My Top Priority As An Editor Is Ignoring The Contributors To My Publication
Total disregard is my business, and business is good
With the multitude of competing activities that chaotically fly across my desk and demand my attention each and every day, there’s one rule of thumb that I can always rely on to help ensure I never lose sight of my daily objectives: ignoring my publication’s contributors. And no, I’m not just talking about naive, doe-eyed, wishful newcomers (though I do hate them). I’m talking about established contributors who have an actual history with my publication. Whether they’re contracted writers or illustrators or even recurring freelancers — yuck — doesn’t matter to me in the least. Total disregard is my business, and, let me tell you: business is good.
I am an Editor with a capital “E,” not some pathetic desk jockey who’s obligated to reply to emails in fewer than 180 days. Can you even imagine? I mean, seriously. It’s disgusting.
I pride myself on not responding to contributors with whom I’ve had a relationship for years. And the longer our ongoing relationship, the better. There’s nothing I love more than seeing a new email from a contributor with whom I’ve worked for 10+ years pop up in my inbox, clicking on it immediately so that the unread-message icon disappears, and then…
