{"id":1472,"date":"2013-03-04T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littworldonline.org\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2013-03-04T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T18:00:21","slug":"the-personal-connection-building-strong-relationships-with-your-authors-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/es\/the-personal-connection-building-strong-relationships-with-your-authors-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"The Personal Connection: Building strong relationships with your authors, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>The Personal Connection<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>As an editor, have you ever wondered how to encourage your authors?\u00a0 How to inspire them to produce their best work?\u00a0 MAI president John Maust collected tips from top editors around the world explaining their methods to build strong editor-author relationships.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Treat your author as a person, not a product.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong> \u201cI try to treat the author as a person; that is, considering each as a unique individual with his\/her own qualities, strengths and weaknesses. When I write to the author, I take into account the author\u2019s age, personality and circumstances. I seek to bless the author with my words and whenever I can, with prayer. I\u2019m able to achieve more with some authors than with others.\u201d\u00a0 Adriana Powell, editor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.certezaargentina.com.ar\/home.php\" target=\"_blank\">Certeza<\/a>, Argentina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u201cWe publish people, not manuscripts.\u201d \u2013Dan Elliott, editorial director at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tyndale.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tyndale House Publishers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u201cWhile we are working with a writer, we are exclusively theirs\u2014or at least it should seem so to the writer. This can create a delicate balancing act at times, because the author also needs to respect our time and the fact that we do have a responsibility to other authors. It is important, therefore, that we do our best to build a relationship that is professional but personal, trustworthy but not proprietary.\u201d\u00a0 Judith Markham, editor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhp.org\" target=\"_blank\">Discovery House Publishers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Be a servant and steward<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u00a0 <\/b>\u201cA servant is entrusted to care for property that belongs to someone else. Much of what an editor cares for belongs to someone else: someone else\u2019s idea, someone else\u2019s words, someone else\u2019s article, someone else\u2019s book. In the course of that care, with a nudge here and there (or sometimes a gentle push, the editor urges the writer to strive for perfection.\u201d Judith Markham, editor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhp.org\" target=\"_blank\">Discovery House Publishers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u201cAuthors have entrusted their created children to you. Books are precious and personal. Treat these offspring accordingly.\u201d Tony Collins, editorial director, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lionhudson.com\" target=\"_blank\">Monarch Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Listen<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u201cOver the years, I\u2019ve enjoyed the habit of making time to talk with writers in our publishing offices. Writers are encouraged when they know they are welcome in a publisher\u2019s office. Discussions center mainly on their writing and any other aspects of their lives.\u201d \u00a0 Lawrence Darmani, publisher and editor, of Step Publishing, Ghana<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u201cThe satisfactions of giving advice are considerable, as everyone knows, and advice is part of an editor\u2019s business. He gets paid to give it. This might make for a happy occupation if it were not for hidden dangers. The big one, I think, consists of inattention. Listening must precede advising and intelligent listening I believe to be a trained skill, requiring conscious, hard effort. I have come close to editorial disaster because of not listening carefully.\u201d\u00a0 Mitchell Burroughs, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/education-editor-Burroughs-Mitchell\/dp\/0385150326\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1362261744&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Education+of+an+editor+Mitchell+Burroughs\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Education of an Editor<\/em><\/a> (New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1980), 103.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>How do you seek to build personal connections with writers?<\/em> <em>Please share.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Personal Connection As an editor, have you ever wondered how to encourage your authors?\u00a0 How to inspire them to produce their best work?\u00a0 MAI president John Maust collected tips from top editors around the world explaining their methods to build strong editor-author relationships. 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