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| ItsAMysteryNY | Posted – 7/18/2006 9:06:02 AM | show profile | email poster Does anyone know how long it takes to hear back from this pub? According to the (updated) HTP, "cold pitches take a while to get through the pipeline". Does anyone have any experience with them> I e-mailed it w/o attachments as per the listed editor's preferences and said I'd send clips if she'd like. |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 7/18/2006 11:26:27 AM | show profile I've never pitched them specifically. But my guess is they are like most big women's magazines -- often, you never hear back from them on pitches. I think this is especially true for email pitches. --Does anyone know how long it takes to hear back from this pub? According to the (updated) HTP, "cold pitches take a while to get through the pipeline". Does anyone have any experience with them> I e-mailed it w/o attachments as per the listed editor's preferences and said I'd send clips if she'd like... |
| Linda F | Posted – 7/18/2006 2:52:54 PM | show profile I just got an assignment from them that I pitched in April. It sounds like they're swamped (and really, who isn't these days!). I'd just be patient, and in the meantime, think of ways you can slant the idea for noncompeting pubs. Good luck! Linda http://www.lindaformichelli.com http://renegadewriterblog.blogspot.com |
| depietrowriter | Posted – 7/18/2006 4:49:16 PM | show profile redbook They were actually my first go ahead ever on spec only. They responded in about a month to my query. They never bought my story but rejected completed manuscript in about a month also. That was a while back so things could have changed. |
| Daisy Chestnut | Posted – 7/19/2006 11:50:42 AM | show profile | email poster I pitched them in April and was assigned a piece in June--fyi. Good luck! |
| ItsAMysteryNY | Posted – 7/20/2006 8:40:16 AM | show profile | email poster Thanks for your answers. I just pitched last week. According to the HTP, Daisy Chan wants e-mails w/o attachments so I e-mailed- and said "clips available upon request" (obviously not going to attach anything if she doesn't want 'em- I just listed my credits in my pitch. I guess I can figure a month or more? As for those who don't answer- it's kind of pathetic. How long does it take to write a "no thanks"? I had that problem with a few others. I'm not doing simultaneous submissions with this one but may consider a noncompeting market- |
| Stressed | Posted – 7/20/2006 9:47:02 AM | show profile i?ve pitched several times and not had any luck yet but one thing I will say is that Daisy Chan has always gotten back to me with a very clear and helpful explanation as to why why the idea isn?t quite right? I find she is one of the very few Eds that does this without having to be chased? |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 7/20/2006 10:53:05 AM | show profile Lots of reasons: 1. Parly, this is due to the age we live in. In the business world it's become acceptable etiquette to decline by not responding. 2. But it may also be that the editor doesn't want to enter into an email exchange. 3. The editor may have thought the email was spam and deleted it unread. 4. The editor may have thought the idea was good enough to think about a bit, put it into a file, and then forgotten it. 5. The editor may be reading a gadzillion emails at the end of the day, when he's really tired, and just wanting to get through them all and go home. And so, the idea of even writing "No thanks" to someone he doesn't know who sends an unsolicited query he doesn't want seems like too much effort when the delete button is so much easier. An unwanted story pitch is, after all, junk mail. --As for those who don't answer- it's kind of pathetic. How long does it take to write a "no thanks"? -- |
| ItsAMysteryNY | Posted – 7/21/2006 8:57:10 AM | show profile | email poster Stressed, thanks for your reply. I just e-mailed my pitch last week- my subject line made it very clear it was a pitch and for the specific section. I'll just wait it out but it's good to know she's on top of things. |
| ItsAMysteryNY | Posted – 7/21/2006 8:59:53 AM | show profile Then they shouldn't be too out of joint when people send simultaneous pitches to other publications, should they? It's not etiquette, it's rudeness and laziness. >>1. Parly, this is due to the age we live in. In the business world it's become acceptable etiquette to decline by not responding. << |
| globetrotter78 | Posted – 7/21/2006 9:15:01 AM | show profile Good point ItsAMysteryNY! They also shouldn't be too upset if writers send their *junk mail* to other possible buyers! "An unwanted story pitch is, after all, junk mail." |
| Newsy | Posted – 7/21/2006 8:36:03 PM | show profile Hello, and thanks for the info. I was actually thinking about pitching them as well. Do they accept personal essays? |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 7/22/2006 12:41:12 PM | show profile I think it's a given that most pitches are simultaneous. --Then they shouldn't be too out of joint when people send simultaneous pitches to other publications, should they? -- |
| Newsy | Posted – 7/22/2006 6:28:07 PM | show profile I heard a lot of editors are sticklers about the simultaneous submission, especially if the other pub is a competitor, but I figure that it takes so long to hear back -- and it's usually a no -- that it's good to maximize your options by sending it to more than one pub. Just my 2 cents at least. :) |
