The Etiquette of Giving Gifts

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 [...]

December 29th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Behind the Scenes, General etiquette, Peer review, Rejection, The view from here | Comments are closed

No, no, and no

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

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October 20th, 2009 | Category: General etiquette, Rejection, The view from here | Comments are closed

You *can* say no

You can say no.

Really. It’s okay. In fact, in many cases I’d really appreciate it.

October 15th, 2009 | Category: General etiquette, Peer review, Rejection, The view from here | One comment