Tag Archive: publishing

Writing Poetry about Children Is Not Overly Sentimental

Author: Janet Ruth Heller August 10, 2014

I write many poems, some about children. Important writers like Robert Louis Stevenson and Jane Yolen have published excellent books of poetry for young people. However, I find that poems about kids are now very hard to publish. Why is this so difficult?…
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Literature, Publishing Industry

editorial bias, poetry about children, publishing

Why It Is a Bad Idea for Publishers Not to Correspond with Authors Who Submit Manuscripts

Author: Janet Ruth Heller August 10, 2014

As a former editor of Primavera, a literary journal, I understand how time-consuming it is to correspond with authors who submit manuscripts. I spent a lot of time writing detailed personal letters to authors before e-mail was widespread. I even…
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Publishing Industry

ambiguity, communication, editors, publishing, response to writers