I’m a real editor now! http://www.alexandraerin.com/2016/07/im-a-real-editor-now/ …
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Last tweet: I had that thing happen. Editors know the thing. The guy who tells you what in your submission guidelines is stopping him.
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"I'd like to submit my work, but you said you don't accept X so I'm not submitting it." Okay. But that's how submission guideilnes work?
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Like, you have correctly identified pieces I don't want to read. I don't need to know about them.
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Just... be about your business. Find the place that does take them.
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But of course, it's not that their work doesn't suit your needs. Who cares about your needs?
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"You need to realize," these guys will tell you, "that you are driving submissions away from your inbox." YES. That's the point.
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what if we made aspiring writers read slush for 6 months so they realize the incredible value of driving away submissions
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