"You need to make it easier for me not to erase you"
Shortly after I posted this entry, David Lee Summers (vice president of SFPA) sent an email to Stone Telling listing Rhysling nominees from our magazine (nominees that still have not been notified of their nominations), and seeking to solicit congratulatory advertisements for Star*line. He addressed me alone. I replied, asking him to address both of us in correspondence.
I am pasting an excerpt from the email he sent.
"I apologize for misaddressing the original message. I'll point out, this error stemmed not from SFPA records, but my own visit to the Stone Telling website. It was unclear to me who the poetry@stonetelling.com address went to. On review, I see that I missed that Ms. Narayan is listed as co-editor. That was my mistake, but if this is an important point, I fear it's not one made clear to those who would submit."
"but if this is an important point"
"BUT IF THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT"
"BUT IF THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT"
"But if this is an important point to recognize the work of 50% of the editorial team who selected these nominated poems, then.."
This is our about page, the only page that lists our names: About Page. And he found my name all right. Draw your own conclusions.
Yes, I probably could improve the website in order to make it EASIER FOR HIM NOT TO ERASE SHWETA NARAYAN. And I know that some of you would come to me with suggestions how to do this, and those are valuable suggestions. BUT. We spend an inordinate amount of time trying to make it easier for certain people not to erase us, and guess what, they erase us anyway.
Enough already.
We will return every submission or official correspondence addressed only to Rose. You are welcome to address both of us, address the three of us, address us as Editors, send your email to "Stone Telling," open your correspondence with a "Hi" or send work with no salutation at all. But any submission or official correspondence addressed only to me will be returned.
Yes, this is an important point.
I am pasting an excerpt from the email he sent.
"I apologize for misaddressing the original message. I'll point out, this error stemmed not from SFPA records, but my own visit to the Stone Telling website. It was unclear to me who the poetry@stonetelling.com address went to. On review, I see that I missed that Ms. Narayan is listed as co-editor. That was my mistake, but if this is an important point, I fear it's not one made clear to those who would submit."
"but if this is an important point"
"BUT IF THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT"
"BUT IF THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT"
"But if this is an important point to recognize the work of 50% of the editorial team who selected these nominated poems, then.."
This is our about page, the only page that lists our names: About Page. And he found my name all right. Draw your own conclusions.
Yes, I probably could improve the website in order to make it EASIER FOR HIM NOT TO ERASE SHWETA NARAYAN. And I know that some of you would come to me with suggestions how to do this, and those are valuable suggestions. BUT. We spend an inordinate amount of time trying to make it easier for certain people not to erase us, and guess what, they erase us anyway.
Enough already.
We will return every submission or official correspondence addressed only to Rose. You are welcome to address both of us, address the three of us, address us as Editors, send your email to "Stone Telling," open your correspondence with a "Hi" or send work with no salutation at all. But any submission or official correspondence addressed only to me will be returned.
Yes, this is an important point.
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