. I'm crap at drawing.

Buffysquirrel · Jun 20, 2011

Lillie said:
No.
I write. I'm crap at drawing.

Yeah, me too! I definitely think it's forbidden to writers. Artists seem to have worlds of their own sometimes.

Lillie · Jun 20, 2011

Lol.

That's one more exciting thing placed on the forbidden list.

*sigh* what's the fun if you can't hurl abuse?

stormie · Jun 20, 2011

It is easier these days. Most lit mags have samples of their author's work online, so you can get a good feel for most magazines without leaving home. Or paying $6 for one issue, or subscribing for a year, esp. if you don't know if you'll even like what they publish.

There are many lit mags out there, some far better than others. I got two stories pubbed by two diff. lit mags by reading the online snippets. I get author's free copies. And yes, if I do like the magazine, I'll buy a copy or two.

Buffysquirrel · Jun 20, 2011

I'm pretty sure rejections quicker than 21 minutes were sent out in the good old days of NFG. People complained.

Farrell · Jun 21, 2011

Thanks much for posting.

Brett Marie · Jun 23, 2011

I have to thank you for this, folkchick! One of the few articles of its kind that left me chomping at the bit to submit more -- and better!

folkchick · Jun 24, 2011

Hey, glad everyone likes this. I thought it covered so much of what we ask when submitting.

Tips from an editor

folkchick

Not a new kid

Smish

Reads more than she writes.

GCU_Dramatic Exit

Detri Redmond

Apprentice Wordslinger

Amy LaBonte

Buffysquirrel

Lillie

practical experience, FTW

Buffysquirrel

Lillie

practical experience, FTW

Buffysquirrel

Lillie

practical experience, FTW

stormie

storm central

Buffysquirrel

Farrell

Brett Marie

Slayer of Adverbs

folkchick

Not a new kid