| janfields |
Thanks, Mel, it'll be
fun to do tag-team chatting
|
| mel
boring |
The Tuesday afternoon
"Open Forum" will begin promptly at 4 Atlantic/CANADA, 3 p.m.
Eastern, 2 p.m. Central, 1 p.m. Mountain, and noon Pacific. While
you wait for the "Open Forum" to start, feel free to use your ASK A
QUESTION button RIGHT BETWEEN THE YELLOW "MAP" AND THE RED QUESTION
MARK IN ICHAT to post some questions for the discussion group-two
minutes from now.
|
| mel
boring |
Good afternoon! Welcome
to this Tuesday afternoon's "Open Forum" session. I'm your
moderator, Mel Boring, and the Web Editor for this site. We're back
for an informal time of answering any questions you might like to
ask, on any subject. So feel free to ask what's on your mind--and
I'll tell you what's on mine! First, please read these
announcements, then we'll get started….
|
| mel
boring |
FIRST OFF, I want to
WELCOME JAN FIELDS to our Open Forum!...
|
| mel
boring |
She will be "fielding"
(no pun intended (-:}) questions today as well!...
|
| janfields |
Thank you...sure,
sure..no pun intended
|
| mel
boring |
THANK YOU for being
here, Jan, and CONGRATULATIONS on being the new ICL WEB
EDITOR!
|
| mel
boring |
My puns are usually
Boring, anyway!
|
| janfields |
I'm very excited about
it
|
| mel
boring |
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:
Send questions you'd like answered or discussed by using your "Ask a
Question" icon/button. (It looks like a thought bubble icon, RIGHT
NEXT TO THE RED QUESTION MARK.) The moderator (me, Mel Boring) will
post the questions one at a time in the chat room and do my best to
answer them. Also note: If you want to make it possible to ask the
longest question you can, first type "/ask" (without the quotation
marks), then leave one space after the end of "ask", then type as
many characters of your question as you can. If your question is not
complete, send the second part next, then if necessary the third,
etc…
|
| mel
boring |
WARNING: If you don't
post anything at all, SOME of you will be bounced off the system in
15 minutes. TO PREVENT THIS, type something (either a question to
the moderator or even a private message) every 15 minutes to stay
active and remain online....
|
| mel
boring |
How about I give you
ONE more Tasty Word of the Forum? It is "skedaddle"--do you know
it?
|
| mel
boring |
Today, you may direct
your questions to either Jan or Mel or both...
|
| mel
boring |
and we'll be
"tag-teaming" on some of them, others will belong exclusively to
Jan, and so on....
|
| mel
boring |
First, here is a NICE
RAFT of GOOD NEWS from YOUS!...
|
| mel
boring |
tkat_2 told us her GOOD
NEWS LAST WEEK but we didn’t get it posted: I have good news. I am a
Freelance Music Reviewer for Grassroots Music Magazine. I got my
second assignments today in the mail. YAY!!!
|
| mel
boring |
HIGH CONGRATULATIONS,
tkat_2!!!...
|
| janfields |
That's
fantastic
|
| mel
boring |
The new REVIEWER for
GRASSROOTS MUSIC MAGAZINE!!!
|
| mel
boring |
Kathy Scraper sent us
this GOOD NEWS: I just got hired by Benchmark Education Company in
New York as a full-time writer/ editor—working from my home in
Kansas on all sorts of fun kids' fiction and nonfiction readers and
teacher resource books. Lucky me!!! Kathy was an ICL student of mine
very early in my time of instructing, and is now an ICL
instructor.
|
| mel
boring |
WAY TO WRITE RIGHT,
Kathy!...
|
| mel
boring |
It's been PLEASURE for
me to see Kathy go from student to instructor, now to
REVIEWER---YEA!!!
|
| mel
boring |
Jan has some GOOD NEWS
to tell from Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt!
|
| mel
boring |
Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt
sent us her GOOD NEWS: My Children’s Activity Book is Rolling Off
the Press! It’s titled: GREAT WORLD WAR II PROJECTS YOU CAN BUILD
YOURSELF.
|
| janfields |
HA...the posting
thought I was Mel...must be my punny face :-)
|
| mel
boring |
That book sounds VERY
EXCITING to me, Sheri! And we are ALL very
PLEASED!...
|
| mel
boring |
Your face is prettier
than mine, Jan!
|
| janfields |
I'm delighted to head
about the project -- sounds fascinating
|
| mel
boring |
GOOD NEWS from Joan
Kyar Freyholtz: I'm happy to say that I had a poem published in the
Dec./Jan. issue of BIRDS AND BLOOMS. This is the first time I have
been paid for my work.
|
| mel
boring |
PAYING CONGRATS to YOU,
Joan!!!...
|
| mel
boring |
It's always a VERY
exciting step to be paid for our writing!
|
| janfields |
I hope it's the
beginning of tons of sales
|
| mel
boring |
ME 2!
|
| mel
boring |
Here's some GOOD NEWS
from JH, AND a question:...
|
| mel
boring |
JH asks: I have
recently sold my first item to a children's religious magazine,
"Kid's Ministry Ideas.” I would like to know the etiquette involved
in accepting payment for the item.
|
| mel
boring |
CONGRATULATIONS,
JH!
|
| janfields |
congratulations
|
| mel
boring |
If I understand your
etiquette question right, JH,...
|
| mel
boring |
You are maybe wondering
should you write and THANK them for payment....
|
| mel
boring |
I might suggest
thanking them that your piece was published,...
|
| mel
boring |
but my own feeling is
that the payment was DUE you for your writing, and no thanks are
necessary for the actual check, friend.
|
| mel
boring |
Jan?
|
| janfields |
And editors love
hearing if you liked working with them them.
|
| janfields |
But getting paid is
more of a business thing, you don't have to thank
|
| janfields |
Now if they seem to be
kind of...slow in paying
|
| janfields |
And you want to know
what Miss Manners says about asking for money
|
| janfields |
A lot of magazine pay
slow...the smaller the magazine, the slower
|
| mel
boring |
AMEN and AWOMEN--thank
you, Jan!
|
| janfields |
So you might hold off,
give them what feels like fair time -- money don't pay until the
magazine is distributed
|
| janfields |
Then, a polite thanks
for how great it was to work with you, and just a heads up to know
payment seems to have been lost in the mail will sometimes get
things loose
|
| janfields |
sorry about the typo --
"many don't pay"...not money
|
| janfields |
Money on the brain, I
guess.
|
| mel
boring |
Here is a FUN item sent
to us by Pegi Deitz Shea, who has been a Chat Guest here on our ICL
Web Site:...
|
| mel
boring |
Pegi Deitz Shea sent us
this fun tidbit she’d like you to share, and we are: Terry Deitz,
46-year-old brother of Institute instructor and author Pegi Deitz
Shea, is on the new Survivor series beginning in Feb. on CBS, on
Thursdays. He's a sweetheart and a hunk (plus a great brother, Pegi
testifies under oath, crossing her fingers of course). Please
pray/root/hoot for Terry! Thanks & welcome Jan--how are you?
Love, Pegi
|
| janfields |
Hey, great Pegi -- I'm
doing terrific, and you're bothr just might lure me to watch *eek*
reality tv
|
| janfields |
your
brother
|
| janfields |
I have to go cut off my
fingers now
|
| mel
boring |
Watch the Survivor
series this coming February, and pick out the handsome hunk who is
Pegi's brother!
|
| mel
boring |
Jan, these "roses" are
for YOU:...
|
| charweb |
Warm welcome,
Jane!
|
| writersblock |
Welcome
Jan!
|
| paige |
Welcome, Jan!. You won't
be Boring, but we look forward to you "Fielding" our questions and
sharing your wealth of knowledge and expertise with
us.
|
| mel
boring |
I didn't teach paige
that pun either, Jan!
|
| janfields |
You rubbed off on
them!
|
| janfields |
Thanks for the kind
welcomes.
|
| mel
boring |
Here is a question from
MD for Jan that she will present and answer:
|
| mel
boring |
MD e-mailed to ask us:
I sold all my rights for two stories to be included in a text book
for Christian students age 5-8. But the original stories were
written for a older age group. I had to use only words on the 5-8
word list. The plots are similar. Can I sell the older version of
the stories if the character names are not the same? Since they are
based on the Bible it is hard to change settings and such or the
history. I just don't want to lose out on being able to use the
original stories. How would I get around selling all rights for the
younger story, please? They are also different word counts: the
smaller one is 250-300 words while the older one is 400-600
words.
|
| janfields |
If the shorter stories
for the younger age group were sold "all rights" -- then you have a
bit of a problem. Technically, the older stories would need to be
SUBSTANTIALLY different to avoid being a copyright infringement.
Just changing the character names and having slightly longer stories
would not be enough. If a reader of both the younger and older
stories can clearly tell they are the "same" story, then you need to
make them more clearly different. One option would be to ask
permission from the textbook publisher to sell the long versions.
Most of the time, they would accept it as long as the long version
went to a serial (magazine) and as long as you included a notice
that the stories are 'adapted from...' stories found in the
textbook.
|
| gladys1 |
Hi Mel sorry to see you
go but we will give Jan all our support and
appreciation
|
| mel
boring |
THANK YOU, gladys1! Jan
is VERY WORTHY of your support!
|
| janfields |
And Mel is certainly
not gone yet...I have a lot to learn!
|
| mel
boring |
Here is that silly word
"skedaddle" again!...
|
| kswcolorado |
skedaddle = git a
move-on
|
| stephenie |
Skedaddle is what I have
to do - I have to leave soon!
|
| delima-e |
skeddale means to
flee
|
| casey |
skedaddle - that's a word
I grew up with (shows my age) - hurry up
|
| gladys1 |
skedaddle get, go, leave
me, but not you Mel please come back
|
| georgy |
skedaddle - get along?
hey! where are you going, Mel?
|
| caq |
Skedaddle. Mel, you have
taught us that word in spades today. I wish you well in your
sedaddling!!!! You will be missed.
|
| delima-e |
your good new has reached
our ears mel,does that mean that
|
| delima-e |
your are going to
skeddale and leave us
|
| mel
boring |
Yes, you are ALL right!
I'm going to skedaddle now, and let Jan answer this next
question!
|
| mel
boring |
JF wonders: I want to
send a poem to Highlights magazine. They purchase all rights. I
emailed them and asked if they would return the rights if I wanted
to use the poem again. They replied they rarely do that, which
bummed me out. Later I remembered that I had read in your Answered
Questions that if an author changes some words and the title, the
author can use the revised poem. Is this correct? Or is it wishful
thinking on my part?
|
| janfields |
HIGHLIGHTS is actually
fairly open if you want to use the poem in an anthology of your
poetry at some point in your career -- but as to selling that
particular poem to another serial (magazine), you would have to make
solid changes. Since HIGHLIGHTS owns all rights now, that includes
the write to create a derivative work -- so if it would be clear,
when viewing the poems side by side, that one was derived from the
other, then you can't sell the "altered" poem. It really needs to be
altered beyond recognition.
|
| mel
boring |
THANKS, Jan, GOOD
guidance!
|
| charweb |
What's the submission
procedure for the writers who...
|
| charweb |
live in other countries
and how the payment are made to them
|
| mel
boring |
The same as in the
U.S., generally, charweb,...
|
| mel
boring |
but the payment process
may take a little longer....
|
| mel
boring |
ALSO, there may be an
exchange of currency needed....
|
| mel
boring |
My experience with this
is that I was once paid from ISRAEL for a reprint they used in a
children's magazine there....
|
| mel
boring |
and the check they
sent, in THEIR currency, was exchanged by my bank at the
CURRENT-at-the-tiime exchange rate.
|
| mel
boring |
For U.S. Dollars.
Anything to add, Jan?
|
| janfields |
No, though many
magazines are more open to email submissions...and some small
publishers too.
|
| janfields |
Which certainly helps
for out of country submissions and postage
|
| janfields |
.
|
| mel
boring |
For
SURE!
|
| mel
boring |
When I mention the
Israeli payment, I'm talking 15 years ago.
|
| charweb |
Can we use the pictures
from Yahoo-Images without...
|
| charweb |
permission?
|
| mel
boring |
Nein!, charweb.
(-:}...
|
| mel
boring |
I mean no, of
course....
|
| mel
boring |
The images in Yahoo are
there for convenience, to show you what might be
available....
|
| mel
boring |
What you MUST do if you
plan to use one is to find out WHO owns the
copyright,...
|
| mel
boring |
and contact them and
ASK if you MAY use the image....
|
| mel
boring |
The copyright notice is
on the image MOST of the time....
|
| mel
boring |
But even if it's not,
you'd better track it down and get permission, or not use
it.
|
| mel
boring |
Here is an experience
that is at least PARALLEL to your question,
charweb....
|
| mel
boring |
I needed an image of a
famous PAINTING of the first anesthesia admiinstration for the book,
GUINEA PIG SCIENTISTS...
|
| mel
boring |
I FOUND a GREAT one on
Yahoo, and I contacted the museum in Boston to
whom...
|
| mel
boring |
the ARTIST had sold his
copyright long ago, as a gesture of support for the university where
the museum is....
|
| mel
boring |
The museum replied that
yes, I could use the image, but it would cost three hundred
dollars....
|
| mel
boring |
We DID pay that much
for a couple of the photos/images in that book,...
|
| mel
boring |
but the editor decided
three hundred dollars was too high a fee for what would be the
lighter emphasis on that photo in the book, so though I had PAID for
it out of my own wallet...
|
| mel
boring |
the person in charge
refunded my money when he heard....
|
| mel
boring |
BUt wouldn't have DARED
use that image without permission/payment, or I might be in jail
now! (-:}
|
| mel
boring |
Jan, here are more
ROSES for you, friend!:...
|
| dell |
And a big, hearty welcome
to Jan for taking over the Web Editor position!!
|
| chippy |
Welcome Jan, all the
best
|
| george
kulz |
I wanted to officially
welcome Jan, which I've already informally done, and to officially
congratulate Mel, which I haven't done at all yet.
|
| janfields |
Awww...thanks.
|
| mel
boring |
THANK YOU, george! I
will always be grateful for the memory that you made your first sale
to SPIDER Magazine--a REAL FEAT!
|
| writersblock |
and now, to pluck a bloom
from that field of knowledge: If you submit to one magazine in a
"group" (such as the Cricket group) and recieve a rejection, how
likely are you to get an acceptance from one of the other magazines
in that group?
|
| janfields |
With the Cricket group
-- all of the "bug" magazines "share"
|
| janfields |
But although the
Cobblestone mags are owned by Cricket
|
| janfields |
They are a separate
entity
|
| janfields |
SO, well, being
rejected by Cricket means don't send to Spider or
Cicada.
|
| mel
boring |
But you MIGHT submit it
to one of the COBBLESTONE mags, think so, Jan?
|
| janfields |
But if it suits a
theme, yes, totally...no overlap of editorial staff
there
|
| janfields |
And right now, I
wouldn't send anything to one of the Cricket mags
|
| janfields |
Until they get their
new editors sorted out
|
| janfields |
The move gutted their
staff.
|
| mel
boring |
Here are some MORE
sensible questions about images/photos in
publishing:...
|
| charweb |
Is there any website
where I can download the pictures......
|
| charweb |
with/without permission
free of cost?
|
| mel
boring |
Many "institutional"
Web sites may let you use their images, charweb,...
|
| mel
boring |
for instance a college
or university that wants the publicity alone....
|
| mel
boring |
but oftentimes I've
found that Web sites where images might be free for
use....
|
| mel
boring |
either are not GOOD
images, OR are not particularly relevant to the subject I'm writing
about.. Jan?
|
| janfields |
I know of some nf
writers who have gotten amateur photographers from
websites
|
| janfields |
to give permission
free...for the thrill of being really published
|
| janfields |
But you always have to
get the permission
|
| janfields |
And publishers are
going to want to see it in writing.
|
| mel
boring |
Yes, for sure,
publishers will INSIST on the permission forms filled out and dated
and signed!
|
| writersblock |
Someone I interviewed for
an article said she might be able to provide photos for the article.
Do I include her contact information with my article so the magazine
can contact her if they want the pictures? or do I just mention to
them that she might be able to provide photos?
|
| janfields |
I would always send
contact information.
|
| janfields |
But, many magazines
would really like to see samples
|
| janfields |
So they know it's worth
contacting her.
|
| mel
boring |
Yes, for certain, I
would too, writersblock, send contact info to
magazines....
|
| mel
boring |
because MAGAZINES often
get the photos themSELVES, paying for them and arranging for them to
be sent. BOOKS are a different situation, and this next question is
about that:...
|
| rosez |
Mel, your photo story
brings up a question. Do authors always supply photos (or photo
sources) for their non-fiction books?
|
| mel
boring |
MOST book publishers
contract with authors to provide the photos or images themSELVES,
the author's responsibility....
|
| mel
boring |
EXCEPT for
work-for-hire books, and maybe a FEW exceptions among traditional
publishers of books....
|
| mel
boring |
In your book contract,
you will agree to procure and provide photos that are
useable....
|
| mel
boring |
NOW, however, LATELY,
book publishers, who want to make sure they get GOOD and useable
images...
|
| mel
boring |
will ALSO provide a
small sum for getting photos, APART from their payment of your
advance, and later paying royalties....
|
| mel
boring |
For instance, Leslie
Dendy and I were given a thousand dollars...\
|
| mel
boring |
to get photos/images
for GUINEA PIG SCIENTISTS...
|
| mel
boring |
and that was the FIRST
time I've ever received a "picture allowance."...
|
| mel
boring |
A thousand dollars
doesn't go far, though...
|
| mel
boring |
so you TRY to get as
many images as you can with only a CREDIT given....
|
| mel
boring |
and SOMEtimes people or
organizations will settle for a credit.
|
| mel
boring |
Here's a question I
wanted to share with you ALL, for ALL your
input:...
|
| mel
boring |
JT asked: I am a new
student at ICL and just completed Assignment #8. As suggested I sent
off a story to a magazine that focused on nature. I chose CHILDREN’S
MAGIC WINDOW. Believe it or not it came back to me with the note Not
Deliverable as Addressed. I took the address from the 2005 Magazine
Market book that I got with the course. What happened to CHILDREN’S
MAGIC WINDOW? They still have a web page. I
checked.
|
| mel
boring |
Jan, what's the latest
you know about CHILDREN'S MAGIC WINDOW?
|
| janfields |
Actually, someone
FINALLY got them to respond and they areally are
|
| janfields |
they really are kaput.
Closed down.
|
| janfields |
I know they still have
a website
|
| janfields |
but the magazine is not
buying, nor responding, nor even accepting
subscriptions.
|
| mel
boring |
That is what we've
learned from you people here before, that CMW is out of business,
and I'm sorry, JT. I hope you can sell your story elsewhere,
friend!
|
| mel
boring |
I'm re-running EB's
previous question again, because I think we may have more answers
for EB: I want to write a children's book (either for ages 6-9 or
8-12) with an adult as the main character. I've read picture books
with the main character being an adult, but is this typically done,
and do editors go for it? I have several good ideas that I want to
experiment with, particularly humorous ones.
|
| mel
boring |
One reason I wanted to
run EB's question again is that...
|
| mel
boring |
I have just read the
book recommended last Thursday by our Chat Guest, Judy Bradbury,
AXLE ANNIE,...
|
| mel
boring |
by Robin Pulver and
illustrated by Tedd Arnold....
|
| mel
boring |
It is a VERY successful
picture book in my opinion, EB,...
|
| mel
boring |
but it is as Jan said
earlier: The main adult character, Axle Annie, has very child-like
characteristics. I enJOYed the book. Anyone know any OTHER books
with adult main characters? Let us know here.
|
| janfields |
I've seen some smaller
publishers doing books with adult main
characters...
|
| janfields |
And Robin Pulver is
very successful with it in several books...
|
| janfields |
Though they have always
been very child-like, in terms of either full of
wonder
|
| janfields |
Or kind of
silly.
|
| mel
boring |
Hee is some more GOOD
feedback for us, Jan:...
|
| cjlm |
Tell Pegi Hi from me and
I may watch reality tv myself!
|
| mel
boring |
I will,
cjlm!...
|
| bassoonhny |
Hi Mel, skedaddle
means"to get a move on." My mom used it
|
| bassoonhny |
all the
time!
|
| mel
boring |
Mine too, bassoonhny!
By the way, I want to introduce you to Jan,...
|
| mel
boring |
because I know you are
a BASSOON player in New York! Jan, meet bassoonhny!
|
| janfields |
Very cool, I love the
bassoon.
|
| janfields |
I even like the word
bassoon.
|
| mel
boring |
I remember hearing the
bassoon just yesterday in "Peter and the Wolf"!...
|
| delima-e |
congrats mel on your
book
|
| mel
boring |
THANKS,
delima-e!...
|
| mel
boring |
If I haven't said much
about the book, it's because...
|
| mel
boring |
I'm always sensitive to
NOT seeming to do ANYthing like boasting...
|
| mel
boring |
The book is by BOTH
Leslie Dendy and me,...
|
| mel
boring |
and it's called,
full-title: GUINEA PIG SCIENTISTS: BOLD SELF-EXPERIMENTERS IN
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, published by Henry Holt Books for Young
Readers....
|
| mel
boring |
It has really had a
life of its own, getting TWO starred reviews....
|
| mel
boring |
when NONE of my
previous books have even hardly gotten reviews at
all....
|
| mel
boring |
It is also presently on
the ALA's Best Books for Young Adults NOMINATIONS list for 2006,
along with 213 OTHERS!....
|
| mel
boring |
By February or March,
they will narrow that list down to the final
TEN,...
|
| mel
boring |
and I am both proud and
SURPRISED!
|
| mel
boring |
crouse7 asked us last
week on Open Forum, a question I didn’t know the answer to: I am
looking at the book FEAR OF WRITING: FOR WRITERS & CLOSET
WRITERS by Milli Thorton on E-bay. I am wondering do you know
anything about this book? Would it be a good
purchase?
|
| mel
boring |
I have not actually
READ FEAR OF WRITING, crouse7, but I have read views and reviews of
it on the Internet....
|
| mel
boring |
What I've read HIGHLY
RECOMMENDS the book, and especially the EXERCISES it has in it to
get you writing! I think Jan knows the book, too.
|
| janfields |
Only in a second-hand
sort of way, it sounds like it's primarily for the writer who
wrestles with writer's block
|
| janfields |
But it does sound like
a great tool for those frequently stalled by a missing
muse
|
| janfields |
.
|
| mel
boring |
GoneWest asks Jan: I do
have a question for your chat with Jan Fields....(She just happens
to be my instructor too). You can both answer my questions or just
one....what ever you feel like. When you send out a manuscript do
you think it is better to send it to one magazine at a time or send
it to maybe 4 or 5 magazines? Also, if you get a positive response
from more than one magazine what do you do then? I have read where
some writer's send out 6 at a time. It is really nice to see that
you will be doing the Forums Jan...Best Wishes to
You!!
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| mel
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Jan,
first?
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| janfields |
I have always sent to
only one magazine at a time
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| janfields |
Though you CAN
sometimes sim sub and some magazines don't mind
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| janfields |
But many of the smaller
mags don't work with contracts
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| janfields |
So they may consider a
submission to be a done deal
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And the first you may
hear from them is when you get a check and the publication
date
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| janfields |
That's embarrassing if
you really wanted to sell to a better magazine
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| janfields |
or bigger anyway...and
have to tell an editor NO...looks bad.
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| mel
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The key, I agree, is to
find out if the mags you're submitting to OBJECT to simsubs. If they
do, don't submit to them....
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| mel
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The ONE exception I've
seen is....
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| mel
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if an article has a
"time factor," is for the anniversary of something that will soon
arrive...
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| mel
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I simsubbed an article
about the Statue of Liberty once about a year before her 100th
Anniversay, to six magazines...
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| mel
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I EXPLAINED, in case
they didn't realize it, that it had a "time factor," and of the SIX
magazines, only ONE responded, and bought the article--MAYBE just
lucky me! (-:}
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| mel
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We are a bit overtime,
but maybe the boss wouldn't mind that today, think so,
Jan?
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| janfields |
Probably he would be
flexible...he loves us.
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| mel
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Just a couple more
questions...
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| mel
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cjlm needs to find out
from Jan or Mel: I check time periods listed in the Writer's
Markets. My confusion is over whether a writer should wait longer
than the time listed (i.e. Dutton says response time is 2 to 3
months). That 2 to 3 month period has come and gone. However, I've
had one particular manuscript held longer than that with two
publishers (a year with one) who said they liked and thought about
my proposal for a long time (they didn't publish). Should I send the
manuscript to other publishers after the time period has lapsed?
And, if I haven't heard about one manuscript in that amount of
time--and queried the same publisher about another--can I approach
other publishers about both projects even though the time has not
lapsed on the query? I'm assuming that this publisher may be one
that does not respond unless they are interested in my work. Yet,
I've had favorable response from them in the past about another
project (several years ago.)
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| mel
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My own rather bumbling
practice is that...
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| mel
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I often really forget a
manuscript is out, and leave it out just out of bumbliness,
cjlm....
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| mel
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But if you feel you
WANT to, you can always JUST CHECK with a publisher, say, one month
past the time period they state, not ask for it back, but ask ABOUT
it....
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| mel
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Then they can
respond--or they might NOT....
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| mel
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Generally, I have found
that NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS in MOST cases, though NOT
ALL....
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| mel
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So my tendency is to
not even inquire....
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| mel
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But if you JUST HAVE
NOT HEARD ANYTHING, and it's way past, write them to say you're
submitting it elsewhere, then do it!....
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| mel
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By the way, for pubs
you KNOW are later than their self-imposed deadlines, I would let
them keep it, cjlm.
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| mel
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Here's a related
question, how about you on this one, Jan?...
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| mel
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KR must find out: I
have an article about the American Revolution under consideration by
GP4K. The 2-3 month response time has not yet passed. Learning
Through History has an upcoming theme on the American Revolution,
deadline January 30. My question is this: I am reworking the article
to fit LTH's length and style. It will contain most of the same
information as the version sent to GP4K as well as new information.
Is it OK to send to LTH? What if both magazines want the
article?
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| janfields |
You don't have much
market overlap between GP4K and LTH...
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| janfields |
So, it's not likely
that either editor would be bothered since the pieces are
specifically tailoe
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| janfields |
tailored to the
magazine's needs
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| janfields |
But you would need to
let the editor know, because it would be her call.
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| mel
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I agree, KR!...One more
question...
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| mel
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caq asks for a repeat
of a previous question: Are recipes copyrighted? How do you use them
in an article or story.
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| janfields |
Recipes are
copyrighted.
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| janfields |
But the copyright is on
the presentation of information, mostly.
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| janfields |
...
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| mel
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We must stop now,
ALWAYS a heartache for me...
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| janfields |
You need to change the
recipe to use it, but pretty much most recipes play off of someone
else's food invention.
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| mel
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but ESPECIALLY today,
for me!...
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| mel
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I have received ALL
your WARM messages, though I haven't posted them...
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| mel
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THANK YOU, for them,
friends! We will BOTH be back next Tuesday for the Open
Forum....
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| mel
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and we hope YOU will be
back, too. THANKS to YOU, too, Jan!
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| janfields |
Thank you...thank you
all
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| mel
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No Guest Chat this
Thursday, but we'll see you here next Thursday!
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| mel
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THANK YOU for
coming!
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