Say you get a no thanks from an editor who closes with "But I'd be happy to look at another story some time."
Does this give me the right to put "Requested Materials" on the submission of a new work to that editor?
Sometimes my reasoning is, well, he asked for it!
Sometimes my reasoning is, well, he didn't ask for this particular story.
Sometimes, when I'm feeling really sulky, I think, aw hell, he was just being polite, he doesn't really want to see this.
At one highly regarded magazine, I twice sent the editor new stories with "Requested Materials" on it, hoping he'd open them himself, but I still ended up getting form rejections from subeditors or slush readers. Did he not open the submissions himself? Or did he open them, snarl at the presumption, and toss the offal down to his minions?
Ooh, that last paragraph was pretty dramatic. I better have a nice cup of chamomile tea.
Thanks for the help!
Does this give me the right to put "Requested Materials" on the submission of a new work to that editor?
Sometimes my reasoning is, well, he asked for it!
Sometimes my reasoning is, well, he didn't ask for this particular story.
Sometimes, when I'm feeling really sulky, I think, aw hell, he was just being polite, he doesn't really want to see this.
At one highly regarded magazine, I twice sent the editor new stories with "Requested Materials" on it, hoping he'd open them himself, but I still ended up getting form rejections from subeditors or slush readers. Did he not open the submissions himself? Or did he open them, snarl at the presumption, and toss the offal down to his minions?
Ooh, that last paragraph was pretty dramatic. I better have a nice cup of chamomile tea.
Thanks for the help!