Does Missing a Deadline Make Us Unprofessional?

As writers, we face deadlines and commitments every time we turn around. Even before we’re published, we might commit to beta reading or critiquing another writer’s work by a certain date. Or we might have a deadline for a contest entry, etc.

After we’re published, we have even more deadlines. We owe our finished manuscript to our editor to start the publishing process on time. We need tomake the necessary editing changes and turn our work around by the next deadline.

Even as a self-publishe...