#the tamarind

[thetamarindrestaurants]

The Tamarind — Elegant Banquet Hall for Weddings & Receptions in NY

Celebrate your ideal wedding at The Tamarind, a classy banquet hall in New York that offers full-service catering, elegant décor, and customizable menus. Ideal for ceremonies, receptions, and other special occasions with an opulent setting and impeccable hospitality. Visit https://www.thetamarindrestaurant.com/private-events

[onlynina]

As we've been posting like crazy to solicit contributors for The Tamarind, I keep thinking more and more about the editing process. We received our first submission yesterday. As I read it, I automatically read it from an editing standpoint. But I don't how much of that is fair? Can I send it back with thoughts? Probably. The Review Review had some neat thoughts:

Do not immediately send the editors a revision!  The piece accepted is what they wanted. You could say, perhaps, “I have since done another draft, in case you’d like to see it.”  But they may look and prefer the original. On the other hand, the accepting editor may ask for some changes (generally simple ones—editors get so many submissions that they can pick ones that work and not deal with ones that need extensive editing, though there are sometime exceptions). You should not get defensive about your sacred work.  Try to listen to what you are being told and give it full consideration. Of course if it represents something you cannot live with, you’ll have to say so, but I find that this is really extremely rare.

If you get galleys, do them promptly and only correct errors. You cannot now rewrite.  (Which again goes to show that you should really have done your revising before you send out.)

This post really has no point. I'm just deep-down nervous that we won't get as many submissions as we hoped.