Advice from the Editor
May. 29th, 2009 10:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennifer_brozekIf you are ever at a convention and an editor says, "Please come talk to me if you are a professional author," do go talk to them but do listen to what they have to say. Really. We do not randomly talk for our health (most of the time).
If you come up to me and ask about the anthology I am looking for submissions for and I say, "It's an anthology about Pigs and Cows." Don't say, "Well, I have this story about Dogs and Cats." If I say pigs and cows, I really mean that I want stories about pigs and cows. Not dogs, cats, snakes, bears or anything else.
If after you say, "Well, I have this story about dogs and cats," and I said, "No dogs or cats, please. That kind of story won't fit into this anthology," for the love of all that is bright and shiny, do NOT sent me the Dog and Cat story after I send you the invitation for the Pig and Cow anthology. All you will do is make me angry and I will remember you for all of the wrong reasons.
Yes, this really did just happen.
If you come up to me and ask about the anthology I am looking for submissions for and I say, "It's an anthology about Pigs and Cows." Don't say, "Well, I have this story about Dogs and Cats." If I say pigs and cows, I really mean that I want stories about pigs and cows. Not dogs, cats, snakes, bears or anything else.
If after you say, "Well, I have this story about dogs and cats," and I said, "No dogs or cats, please. That kind of story won't fit into this anthology," for the love of all that is bright and shiny, do NOT sent me the Dog and Cat story after I send you the invitation for the Pig and Cow anthology. All you will do is make me angry and I will remember you for all of the wrong reasons.
Yes, this really did just happen.
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Date: 2009-05-30 03:52 pm (UTC)The Cows are disguised as dogs, because the farmer won't let them chase the pigs, er, cats, any other way.
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