Our Acquisitions Manager is responsible for ... encouraging talented new authors to participate in the Anthology.
Makes it sound like it could be "invitation only" or could lead to accusations of cronyism etc. I'm sure you can see all the negatives to this statement without me pointing them out.
No Stairway is not a greatest hits collection, but an anthology of work that values both style and substance, and a chance for readers to discover those unrenowned b-sides
Are you going to turn down stories with more than a certain number of comments or that have already been rec'd all over. How are you going to determine if something is a b-side or a greatest hit?
Relatedly, you've mentioned elsewhere about not getting enough submissions. Do you push back the release schedule or lower the standards if that happens? Publish less than 10 stories per volume? Start accepting "greatest hits"?
Also I'm confused as well by the use of the word "literary," but I am hoping to scope that out from reading other's discussions on it.
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Date: 2008-01-27 09:32 pm (UTC)Our Acquisitions Manager is responsible for ... encouraging talented new authors to participate in the Anthology.
Makes it sound like it could be "invitation only" or could lead to accusations of cronyism etc. I'm sure you can see all the negatives to this statement without me pointing them out.
No Stairway is not a greatest hits collection, but an anthology of work that values both style and substance, and a chance for readers to discover those unrenowned b-sides
Are you going to turn down stories with more than a certain number of comments or that have already been rec'd all over. How are you going to determine if something is a b-side or a greatest hit?
Relatedly, you've mentioned elsewhere about not getting enough submissions. Do you push back the release schedule or lower the standards if that happens? Publish less than 10 stories per volume? Start accepting "greatest hits"?
Also I'm confused as well by the use of the word "literary," but I am hoping to scope that out from reading other's discussions on it.