I'm A Writer First And An Editor

A Good Short-story Writer Has An Instinct For Sketching In Just Enough Background To Ground The Specific Story.

I'm A Writer First And An Editor Second... Or Maybe Third Or Even Fourth. Successful Editing Requires A Very Specific Set Of Skills, And I Don't Claim To Have All Of Them At My Command.

Editors Of Open Anthologies Actively Seek Submissions From All Comers, Established And Unknown. They Are Willing To Read Whatever The Tide Washes Up At Their Feet.

If You Write, One Of The Questions You're Always Trying To Answer Is, Where Do You Get Your Ideas? And, If You Write, You Know How Pointless A Question This Is And How Difficult It Is To Answer.

It's Possible To Become So Comfortable With One's Style And Structure That One Ceases To Grow.