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I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this question?
I think a short story I submitted for an anthology is at the moment still being decided on - in the final 10% - but I recently edited it, cleaning it up and tightening things. I like where it stands now. So I am wondering what the etiquette might be for emailing the editor of this anthology, to see if they would like me to resubmit this tighter version of my short story.
Should I keep waiting for a verdict on the original? Or should I email them and see if they would like to see the one I tightened? How should I phrase it, if I email them? I'm worried I'll say the wrong thing the wrong way.
This is pretty much my email so far; I recently decided to tighten up my short story "______" which I submitted to ______, and I feel like it's improved. It's cut down to around 7.3k words and I think I've cut out unnecessary wordage. I like where it stands now, and so I wanted to ask you if you would be interested in my resubmitting it - I think it's called a 'revise and resubmit'.
I think a short story I submitted for an anthology is at the moment still being decided on - in the final 10% - but I recently edited it, cleaning it up and tightening things. I like where it stands now. So I am wondering what the etiquette might be for emailing the editor of this anthology, to see if they would like me to resubmit this tighter version of my short story.
Should I keep waiting for a verdict on the original? Or should I email them and see if they would like to see the one I tightened? How should I phrase it, if I email them? I'm worried I'll say the wrong thing the wrong way.
This is pretty much my email so far; I recently decided to tighten up my short story "______" which I submitted to ______, and I feel like it's improved. It's cut down to around 7.3k words and I think I've cut out unnecessary wordage. I like where it stands now, and so I wanted to ask you if you would be interested in my resubmitting it - I think it's called a 'revise and resubmit'.
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