Posts Tagged ‘ “around the presses” ’

Ever wonder what makes a person call themselves an “editor”? Ever wonder what possesses a person to even presume to be an editor in the first place: to accept, reject, give thumbs up or down? Who are we, anyway?

I think it has come to be a default title of sorts, for lack of another term. An editor doesn’t necessarily fix mistakes and correct spelling these days, but an editor often controls content: what goes in, what stays out, a barrier to entry.

On the other hand (and this is what I prefer to focus on, regardless of the term) an editor can be a person who greets you at the door, who asks if you could use a drink. Over the next few weeks in this section, “Around The Presses”, I want to talk about editors and the different ways they view their roles, tasks, mission.

Eclectic Flash

Brad Nelson is the Editor-In- Chief at Eclectic Flash, a great site that showcases short fiction. I wanted to hassle Nelson with questions because his editing “model” is a bit different as he uses a collaborative editing process for content. What that means is that a potential contributor submits a story to Eclectic Flash and it is considered not by one editor- but by a panel of editors. …

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