Your Editor

Your editor. The person in charge of what happens with your manuscript once it is accepted by a publication. Also the person that will assign you further pieces if your work is thought high of enough. This person can become your best friend or if things go bad your worst enemy.

The relationship you have with your editor can vary upon the editor. Some editors will become your friend while others will want to keep a strictly business relationship. Take your cue on your own behavior from your editor. Over time, a relationship will develop if you continue working with your editor on a consistent basis.

The editor is the person that will ask you to make changes to your manuscript and will most likely be your contact at the publication for all business matters relating to you and your work, so it is important to have a good relationship with him or her. You should feel comfortable enough with your editor to come to them with questions or concerns.

If you don't feel comfortable with your editor for any reason this must be addressed immediately. However, it must be addressed in a professional manner. This is a business relationship first and foremost and professionalism is the key to any business relationship. If for any reason, you still do not feel comfortable after discussing things with your editor first, then it is time to approach someone else that might be higher up in the publication hierarchy, but first you must talk with your editor.

Now what happens if your editor leaves the publication you are writing for. Well, this does happen. Sometimes editors will take writers they like working with them. sometimes not. It all depends on what their contract states. If you stay with the publication after your editor leaves, then you will need to start building a relationship with a new editor.

This week's market and contest of the week are:

Market of the Week
Website: Elbow Creek
Email: editor@elbowcreek.com
What do they publish: Stories, poetry, and articles about the old west.
Payment: $20

Contest of the Week
THE WRITERS' WORKSHOP FICTION CONTEST
Guidelines: Submit an unpublished short story or chapter of a novel, with 8,000 word limit (typed and double-spaced). Multiple entries are accepted. Your name, address, and phone number should appear on cover sheet only. Use 12 point font size; paper-clip your work. Enclose legal-size SASE for manuscript return and winner's list.

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