Editor’s Notes: Interview with an Editor
BY MCKENNA GARDNER AND AMANDA ELLIOTT A Dash of Madness: A Thriller Anthology Launches August 3, 2013 In anticipation of the upcoming release for A Dash of Madness: A Thriller Anthology, Amanda Elliott, Assistant Marketing Director for The X, takes a deep dive into...Editor’s Notes: Surviving the Slush
Hi. I’m Jessica, your friendly neighborhood editorial assistant, and I’m here to help you get your manuscript out of our discard pile and on its way to becoming a Xchyler-certified novel! I started out at Xchyler as a slush-pile reader; that is, I was (and still am)...Editor’s Notes: A Matter of Style
What do we mean when we say “style”? In the editorial context, it pertains to how text is presented on the printed page: where to put commas, what types of ellipses to use, colons vs. semi-colons. The list is endless. My first real encounter with the whole “style”...Editor’s Notes: The Waiting Game
“You’ve got no mail!” Most authors will probably tell you the second-most tortuous aspect of getting published is the waiting game—the first, of course, being the first time one opens the editor’s notes on one’s painstakingly edited masterpiece. “Bleeding red ink”...Editor’s Notes: Offensive Content Standards
Recently, I received an email from an author asking for clarification on admittedly ambiguous information on our Submissions page; specifically: Xchyler Publishing does not publish erotica, gratuitous gore, Satanic themes, nor manuscripts promoting child abuse, drug...
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