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What’s the difference between internal review and “external” or “peer” review? Is it okay to have several presses review my manuscript simultaneously? Internal review is casual dating When I receive a manuscript for internal review, I’m seeing if it is well-written, thoughtful, cohesive. I’m deciding whether I think it has the chops to get good reviews from [...] I’ve been thinking about gifts lately. (Go figure.) In particular, I’ve been thinking about why it feels… awkward… sometimes to receive a gift, as an editor, from an author. Or to be more precise, from a would-be author. In my experience, gift-giving between authors and editors isn’t reaching epidemic proportions. If it happens at all, it tends [...] I’ve added a new feature to the site: Ask the Editor! Use the query form if you: want to ask a question without risk of “looking dumb”… I recently received the following question from a reader: Two different editors asked to see my manuscript in order to decide whether to send it out for review. Needless to say, I was quite pleased. My question is now — how long do I wait before getting antsy and asking for feedback? It’s been almost 2 [...] So how do you avoid inadvertently offending your editor in the acknowledgments? A few rules of thumb: Say it loud, or at least don’t whisper. Try to keep your thanks–to everyone–at a fairly standard length and level of detail. Or… Exercise variety in the extent of your thanks. By all means, feel free to thank key people at [...] With Thanksgiving around the corner (ay yi yi!), I wanted to take a moment to talk about acknowledgments. For you, the publication of this book may be the culmination of years of hard work, supported by a boatload of people. All those folks deserve public acknowledgment of their contribution to your scholarship (although be cautious about [...] If you don’t already have a meeting scheduled with an editor, you may just have to “cold call” at the conference. But how? The simple answer is to pick a person who obviously works there and open with this: “I’d like to talk with an editor about a book project. Can you lead me in the right [...] Some weeks, you’re on top of your game. Your desk feels manageable, you’ve read the things you need to read, you’ve gotten in plenty of writing time, and you’ve responded promptly to the requests from your students and colleagues. Other weeks… well, some other weeks just leave you exhausted. When I’m exhausted, I find that having [...] To follow up on my point that you can—and sometimes should—say no, here are several examples of how to do so, complete with my reactions. Note: These particular “no”s are in response to an editor’s query as to whether that conference paper or journal article is related to a book-length project… The “Not Yet” No Thanks for your [...] You can say no. Really. It’s okay. In fact, in many cases I’d really appreciate it. |
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