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Cheyne
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A friend sent me this article/interview asking 10 major editors what they are looking for. Some really good stuff here.

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/editors_interview/

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Nick T
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Sigh. Once again, they've neglected to include the code word that guarantees they'll publish your story.

Thanks Cheyne, good stuff.

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WBSchmidt
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Once again, they've neglected to include the code word that guarantees they'll publish your story.

Don't you know? They only give you the code word after you've been published.

--William

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TaleSpinner
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Thanks for this, Cheyne.

No silver bullets but plenty of bronze nuggets that might help us hit gold ...

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Starweaver
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Great interviews. Wish somebody would do something like this with the slush readers, though. I imagine they have somewhat more cynical criteria...
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tchernabyelo
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Fascinating to read that, from the perspective of someone who's been accepted by some of those editors and rejected by others... thanks for the link!
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