Making editorial assistants cry is the equivalent to killing kittens: (1) it’s soulless; (2) selfish; and if these adjectives don’t scare you off, at the very least it’s (3) frowned upon. So read about how to avoid this cardinal sin over at the INTERN’s blog. (Here’s a hint: be a smart submitter and savvy negotiatorContinue reading “Dear Writers: Read This For Your Own Good”
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Dear 2011, You Win at Life: My Year in Review
The “Year in Review” has been a theme across the blogosphere this week and though I’m a bit belated—having been busy cramming some lovely last-minute activities into 2011 like skiing and fireworks in an area of the country where a good internet connection is hard to find—I thought that it was a worthy effort toContinue reading “Dear 2011, You Win at Life: My Year in Review”
The Pros and Cons to NaNoWriMo
During the month of November, I pretty much secluded myself away from the writing world. I didn’t read any blogs and I didn’t submit any new stories. I was so busy trying to bust out my NaNo word count every day that I actually forgot I was waiting to hear back from several publications. TheContinue reading “The Pros and Cons to NaNoWriMo”
I Won and I’m Sharing the Prize with All of You!
I hope you all participated in the awesome free literary magazine contest Writer’s Relief hosted, took advantage of the super-discounted subscriptions, and are looking forward to a lovely journal coming to a mailbox near you! After a long week of form rejection letters (I’ll talk about some of them later) it was a welcome surpriseContinue reading “I Won and I’m Sharing the Prize with All of You!”
Revealed: Real-Life Submission Response Time for storySouth
A bit unusual to hear back outside of the work week, but I got a rejection letter on Saturday from storySouth, a magazine all about the–you guessed it!–Southern experience narrative. If you’ve got a story set in the South, about the South, or if you just happen to be a resident of the South, long-termContinue reading “Revealed: Real-Life Submission Response Time for storySouth”
What NOT to Do When Submitting to Literary Journals
We’ve been over some of these creative writing submission “don’ts” before, but I think that this article, “The Number One Worst Mistake A Writer Can Make When Submitting,” from Writer’s Relief is pretty valuable in that the quotes are from real life editors working for real life publications. It even provides the links to theirContinue reading “What NOT to Do When Submitting to Literary Journals”
Unexpected Writing Scams: Should You Pay to Submit Your Writing?
Like Brevity, I’m a little confused about the cancellation of the Richard M. Thorson Literary Prize for Agrarian Prose, for the allegedly unacceptable practice of charging contest submission fees. Very nearly every sanctioned writing contest I’ve ever entered, I’ve been required to pay a small reading fee. None of them were scams. Many were postedContinue reading “Unexpected Writing Scams: Should You Pay to Submit Your Writing?”
There’s Absolutely Nothing New or Interesting in the Publishing World
Or at least, if there is, I don’t know about it. I’m on vacation in Georgia this week with the best boyfriend in the world and it is a complete vacation. I refuse to be chained to my computer or worry about all the NYU publishing institute homework I should be finishing up. In fact, I leftContinue reading “There’s Absolutely Nothing New or Interesting in the Publishing World”
Hannah Karena Jones 