Editorial assistants. I wasn't a hard sell. For if one thing is more essential than the rest, it is that the editor's shadow should rest squarely on his magazine. That’s What Editors Do': An Interview with Ben Bradlee | Naval History Magazine - December 1995 Volume 9 Number 6. Beneath the botanist is the man passionately in love with flowers and with the Nature that brings them into being, but it is love from within rather than admiration for what is without. You should always check the publisher's submission guidelines. I think they knew more about us, because every so often one of our cruisers or destroyers would limp home, having taken a terrible shellacking during the night—ships like the Honolulu, the St. Louis, the O'Bannon, the Nicholas, the Fletcher; they all got hit.
If your manuscript gets turned away at the gate, the chances are it's your fault. Keep your message short and professional in tone. She may hold court with as much generosity as efficiency, but she's not looking for a jester. Type of material: Résumés, books (fiction, comedy, sci-fi, poetry), white papers, research papers, marketing material, presentations, infographics, websites. Naval History: You're saying how important your war experience was to you. The best editors are curious and recognize when they don't know something or aren't sure. Then, she went out with [Marine] General [Walter] Boomer. Don't: Rush or procrastinate. I'm not sure they'd have to be drafted into the armed services. That's known in the business as a professional attitude. We add many new clues on a daily basis. Not that the wily trout actually whisks between him and his Emerson. Editors forget i wrote that sell. She expects her staff — and you — to do the same. That was the star, you will remember, which brought life and liberty to Quentin Durward's outlandish friend Hayraddin Maugrabin.
This knowledge base can then be used to help you better understand what you're editing. But the journalists weren't wrong. This is what I did during the war, so don't give me any shit. " Several freelance writing projects — such as a travel feature — may entail providing photographs along with your copy. She'll usually give you a fair idea of the changes she'd like to see.
During the 1890's when I chanced to be on the scene, the glory of Harvard was her Department of Philosophy, and the glory of the Department of Philosophy was the hearty divergence in the creeds of one professor and the next. I mean, they're much less respectful of authority. She began her career at Elsevier 15 years ago as an Editorial Coordinator for two very active clinical medicine portfolios. There are drop-down menus for each submission type conveniently located at the manuscript upload page. The Sharp farm was on Mullein Hill, well within Boston's radius of intellect. Here is an artist who has given them the prismatic colors of poetry; and who can say they are less alive for that! Do: Continuously strive to become a better editor. They may not have the broad social sweep of a Lewis or even a Hemingway, but in the nicety of their observation of life, in their ingenuity, in the fidelity of their portrayal of human nature, they do not seem to me to take a second place. Your time should be spent more productively on your findings and data. In short, an editorial assistant is not a second-rate editor, but a fully qualified, highly skilled member of the editorial team. We slowed her down, a knot at a time. Most "aspiring writers" can't be bothered. I haven't been to one. Editor's "Forget I wrote that" Crossword Clue. That was about all I knew of him until I came to consider this paragraph, written while the horror of the first universal war rolled across half the world to his lonely mountain camp.
Naval History: Is that bad? Next you pause, pause for some twentyfour centuries and then mutter, Christina Rossetti and Emily Brontë, both precious names and Emily's, by virtue of two poems, immortal. Overbook or book outside of your skill level, even if you need the money. Might that have got you a medal? Other people on the payroll. Who wrote lest we forget. A tragedy similar to the one described by my Missouri friend had just been enacted, and the Enquirer headlined it thus: —. And there is less and less desire by reporters to be 60-year-old correspondents in the Pentagon or schlepping the halls of the Hill.
If you've submitted a manuscript, my co-conspirators and I have picked through your methods and results, your figures and your references (Oh, the references! He put all newspaperdom into a single sentence. Who wrote i keep forgetting. Bradlee: It's funny. Otherwise, all you need is to give the title of the piece, the word count, a brief summary — no more than a handful of sentences — and an explanation of why you think it's a good fit for the publication.
Torrey is gone, Bowles is gone, John Phillips is gone, Sharp is gone, but their spirit lives abroad in the land. An unprofessional cover letter. Editor, MasterPieces Writing and Editing LLC. Try not to be too attached to your work.
Whether you want to write for women's magazines, children's and teen publications, the trade, industry and business markets, travel outlets, nostalgia articles, the religious and inspirational press, or just sell reader's letters, all that's left is to research the market, write, submit, and repeat. My all-time favorite story about Spruance is in the book—the day he came up on deck while I was officer of the deck. In the teeth of the economists I pass on to others this salutary maxim. When you do, make your letter or email brief, professional, and courteous.
The talk that followed bore much on style. Confessions of a managing editor (or 6 reasons I'm returning your manuscript). Industry has adopted the idea: why should not families enjoy it? A happy conglomerate for a working day! Boys are sent to Harvard to grow up.
Do: Edit work that you have some experience with or connection to. His books I read and delighted in, but not until I used to stay with him at Boxford did I understand the source of that delight. We use historic puzzles to find the best matches for your question. I felt my ass to see if there was blood. Naval History: You kept it?
But even if you come to later years and pick up Mrs. Browning, if you must pick her up, and our own elfin Emily Dickinson, the scales are heavy against you. Things you do – innocently, of course – to drive your science editor crazy. They don't want to do it, and I don't blame them. But that's all right. We had no great qualifications. We were in ROTC in 20 minutes, and we stayed there.
He said just as the button was pressed, and now two laughing faces tell their philosophic story. Some people have read the book and told me that what I described as the job of a CIC [combat information center] officer is what an editor is, too. Naval History: Was that a brilliant PR move, or what? Do: If you're working as a freelancer, get everything in writing! But it will reduce your chances of selling future work to her to zero.
It is true they may lack the masterful hand with which great novelists like Conrad and Hardy create a human world shadowed by overarching Fate. The time I was on the Philip came out of my head, because I didn't have any orders. Bradlee: The destroyers have had reunions, but I got to miss them all for various newspaper reasons. He said, "If you can guarantee me that these reserve officers will be assigned to destroyers or cruisers, I'll get you the best in the college. " Halsey was supposedly looking for the Japanese fleet, but the impression we all got was that he was looking for the typhoon. Those guys were fantastic. Don't: Never be afraid to turn down a client. Mrs. Wharton was irritated, but after all, she had had her woman's way and the editor his professional satisfaction. He wrote back, saying I wasn't such a bad guy after all, and we started a great correspondence. You also know what the editor's reply means when it eventually arrives, and how to respond. Naval History: You compare the command styles of Admirals [William] Halsey and [Raymond] Spruance. With that the Devil stooped, as Devils do with special grace, and plucking one corner of the man's shadow, made a neat roll of its whole length and walked jauntily away with the package beneath his arm. What happens next depends on the market and the kind of story you submitted. He impugned my patriotism and certainly impugned my war.
Just someone you feel has mastered the skill and craft of editing — someone you respect. Editing can be tedious at times; therefore, it's crucial to know how much of your time and resources will be needed for each project and to plan accordingly. The broader your knowledge about various topics (you don't have to be an expert! Naval History: You wrote that you certainly did not want to be a GI in Europe. Bradlee: The fact of the matter is that the war, and the Navy in particular, played such important roles in my life. Teaching is the Perry business.
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