Editors’ Blog
State of the Desk
Of course, I’m calling my new year rant ‘State of the Desk’ as opposed to ‘of the Industry’ or ‘of the Nation’ because I know that all I can control is my desk – and even that is a bit chaotic. But, the topmost thing in my mind does, in fact, relate to the publishing [...]
Stacking responsibilities
My friend, the editor of The Liberal, Ben Ramm, reminded me of the saying ‘if you want something done, ask a busy person. Sounds funny, but I relate to it. See how I often complain of having too much to do? Well, now I have agreed to be on the Council of Management for The [...]
towards editorial harmony
As Hannibal from the A-Team used to say, I love it when a plan comes together! What am I talking about? Well, for a while now, two very talented poets – Niall O’Sullivan and Jacob Sam-La Rose – have been helping me with my editiorial work, reducing my workload in poetry and allowing flipped eye [...]
getting paid
This week we’ve had two calls from people wanting to use poems from our authors books in class and asking us about copyright. Now, this is one of the basic and most interesting things about copyright – it belongs to the author. You talk to the publisher if you want to publish something from the [...]
the conspiracy of coincidence
I’m sure no one’s in any doubt about the human brain’s ability to invent – I mean look at the industry we’re in! And this week I think have come to understand one of the ways in which conspiracies start. See, about a month ago we left INPRESS (the group that helps promote independent presses [...]
