.
| Hearsay: |
HTML Giant has a great, funny piece explaining all those, occasionally confusing, editor titles you see on the masthead of your magazines. Very well done and a good laugh.
Editor – this guy (sorry, I imagine a dude) doesn’t read submissions; he might not even read the journal when it comes out. He just calls his friends on the phone to solicit their writing. He likes to say “I split my time between New York and [some other city].” This guy is famous and he rocks.
Executive Editor – this guy is old, and went to Princeton in the 50s. He doesn’t have an email account; doesn’t even know what twitter is. He just goes to the bank and transfers money and writes checks. He lives by a lake, but cannot swim.
January 2006
December
2005
November
2005
October
2005
September
2005
August
2005
July
2005
June
2005
May
2005
April
2005
March
2005
February
2005
January
2005
December
2004
November
2004
October
2004
September
2004
August
2004
July
2004
June
2004
May
2004
April
2004
March
2004
February
2004
January
2004
December
2003
November
2003
October
2003
September
2003
August
2003
Bookninja © Copyright
The opinions expressed on this site are those of individual participants
and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the site owners,
organizers, or other participants.
[powered by WordPress.]
April 27th, 2010 at 8:03 am
Seems vaguely accurate in some instances, though mostly for magazine/lit journal/tiny newspaper-type editing. Book publishing would open up another list. I didn’t see what I do, “developmental editor,” for instance — which is a shame, because I sort of wished someone would tell me exactly what it is that I do. :)
April 27th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Me, I’m a “field editor.”
That’s outdoor magazine speak for “freelancer we like.”
April 27th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Are you out standing in your field?