Editor recognition?

[moonlitclover]

If you have a volunteer editor working with you, what Lit platforms are there to recognize that person if you feel like they're doing a great job... other than naming them at the beginning of your story? Is there a way to communicate back to Lit that an editor is incredibly helpful?

 

[CopperSkink]

You could put a thread in the Author's Hangout, supposes me. Otherwise people usually just come up here and say "Ty, editor."

 

[sr71plt]

Not quite sure what you mean by "communicate back to Lit." The Lit. Web site doesn't seem to have time enough to do anything at all with the volunteer editor program, so I don't think communicating back to them about it would have any effect.

As for letting other writers know about them, you could thank them in a post to this forum and/or nominate them for the annual "best editor" award.

In the real world, editors are either acknowledged in the acknowledgment section of a book or not at all. They are not acknowledged in short stories. As there are practically no real editors on Lit. at all--most doing "editing" are actually just second readers--I don't see any need to acknowledge the "editor" in what has been posted. Indeed, the few times I've seen an editor credited directly in the story and then looked at the story, I would have been embarrassed to have been acknowledged as editor for what posted. Ultimately, what is posted is the responsibility of the author.

 

[snoopercharmbrights]

If you have a volunteer editor working with you, what Lit platforms are there to recognize that person if you feel like they're doing a great job... other than naming them at the beginning of your story? Is there a way to communicate back to Lit that an editor is incredibly helpful?

Yes. For those who crave such recognition there is the annual "Most helpful editor" competition (see http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=688417). Others just like to help and do not feel a need to have their public reputations boosted.

 

[_Lynn_]

So snooper, you know the motives of others now?

 

[snoopercharmbrights]

So snooper, you know the motives of others now?

Only my own, which have changed over the years. I do not have the hubris to believe that I am unique, therefore I believe that I can ascribe motives similar to my own as being shared by, at least, some other people.

 

[Dream_Operator]

Only my own, which have changed over the years. I do not have the hubris to believe that I am unique, therefore I believe that I can ascribe motives similar to my own as being shared by, at least, some other people.

You might get a better response if you switch on your Private Messages. Go to User CP (top left of this page) then click on Edit Options (in the left hand column) and then tick Enable Private Messaging in the second box down. Make sure that the next box down (Receive Private Messages only from Buddies and Moderators) is NOT ticked. Finally click Save Changes at the bottom of that page.

J/K Just messing.

 

[CopperSkink]

I, however, am quite unique, but I have come to believe so through no virtue of my own madness; it gets told me at least once a day.

As to the "motives of others," so long as "others" can mean "more than one person not myself" as opposed to "every other person who's ever done volunteer editing on Literotica," my experience is that while people are happy to accept a bump on an author's story after editing it, they tend to neglect to ask for such a bump.

And don't worry; no matter what anyone says, we're all here because we choose to be no matter what our experience levels are. If you're happy with what editing you've gotten, even something as paltry-seeming as "someone just read it before I posted it", this isn't the professional world. You're free to thank whomever you want for any level of contribution, in- or out-of-story.

 

[snoopercharmbrights]

... You're free to thank whomever you want for any level of contribution, in- ... story.

Not if the editor has specifically asked you not to do so.

 

[CopperSkink]

Technically, technically, it's a free country and a free website, technically you could, though of course it would be bad manners. Technically.

 

[_Lynn_]

. . . my experience is that while people are happy to accept a bump on an author's story after editing it, they tend to neglect to ask for such a bump.

Or they state not to have their name added.

Not if the editor has specifically asked you not to do so.

Agreed.

Technically, technically, it's a free country and a free website, technically you could, though of course it would be bad manners. Technically.

And then of course that gives said editor the option of not working with the author again as well.

 

[moonlitclover]

half and half

so for those of us who are equal parts attention whore and altruistic english teacher to the stars, it would be most gratifying to be recognized in story And in a post to the forum, though any recognition is better than none, unless you write like crap (jury's still out on some of my stuff ) i do agree with sr71plt that there are a few things i've provided my feedback on, only to be ignored, that i reallllly wouldn't want to see my name attached to in any way.

i was more curious about the proper way for me to recognize whoever i have edit my next story, since what i seem to need most, of late, is someone to cut down my rambling. i'm just being proactive and whatnot. muchas gracias!

 

[CopperSkink]

The author and editor always have the option of not working together.

 

[elfin_odalisque]

We glibly talk of 'editing' without splitting it down between literary, story and copy editing. All of these require different talents - but none normally wants recognition in the published work.

On lit the author has freedom to ignore any advice and I have a smidgeon of sympathy with sr for not wanting his name attached to stories that have ignored his advice. That should be part of the original contract.

IMHO, the glory of a super story/copy editor is to leave their own prejudices aside and get into the meat of a story they would never write themselves.

 

[moonlitclover]

I've actually been editing all day today (mostly story, though one that was purely copy) and none of the stories are in genres that I write in myself. It's been kind of fun to immerse in something other than romance for a bit but I wouldn't particularly want my name attached to any of the stories.

For some reason, out of nowhere, I ended up with 6 requests from the volunteer editing program in the past 3 days, when prior to that I'd worked with 5 people in the past 3 months. I'm wondering if my name was at the top of a page or something??

 

[mia_erotica]

I've actually been editing all day today (mostly story, though one that was purely copy) and none of the stories are in genres that I write in myself. It's been kind of fun to immerse in something other than romance for a bit but I wouldn't particularly want my name attached to any of the stories.

For some reason, out of nowhere, I ended up with 6 requests from the volunteer editing program in the past 3 days, when prior to that I'd worked with 5 people in the past 3 months. I'm wondering if my name was at the top of a page or something??

They like you. They really like you.

 

[moonlitclover]

They like you. They really like you.

Someone has to. Madame Mia, how's life with a kick ass blue W to your name?

(it's my own thread, I don't have to stay on topic, right? )

 

[mia_erotica]

life is full of hearts

Someone has to. Madame Mia, how's life with a kick ass blue W to your name?

(it's my own thread, I don't have to stay on topic, right? )

It's pretty great. I just checked and have 35,000 views! And 8 favorite hearts. I'm blogging every other Tues. on Excessica.com and preparing my novel for publication. I'm still planning something short for the Earth Day contest- a masturbation thing.

 

[moonlitclover]

How do you check favorite hearts?

You blog?? Link please?

 

[mia_erotica]

How do you check favorite hearts?

You blog?? Link please?[/QUOTE

You just go to submissions and then recent activity. This will show any new comments and who favorited you (with a very pretty red heart). But sometimes you get a broken heart- when you get unfavorited.

Here's my first blog post. I've done three so far.

Mia

http://excessica.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/19/pleased-to-meet-you/

 

[_Lynn_]

You just go to submissions and then recent activity. This will show any new comments and who favorited you (with a very pretty red heart). But sometimes you get a broken heart- when you get unfavorited.

Here's my first blog post. I've done three so far.

Mia

http://excessica.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/19/pleased-to-meet-you/

Some people bookmark a story for future reading by favoriting the author. When they're finished, they unfavorite them. A simple way for them to find a piece that caught their attention enough to make them want to read it.

 

[AsylumSeeker]

Ah, now I better understand. Noted the new capability to view details, saw how some are making and breaking my heart, aka making me a favorite and then undoing the same, was making me wonder why. I'm being used all for a bookmark!

<Sigh>

At least I'm being used.

 

[moonlitclover]

At least I'm being used.

I was gonna say, at least in theory they want to come back and read our stories... still a sad sad sight, that broken heart. *sigh*