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Just had some feedback from an editor
Excuse me if this sounds like boasting, but I have to share the good things about writing with you folks, because you're the ones who understand.
The editor in question has published a few of my travel features in her in-flight magazine and I have a good relationship with her.
I spoke to her this afternoon to catch up with which of my pieces have or haven't been published plus one or two ideas I wanted to pitch.
She was enthusiastic. She's sending me copies of magazines from last year containing my articles, plus she's publishing my Las Vegas/Grand Canyon piece next month - she actually praised this piece, saying how much she liked my photograhs! - Wow! Praise from an editor! Still recovering from the shock. :)
Plus she's sending me copies of other in-flight magazines that she edits (this was news to me) so that I can look at the style because she'd like me to write for them too.
All in all a very satisfying conversation!
The editor in question has published a few of my travel features in her in-flight magazine and I have a good relationship with her.
I spoke to her this afternoon to catch up with which of my pieces have or haven't been published plus one or two ideas I wanted to pitch.
She was enthusiastic. She's sending me copies of magazines from last year containing my articles, plus she's publishing my Las Vegas/Grand Canyon piece next month - she actually praised this piece, saying how much she liked my photograhs! - Wow! Praise from an editor! Still recovering from the shock. :)
Plus she's sending me copies of other in-flight magazines that she edits (this was news to me) so that I can look at the style because she'd like me to write for them too.
All in all a very satisfying conversation!
Comments
Well done!
Keep writing the fiction.
I hope this is the start of a wonderful year for you.
[quote=claudia]She's sending me copies of magazines from last year containing my articles[/quote]
[quote=claudia]Plus she's sending me copies of other in-flight magazines that she edits (this was news to me) so that I can look at the style because she'd like me to write for them too.[/quote]
I finally received a package of magazines from her and was stunned to see no less than three of my features contained in one issue. How thrilled was I to see that?
I'm now going to go away and study the sample magazines in order to get some stuff written for them too while I'm in this editor's good books! I may not have much time for talkback for a while... :)
Most certainly! When I returned to Fiji and checked my bank statement I knew that I'd been paid for three articles; I didn't know they'd been all featured in the same issue. It's amazing to see three pieces, complete with my photographs all together in one magazine.
One was a feature about our local marinas, another about an adventure cruise that I went on last year, and the third was a re-written piece about an island in the Maldives that had been hit by the 2004 asian tsunami; I interviewed the manager and told his story of that fateful day... (a piece I'm frankly very proud of and glad it got another airing).
Nice one...or two...or three...?
Also, check the fee when the editor commissions the article and make sure he/she is not underpaying you = you often need to haggle. You can check on the nuj website where they have a list of what each publication pays.
The nuj rates are just a guideline to follow when negotiating a rate - it is also a help to those trying a new publication so they don't undercharge. You don't have to be a member to look at them and writers living in any part of the world should be paid the same money.
I think you will find Claudia is an experienced writer, she specialises in travel articles. That was just one editor out of many.