Things I’ve Said as Both an Editor and a Woman
“It would be easier to just do this myself”
“This isn’t that bad when you compare it to really bad stuff”
“95% of my time is spent trying to find nice ways to say things”
“What is your point?”
“Wow, for something with a lot of promise this ended up being really disappointing”
“How can I reject this person without them feeling like I owe them something in return?”
“awk”
“I’d like to invite you to walk that back”
“What are you hoping to accomplish?”
“It’ll turn out fine, I just need to trick them into thinking it was their idea”
“Source?”
“Too many words, not enough substance”
“Thanks for all your hard work, I really appreciate it”
“Thank you for your interest but this doesn’t meet our needs at this time”
“Can you clean this up?”
“I don’t need any credit, I just want this to succeed”
Sarah Scullin is an authority on both editing and woman-ing. She is Managing Editor for Eidolon Classics Journal and no, she will not hop on a call with you.
