Category Archives: Publishers

The beauty of Creative Byline for editors

October 5, 2007 – 9:00 am

It’s audacious of us to think we can change the submission process—or it would be, if we hadn’t done our homework. But we have. And we know that editors really do want to receive manuscripts, but only certain kinds of manuscripts, i.e., the ones they happen to be looking for at the moment. So we [...]

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Why the manuscript submission process is tough on everyone—go ahead and vent

October 3, 2007 – 12:05 am

The submission process is every writer’s favorite whipping boy. Writers complain about having to wait six to 12 months for a response to their submissions, and when a response finally does arrive, it rarely contains any feedback about how to make the manuscript stronger. Furthermore, writers are frustrated by the lack of access as more [...]

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