Tongue-in-Cheek Vid from Macmillan
drupagliassotti @ February 3, 2009 # No Comment Yet
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Submitting 101: Contracts
drupagliassotti @ March 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I’ve been editing The Harrow for over ten years, and this series will summarize the advice I’d give a beginning writer. If your story is accepted, will you get a contract? From a professional-level zine, yes. From an anthology, almost certainly. From semipro, paying, and “for the love” zines, maybe. If the zine doesn’t send [...]
Submitting 101: Editing
drupagliassotti @ February 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I’ve been editing The Harrow for over ten years, and this series will summarize the advice I’d give a beginning writer. After your story has been accepted, it’s going to be proofread and edited. Professional zines may have a full complement of proofreaders and copy editors, but most likely, the section editor or editor in [...]
Submitting 101: The Decision
drupagliassotti @ February 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I’ve been editing The Harrow for over ten years, and this series will summarize the advice I’d give a beginning writer. You see the letter or email with the editor’s name on it, and your breath catches a moment. This is it — are you going to be dancing or dejected? The most common decision [...]
Submitting 101: Waiting & Queries
drupagliassotti @ February 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I’ve been editing The Harrow for over ten years, and this series will summarize the advice I’d give a beginning writer. A lot of publishing is “hurry up and wait.” In many cases you rushed to write and submit a story or poem for a contest, special issue, or anthology deadline, and then … everything [...]
Submitting 101: Cover Letter
drupagliassotti @ February 20, 2008 # One Comment
I’ve been editing The Harrow for over ten years, and this series will summarize the advice I’d give a beginning writer. Now, before you submit your manuscript, check out the magazine’s staff box (or About or Contact page). What’s the editor’s name? If you can find it, and you should be able to in any [...]
Submitting 101: Which Zine?
drupagliassotti @ February 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I’ve been editing The Harrow for over ten years, and this series will summarize the advice I’d give a beginning writer. The first thing you need to do is decide where you should submit your short story (or poem, or article, but I’m going to assume genre fiction here). If you’re a beginning writer and [...]