tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post1989322267957768111..comments2024-03-25T22:00:50.265+00:00Comments on *An English Travel Writer*: Rewriting - ugh!Jenny Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-69909393354847545522009-03-15T12:33:00.000+00:002009-03-15T12:33:00.000+00:00As an editor, I found your comment interesting. An...As an editor, I found your comment interesting. And I am sympathetic to both sides of the equation, for while I edit hidden europe, I also write a lot of material myself, both for hidden europe magazine of course but also for other media. <BR/><BR/>You could always push the task slightly back towards the editor, of course. Very nicely, very gently, with a few flattering words about her or his wealth of experience, etc. Some of the best pieces I have helped usher into print have been genuine joint efforts, where I have worked very closely with an author who was perhaps a little too close to the topic to really address the challenge in a dispassionate manner. <BR/><BR/>Authors' egos are often bound up in their words (and that often no bad thing), but editors are there to edit, and sometimes they just need to be prodded to do their job.<BR/><BR/>Nicky Gardner<BR/>http://www.hiddeneurope.co.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-44602549679996814662009-03-10T10:24:00.000+00:002009-03-10T10:24:00.000+00:00It's not just in travel writing that you get diffi...It's not just in travel writing that you get difficult bosses. It is much worse to be trapped with one every day of your working life. One of the advantages of being freelance which Ihave not seen expressed a great deal is that you do not have to work with unplesant or difficult people if you don't want to.. Don't you need an alternative source of income if you are freelance, though? it is hard enough to get a regular job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937298116504825290.post-24287380839164657542009-03-08T14:02:00.000+00:002009-03-08T14:02:00.000+00:00You are lucky to get a reply. Everyone i have been...You are lucky to get a reply. Everyone i have been trying to contact lately does not answert their phone or email. its like the marie celeste!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com