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--- When the Editor is Your Enemy ---
--- S. A. Watkins ---
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Writing while angry can be a liberating experience. For instance, as I write this very piece, I'm steaming mad at a particular ezine editor. She's a nice lady, one whom I enjoy corresponding with on a weekly basis. But she's got a bad habit that I just can't see past: This editor invariably credits my work under the incorrect byline.

For people who make a living with words, something as simple as a byline can be extremely important; for erotica writers, this point can't be stressed enough. Your byline, whether it's a pseudonym or your real name, distinguishes a writer in important ways. I once plugged my full name into Google and found over thirty people who share my birth name. Three of these individuals were published writers. Well, as you might imagine, attempting to find my writing in search engines can be pretty tough; that's why, I prefer my chosen byline. That, and the fact that I'm on the run. But that's another story.

Sometimes, it's difficult to approach editors with their mistakes: Who wants to antagonize an individual with the power to say "yay" or "nay" to your work? Remember that editors are human beings just like you; they're human beings who sometimes assign incorrect bylines, butcher articles, forget to remit payment and go months without responding to email.

Don't get mad; get even. And when it's a good market, get paid!

Enemy Editor #1: Story Slaughterers

Every once in a while, I come across an editor who makes we wonder how she got her job. One in particular (another wonderful lady who gives me plenty of work) couldn't write a grammatically correct email if her life depended upon her doing so. She also habitually adds mistakes to my articles. Oh, yes. It's that bad.

As a writer who only received her first byline two years ago, I seek out more experienced writers and editors for mentorship, advice and opportunities. Yet when I come into contact with incompetence, especially on an editorial level, I am always puzzled. Then I get mad. Because I'm jealous.

The editor in question is sitting pretty with a paid position at a respected publishing company. Something I'm working toward. I realize I want this woman's job.

Many writers, much like actors, find it difficult to read the finished product of their work. I still cringe at my earlier pieces (and some of the more recent ones) and wonder why someone thought it suitable to publish. I realize that I still have lots to learn; but I'm game. Yet I become even angrier when an editor, an individual with power over how my work is presented, cannot take the time to do her job properly.

Dear Editor:

Please, by all means, add missing punctuation, drop superfluous words and suggest methods to make the piece better. Please don't add sentences that take away from the story, remove passages that strengthen it and give me bogus reasons as to why your way works better. Especially when your explanation email is riddled with misspellings, grammar blunders and incorrect symbols.

Love,

Beleaguered Writer

P.S. I will have your job one day!

Enemy Editor #2: Payment Poseurs

They say they'll pay. But what happens when they don't? In most cases, the writer is forced to play a game of email/letter tag until the editor in question remits payment. In more extreme cases, writers have had to contact their unions and get lawyers on the case.

I've been extremely lucky with editors; very rarely do I encounter one with a "slow pay" or "no pay" mentality. In my early forays into writing, I, like many beginners, made the mistake of writing for free. During that age of innocence, I didn't have to worry about checks, PayPal accounts or wire transfers. Since coming to the realization that someone would actually pay me for this (even if it's a pittance) I've become a rabid bulldog. I'll hunt an editor down for payment. My beautifully crafted inquiry letters are infamous for their curious tone, inquiring as to the health and well being of the editor I've targeted. Because editors are people too, they get sick. If they're a private operation, funds sometime dry up. And I understand.

In the past, I've accepted free books and ebooks when independent Web site publishers had cash flow problems. I have no problem with negotiating with a smaller market; if their work is high quality, I consider myself lucky for receiving a great resource. But an editor I worked with recently (another nice lady--see a theme here?) pulled a "bait and switch". I kindly accepted her book because the piece I submitted was tiny; it took only five minutes to write. But I kindly suggested that she change her writer's guidelines to include her "pay by book" policy.

Editors who go out of their way to NOT pay, however, are walking on dangerous ground. I never forget a slight. I never forgive an injustice. And my submission tracker has a long memory. I'll continually send sweet, gushing emails and letters until I receive my money.

Because if I don't get paid for my work, that editor might as well go crazy. Or block my polite emails. Or change her editorial address...

Enemy Editor #3: Byline Butchers

More on botched bylines because, well, I'm angry and on a roll.

During the correspondence portion of my relationship with an editor, I use my full first name--but only because S.A. isn't as cool as J.D. or D.J. Yet, no matter how an editor addresses me in an email or letter, my byline always appears below the article title. Why some editors find the difference between a byline and a birth name difficult to decipher, I'll never know.

One editor I started working with last year is a prime example. I wrote columns for her zine and did so without pay because I liked her site so much (laugh at my newbie stupidity). When I realized she couldn't get my byline correct, I found a way to honor my contract with her, while keeping some of my dignity: I sent her my early work (the stuff most publishers turned down) and reprints. When people email about an embarrassing article that appeared on her site, I feign surprise. You must have me mistaken for another writer using that name! To me, this is not lying exactly; I now feel very differently than I did when I wrote for that zine. And since I'm no longer the same writer, I can pretend that chapter in my writing life never happened. Viva the incorrect byline!

Enemy Editor #4: Reticent Rejecters aka Silent but Deadly

When querying a popular, national magazine, I expect to wait four months to a year to hear back on a query. When a publication pays professional rates, lots of writers compete for assignments; editors are forced to go through hundreds of queries and submissions weekly. But for low to midrange markets and Web sites, writers should expect to receive a reply within 4-12 weeks. Because of the popularity of the Internet, wait time is usually less.

Yet, there's still the editor who can't get back to writers at all. Granted, it's usually when they've decided not to use your work. But to me, rejection is not a good excuse. In fact, I say: Please reject me! Tell me I suck, that I stink to high heaven. Explain that my work isn't good enough to line your cat's litter box. Admonish me to "Just Say No" to my computer. But for Jenna Jameson's sake, tell me something!

While we writers are a notoriously neurotic bunch, most of us know we're not perfect. To write better, to publish more, we need rejection (and any additional feedback) to move on to the next level.

Editors who can't take the time to scrawl a one-line note, or type a three second email, really bite the big one (yeah, I said it). Always send inquiries about your queries and submissions even if you're pretty certain you've been rejected. I usually wait about forty-five days to follow up on email submissions; for submissions sent through post, I'll give my intended target up to six months.

If you're sincere and determined about getting your work published and paid for, then you have (or will) run into one of the Enemy Editors mentioned. Some of you will have encounters with combination types. But don't worry: Enemy Editors (especially the ones who pay well) can become your friends. Just take it one email, letter, or phone call at a time.

# # #

S.A. Watkins (sometimes credited as Stephanie Watkins, Stephanie A. Watkins and other monikers too embarrassing to mention here) writes from Brooklyn, NY.

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Eternally Erotic from Logical-Lust

Hello dear friends and fellow authors!

Logical-Lust will be powering a simple website called Eternally Erotic (www.eternallyerotic.com) who's sole purpose will be the sale of secure erotic e-books which will be published by Logical-Lust. The intention is to feature anthologies, author collections, and novels/novellas covering as many aspects and areas of erotica and erotic poetry that will be feasible.

To begin with will be the 'Eternally Erotic Anthologies,' a series of genre specific anthologies of around twenty stories per book, each story between 2,500 and 4,000 words long. This call is for the for first of these, entitled simply; 'Eternally Erotic.'

Guidelines; I seek powerfully sensual short stories of between 2,500 and 4,000 words. Original, unpublished works only, please. NO EXCEPTIONS as the e-book will be advertised as having content that cannot be/has not been seen anywhere else. I also want to make it clear that for this particular anthology I don't need any BDSM, noir or otherwise extreme, or poetry. Make your stories strong in the senses and erotic in the experiences.

Submissions must ONLY be in the form of a RTF (rich text file) and attached to an email that contains your full authors bio and a declaration that the material is original, unpublished, and that you own the copyright. Send your email, entitled 'Eternally Erotic,' to submissions@logical-lust.com. Any deviation from this will result in the submission being ignored or deleted. The deadline for submissions is 30th April 2004. The aim is to have this first e-book on sale by the end of June 2004.

Payment; For this first anthology it will be in the form of royalties from each sale and up to 5 downloadable copies of the e-book.

Rights; Logical-Lust will retain first publishing rights, which will be exclusive for a period of one year from date of publishing. After this period of time each author is then free to grant secondary publishing rights with the condition that the anthology is cited as the primary source of the material.

Once published, the e-books will remain on sale with no maximum time period set. It will be sold through both eternallyerotic.com and logical-lust.com, and other sources that may become available, or viable.

I make myself open to any enquires about anything to do with the above. Simply email me at captivatex@aol.com if you have any questions at all.

Captivatex.

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You know you wanna . . .

What does smut mean to you? Class, trash, ass? We're always interested in upcoming authors and brand new material. If you'd like to send us your smut, please read the following guidelines.

Stories should be no longer than 3000 words.
Poetry is limited to 75 lines.
We don't want to find racist, sexist, criminal (incest, bestiality, scenes with children) or similarly yucky things in our inbox.

Please limit photographic submissions to small jpeg files (less than 1MB). If we decide to use your photos, we'll work out all the techie details later. For now, just a preview, please.

S.M.U.T. accepts cartoons, sketches and other artwork within reason. If it's printable, we'll have a look at it. If you have a twelve foot installation piece, for gawd's sake please don't send it to our post office box. We are not an editing service, nor are we literary agents. If your stuff sucks, we're not going to send it back to you, and we can't help you find other writing gigs.

S.M.U.T. generally does not pay its contributors, unless you're super hot. We do what we can, but we're small and independent right now. We can, however, offer notoriety, fame, fortune and our undying thanks. We'll also do everything we can to promote your work.

That said, feel free to send us your sexy stuff. We're always on the lookout for work that gets us and our readers all hot and bothered.

SUBMIT! electronically to submit@showmethesmut.com.

SUBMIT! in dead tree format (no, we won't return it to you) to:

S.M.U.T. Magazine
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1488 Queen Street West
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Canada

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The Project: QueerLit Contest

Website: www.projectqueerlit.com

Deadline: December 31, 2003

The Project: QueerLit contest celebrates and brings media attention to unpublished authors of queer writing and opens doors for publication of their work. The Project: QueerLit contest is open to any unpublished author of an English-language novel with queer and/or bent/outsider worldview content.

Prizes include a contract for publication of her/his novel by Suspect Thoughts Press for a Fall 2005 release.

$25 Submission Fee per manuscript.

Contest submission deadline is December 31, 2003.

Full contest details are available at www.projectqueerlit.com

Note (concerning Project QueerLit) From Sage Vivant

I know that several of you are aspiring writers. Therefore, I'd like to tell you about a wonderful writing contest Custom Erotica Source is helping to sponsor that will provide the top ranking entries with awards as well as opportunities. I and several esteemed writers have been asked to judge the submissions and I'm honored to be included in such an impressive group of authors.

Project QueerLit is a contest for unpublished authors of English-language novels with queer/bent/outsider worldview content. (PLEASE NOTE "QUEER" IS NOT LIMITED TO GAY under the contest's definition.) Full details about the contest are presented at http://www.projectqueerlit.com but here's a brief overview of the awards: The top twenty-five submissions (from best-rated reviews) will have their novel's synopsis (and author contact information) listed on the Project: QueerLit website.

Six Finalists (from best-rated reviews) will receive the following:

1. author webpages (featuring author photo(s), biography information, novel synopsis, and novel excerpt) designed and hosted by Blowsquish Design as part of the Project: QueerLit website;

2. author biography, novel synopsis and excerpt featured in a special issue of Outsider Ink web magazine;

3. inclusion in feature articles in issues of 3 AM Magazine, Slow Trains, and Velvet Mafia web magazines;

4. a year's subscription to both Problem Child and Other magazines;

5. a gift certificate of (US) $25 from TLA Video; and 5 signed copiesof the Suspect Thoughts Press 2003-04 novels "Pulling Taffy" by Matt Bernstein Sycamore, "Burn" by Jennifer Natalya Fink, "My Name is Rand" by Wayne Courtois, and "Mortal Companion" by Patrick Califia.

The five runner-up Finalists' full manuscripts will be read for consideration of author representation by both Ted Gideonse of Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency, Inc. and Mitchell Waters of Curtis Brown, Ltd.

The Winner (from best-rated Finalists) will receive a contract for publication of her/his novel by Suspect Thoughts Press for a Fall 2005 release.

The deadline for submission is December 31, 2003.

See http://www.projectqueerlit.com for more details and the complete submission guidelines.

I hope you'll consider entering this very special contest. Please feel free to write me with questions or direct them to the contest's primary sponsor, Greg Wharton of Suspect Thoughts (contact link available on the Project QueerLit Web site). GOOD LUCK!

Sage Vivant
Custom Erotica Source
P.O. Box 31320
San Francisco, CA 94131
sage@customeroticasource.com
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Glamour Girls: Femme/Femme Erotica

Contact: Rachel Kramer Bussel
Website: www.rachelkramerbussel.com/glamourgirls.html

Deadline: December 31, 2003
Glamour Girls: Femme/Femme Erotica to be published by Haworth Press, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel

The porn world considers "girl-girl" a type of video aimed at straight men, where women perform supposedly lesbian acts replete with teased hair, long fingernails, and often monotonous sexual movements. But femmes know that despite the hype, many of us are indeed attracted to other femmes and appreciate the allure of a woman who’s just like us, who likes being glamorous, dolled up, sensual, exuding sex appeal and desire. In a recent interview, Kissing Jessica Stein producer, writer and star Heather Juergensen said, "When two women are talking about clothes or make-up, it often has this close connected energy and can be almost flirtatious," and that’s exactly the sexually charged energy, from a queer girl angle, this anthology will tap into.

Glamour Girls will explore the glamour and eroticism of two femme women together, as well as the more everyday aspects of femmedom that can attract women to each other. Writers will be expected to go "behind the glamour" and tackle stereotypes about femmes or look at what happens when a glammed up gal takes her makeup off. Possible topics include: seduction of straight girls, public flirtation/sex between femmes, dressing up (or undressing) for each other, being surprised by desire for another femme, discovering the femme within yourself. Whether getting a charge out of accidentally rubbing up against a femme’s beskirted bottom or heading out the door intent on seducing another femme, the stories in Glamour Girls will focus on femmes who know what they want and go after it, who are sexy, strong, daring, bold, curious, kinky, and every other flavor of femme under the rainbow. Instead of creating more cliches, these stories will illuminate femme on femme desire from many angles, including femmes who always fall for femmes, femmes swept off their feet by another femme, chance encounters with supposedly straight women, and many other girlie girl permutations.

Stories will be between 1,500 and 8,000 words. They can be written by authors of any gender but must have two (or more) femmes as the main characters of the story. Stories should be plausible, exciting, inventive, and hot, and should incorporate some aspect of being a femme/femme identity within the piece. While the payment amount has yet to be determined, I will be paying more for original stories than reprints and would prefer originals, or at least stories that have not been published in other anthologies.

Please send any questions, queries or stories (as Word document attachments) to glamourgirls@rachelkramerbussel.com

URL: www.rachelkramerbussel.com/glamourgirls.html

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