I Heart My New Editor

It has long road to find a publisher with whom I can hang my free-lance hat since Laura Haddad left VIVA awhile ago. It’s tough when you start with a terrific editor first and then discover how bad a bad editor can really be. Some were good, but wanted too much for too little, and some were jerks who took my ideas and wrote the articles themselves.  Some couldn’t seem to run spell-check and it was embarrassing to have my name in the magazine, some were completely out of my league (I am a piece of work, I know it ). Some inspire me to pray that they will leave the country. One I really liked and then he left. Sigh.

At a recent creative thinkers party, a bunch of us local free-lancers had an impromptu editor-tell-all. LOL, we all had the same experiences with the same editors, so I know it wasn’t just me. Trash your free-lancers and word gets out. Treat them well and your name is respected and admired.

I am really excited about my newest editors. We are very much alike, but very different, I like the shared energy and idea exchange we’ve developed. I am a total team player, and they let me be that. We are just friendly enough to make it fun, with just enough professionalism. They have experience to share, and mentor me on the job; one said I was a good writer who just needs experience, and that ‘raw’ was good. They will also tell me if what I wrote stinks.

Best of all, they could care less if I carry a designer hand-bag, just like Laura.