Tag: Lessons Learned

My past two posts on ‘lessons learned’ in putting together this anthology covered author selection, formatting and setting expectations.  This one will cover peer review, editing, and the use of social media in collaborating on the project. Peer Review There are a few reasons we decided to use a ‘peer review’ process for this anthology.  One… Continue reading Lessons Learned 3: Editing, Peer Review, and Social Media

In the last ‘lessons learned‘ post, I wrote about the selection process for the anthology, from call for submissions through to why and how we rejected particular pieces.  This post will look at selection emails and setting time expectations, contracts, and formatting. Setting expectations: time scales In our ‘yay, you’ve been selected!’ emails, we included a more-or-less form email… Continue reading Lessons Learned 2: Setting Expectations, Contracts, and Formatting

Nearly a year after the whole process began, I’m finally getting around to starting the ‘lessons learned’ series for the anthology.  This is going to talk about what the process of the book’s creation actually involved, as well as the things we’ve learned work (and don’t work!) insofar as putting together an indie anthology go.… Continue reading Lessons Learned 1: The Call for Submissions and Selection