Are the photos you submit large enough to print?
I planned to give the article feature treatment. Then I looked at the photos the author sent.
Forget any thoughts about giving a photo half-page treatment — or even three inches by five. With the low-resolution images I received, I couldn’t print them much larger than a postage stamp.
Had the magazine been online-only, I … Continue reading
How do you encourage needed criticism?
Their names don’t appear in the masthead. They work as volunteers. But without them, the magazine I produce would miss its potential.
They serve as my proofreaders, but they do much more than catch typos. They alert me to awkward phrases or unclear passages. They tell me when I overuse words. They ask tough questions.
Most of the time, I agree. … Continue reading
Are you the exception to the rule?
Editors and agents are used to writers who want to break the rules. We don’t like it, but we’re used to it.
“No phone inquires,” one agency said in its entry in the Christian Writer’s Market Guide. “No exceptions. Don’t ask to be the exception.”
An editor friend produces compilation books, often dealing with 100 potential contributors for a … Continue reading