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Good feedback from a magazine editor

ClaudiaClaudia
edited July 2008 in - Writing Tales
Some of you may remember that I was shortlisted for a travel writing competition in Wanderlust earlier this year. After the excitement died down I decided I ought to strike while the iron was hot and submit the piece (suitably broadened) as a stand alone article for Wanderlust. As most of you know – magazine editors rarely dish out praise.
Here’s what he said:

“Thanks for sending in your MS and congrats on the C&K prize. It's a
lovely piece, but we covered Ranthambore in the mag about 18 months ago
so I'm afraid it's too soon for us to run another article.”

Frankly I’m chuffed to bits.

Comments

  • WiltsWilts
    What great feedback! No wonder you are feeling chuffed. Well done Claudia. :P
  • CarolCarol
    Obviously they would have taken it otherwise. Well done.
  • LizLiz
    Wonderful -can you send it somewhere else?
  • RosalieRosalie
    Well done - that's very encouraging. I agree you should submit it somewhere else.
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Well done!
  • bochokbochok
    Well done, Claudia.
  • Stan2Stan2
    Great encouragement for you Claudia.
  • KangarooKangaroo
    Good on you Claudia! :-)
  • MutleyMutley
    Well done.
  • dorothyddorothyd
    magic to have feedback like that, congratulations! Now to sell it somewhere else!
  • GullyGully
    [Eyes gleaming with pride, Gully claps his hands!]
  • WordyWordy
    Well done, Claudia. No doubt the editor will look favourably on anything else you can send. Meanwhile, hope you can find a home for such a promising piece. Books and articles always say a rejection may be due to a recent piece having been used on the same topic and now you have the proof of this. If topics, like cats, are supposed to have nine lives, perhaps you can find a new angle for a different market. Good luck.
  • ClaudiaClaudia
    Thanks for all the congrats.
    It's probably the best travel piece I've ever written and it's nice to know that a "big" travel magazine liked it too and would have published it if they hadn't already covered Ranthambore recently.
    I certainly will try to sell the article elsewhere, but I may wait until I return to the UK in November and have a look at other travel magazines first as I'd really like to try for another glossy like Wanderlust.
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