The point about burn-out is understandable to a certain extent, Joshua. But I think, if journals run out of energy to promote, perhaps they should step back and ask themselves what they are doing it all for. Speaking from my theatre background, any artistic event needs a certain amount of promotion. Or it dies, no matter how worthy the w…
The point about burn-out is understandable to a certain extent, Joshua. But I think, if journals run out of energy to promote, perhaps they should step back and ask themselves what they are doing it all for. Speaking from my theatre background, any artistic event needs a certain amount of promotion. Or it dies, no matter how worthy the work. The online space (at least) is already so crowded out with journals. And if they've stopped doing promotion, remove those "we can't pay, but we promote and celebrate our writers actively" messages in the guidelines.
The point about burn-out is understandable to a certain extent, Joshua. But I think, if journals run out of energy to promote, perhaps they should step back and ask themselves what they are doing it all for. Speaking from my theatre background, any artistic event needs a certain amount of promotion. Or it dies, no matter how worthy the work. The online space (at least) is already so crowded out with journals. And if they've stopped doing promotion, remove those "we can't pay, but we promote and celebrate our writers actively" messages in the guidelines.