Perhaps this is cruel of me, but I've always imagined editors to be like the stuffy professors who've had tenure for 30+ years:
They haven't published anything in years and enjoy belittling those who have more talent than they do. Imagine being a marketing professor who doesn't even work in marketing anymore?
In the same vein, imagine being an editor who doesn't write anymore? At some point I wonder if editing boards pass up on stories that would be huge from them to publish, simply because they wouldn't know a good story if it slapped them in the face.
Lest I fall into a massive diatribe, I'll cut myself off there. Thanks for sharing your experience, brother!
Perhaps this is cruel of me, but I've always imagined editors to be like the stuffy professors who've had tenure for 30+ years:
They haven't published anything in years and enjoy belittling those who have more talent than they do. Imagine being a marketing professor who doesn't even work in marketing anymore?
In the same vein, imagine being an editor who doesn't write anymore? At some point I wonder if editing boards pass up on stories that would be huge from them to publish, simply because they wouldn't know a good story if it slapped them in the face.
Lest I fall into a massive diatribe, I'll cut myself off there. Thanks for sharing your experience, brother!