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Posted by Miriam on 2008-01-11 21:13:36 +0000

back in the magazine saddle again

So, I just submitted my first magazine article in about 7 years to <a href=http://www.presentensemagazine.org/mag/>PresenTense</a>. Hopefully it will be published in their April issue; the article is about marriage proposals of Israeli men to American women...based on my own experiences.

The piece is pretty funny, but every Jewish woman who's read it says, "That's never happened to me!" Starting to think I may be that special someone to way more men than I thought possible.
Posted by tgl on 2008-01-11 21:26:54 +0000
Good luck!
Posted by pamsterdam on 2008-01-11 22:40:37 +0000
Hot diggity, girl! Kick some periodical ass!
Posted by Miriam on 2008-01-14 19:12:52 +0000
Getting a little nervous. I think the original editor I spoke with has left the magazine, and I haven't heard from the one I submitted the article to with edits. Other response has been good, though.
Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-01-14 19:27:47 +0000
I always do simultaneous submissions to make mailbox runs a little less stressful/more productive.
Posted by Miriam on 2008-01-15 22:15:04 +0000
Got edits back, and somehow the tone of the piece has changed. Will try to make it my voice again over the next couple of evenings.
Posted by Miriam on 2008-01-18 20:57:33 +0000
I think the editor just kicked mine. Kind of feels like I got spanked. Time to re-write.
Posted by G lib on 2008-01-22 15:05:00 +0000
Aw, M!
Once a piece of work is in an editor's hands, it's no longer your writing, it becomes a collaboration. It's easier to not take the criticism personally.
Posted by Miriam on 2008-01-22 17:01:25 +0000
I disagree. It's still my work, and it needs to have my voice. If she wants to write an ironic how-to for American women to get proposals from Israeli men, that's fine. But I don't want my name on it if it's not funny, and not my intention. Besides, this is not a paying gig. If they were paying me, I'd be more inclined to go with it. Or if it were an assignment. I pitched this to her; she just had a different version in her head.
Posted by G lib on 2008-01-22 18:10:48 +0000
Sorry, I misunderstood.

Changing words=OK
Changing whole theme/point of the piece= NOT OK.

Good luck!

Posted by Miriam on 2008-01-22 19:00:05 +0000
Thanks. I've been hemming and hawing over whether I should keep trying to work with this editor or just revise the piece and shop it around elsewhere. Soliciting advice!
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