Being a Disengaged Editor Ruins Your Credibility
Stay committed to the task
It’s hard being a writer. When you pour your craft onto the page, you expect it to be handled with care and in a timely manner.
Writers expect feedback and sometimes to make changes. After all, editors offer perspectives from a distance that writers sometimes cannot see when they are close to their work.
They don’t expect is for their work to fall into a void.
Recently, I me considered how writers and editors should act toward each other.
What are the etiquette rules of engagement?
I submitted a piece to a place known to have credibility and needed more professionalism.
It’s different to be an editor and waiting for someone else to edit. The process can be a nailbiting experience. But, when I hadn’t heard of an acceptance, declination, or a request for edits, I was dumbfounded.
I inquired after three full days of the editor being out of step with the self-published guidelines. Finally, I received a favorable response the following day.
Okay, no worries; sometimes life happens, and we can all understand the need for grace.
