Notice of resignation
Mar. 8th, 2014 09:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
calissaIt is with regret and relief that I would like to announce my resignation as editor of the Gold Coast anthology.
Many of you will be aware that relationships with the organisers of the project had soured and the publisher withdrew earlier in the week. The organisers intended to go ahead and self-publish. Given the organisers' lack of experience and their complete disregard for our professional advice, my co-editor and I felt it would be misleading to our authors to continue supporting the anthology--particularly since we no longer had any influence over the final product. We tendered our resignations yesterday afternoon.
On one hand, this is a bitter disappointment. There were a number of excellent stories in the collection and I was looking forward to launching my second anthology as an editor.
On the other hand, this has been an extremely stressful time and the behaviour of certain parties has been reprehensible. I am glad to be able to finally put this behind me and move on.
A big thank you to everyone who has supported me in this trying time. I truly have appreciated it.
Many of you will be aware that relationships with the organisers of the project had soured and the publisher withdrew earlier in the week. The organisers intended to go ahead and self-publish. Given the organisers' lack of experience and their complete disregard for our professional advice, my co-editor and I felt it would be misleading to our authors to continue supporting the anthology--particularly since we no longer had any influence over the final product. We tendered our resignations yesterday afternoon.
On one hand, this is a bitter disappointment. There were a number of excellent stories in the collection and I was looking forward to launching my second anthology as an editor.
On the other hand, this has been an extremely stressful time and the behaviour of certain parties has been reprehensible. I am glad to be able to finally put this behind me and move on.
A big thank you to everyone who has supported me in this trying time. I truly have appreciated it.
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Date: 2014-03-16 09:29 am (UTC)I am waiting on a job from one of my regulars and have a potential new client to speak with about a novel. The publisher that was supposed to publish this anthology is also something of a fan (how weird that sounds) and spoke of collaborating on something (to be decided) further down the track.
Otherwise, I am taking the opportunity to refocus on some of my own bits and pieces. It has been lovely.