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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:46:42 GMT, Ron Wanttaja
wrote: On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 05:05:24 GMT, andy asberry wrote: I'm a freelancer, so I never can count on an article getting printed. I submitted the accident series to KITPLANES, but haven't heard whether they're going to take it, yet. I curious, Ron. How long after submission do you wait for acceptance/rejection before submitting to another publication? Is there an industry standard? In the pre-email age, it used to take three months to find out whether an editor was going to take an article or not. Actually, it generally took three months or more to find that the editor was NOT going to take it...they'd usually get hold of you fairly fast if they decided to go for it. For individual authors, it's considered bad form to send a piece to more than one publication at a time. For some weird reason, it's perfectly OK for an author's *agent* to do that. So I'd never send an article to a second magazine until I got a definite "no" from the first one. In the past, I've waited three months before politely "pinging" the editor. It's best to be sure before sending the article on to another editor...if the editor of the first magazine thought he'd told you and put the article in the production cycle, the SECOND editor will be very miffed if he or she sees the article they bought appear somewhere else, first. Now that email is so prevalent, notification comes a lot quicker. The accident series is the first non-solicited article I've sent the new editor at KITPLANES. While I've done several articles for him on assignment, one doesn't really need confirmation of acceptance on those, since one already knew the editor wanted an article on a particular subject. But in this case, it came "out of the blue" for him...and since the editorial office just moved to the opposite coast, things are still shaking down. If he decides it isn't right for him, there are other outlets (Like CBS or ABC's "20-20" :-). If all else fails, I just post it. The wait for notification could be worse. My wife (a romance novelist) has had editors take ten months or more to get back to her about novels she's submitted. Ron "It's fun helping with research" Wanttaja I can see why freelancers would shy away from time sensitive subjects. The article could be near stale before the first editor rejected it. Thanks. |
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 02:50:04 GMT, andy asberry
wrote: The wait for notification could be worse. My wife (a romance novelist) has had editors take ten months or more to get back to her about novels she's submitted. I can see why freelancers would shy away from time sensitive subjects. The article could be near stale before the first editor rejected it. Well, it's not *quite* so bad if the freelancer in question has an established relationship with the editor. If I had a truly time-sensitive article idea, I could just email or phone the editor at KITPLANES and say, "Hey, Brian, what about...." If he gives me the go-ahead, I'm then on assignment, generally with a deadline. So things happen quite a bit quicker. Being on assignment is handy for a freelancer; it does get you a little better attention. If I call a company and say, "I'm Ron Wanttaja, a freelancer, working on an article about...." I may or may not get much help. But if I can say, "I'm Ron Wanttaja, on assignment for KITPLANES..." it opens doors quite nicely. That's one of the fun bits with my name...it sounds a lot different from what people think it does. Usually, once they see my name written, they realize they've seen my stuff in print. But when they hear "Ron Wahn-Tie-Ah" over the phone, they figure it's just some dumb hick trying to break into the business. :-) BTW, for those who didn't see my "Avwriter's Primer" posted here a while back, I stuck it up on my web page. http://www.wanttaja.com/avlinks/avwriter.htm Ron Wanttaja |
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Ron Wanttaja sez:
My wife (a romance novelist) has had editors take ten months or more to get back to her about novels she's submitted. Ron "It's fun helping with research" Wanttaja Ooh, ooh, I feel a muse coming on! His strong hands preflighted her thoroughly as her pulse quickened. Had she ever doubted that this ruddy-cheeked, leather-helmeted kitplane pilot was the one for her? The muscles of his mighty arms rippled as he tore off his shirt (tail). As he plucked at her bodice strings they sang like the flying wires on an overstressed FlyBaby. "Oh, not here in the open cockipit," she moaned. I think I've got this. Who's your wife's editor? |
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"StellaStar" wrote in message ... Ron Wanttaja sez: My wife (a romance novelist) has had editors take ten months or more to get back to her about novels she's submitted. Ron "It's fun helping with research" Wanttaja Ooh, ooh, I feel a muse coming on! His strong hands preflighted her thoroughly as her pulse quickened. Had she ever doubted that this ruddy-cheeked, leather-helmeted kitplane pilot was the one for her? The muscles of his mighty arms rippled as he tore off his shirt (tail). As he plucked at her bodice strings they sang like the flying wires on an overstressed FlyBaby. "Oh, not here in the open cockipit," she moaned. I think I've got this. Who's your wife's editor? Um, Stella, I had just started to hyperventilate and the ticker sped up when you abandoned this titillation. |
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