For those of you puzzled by what the fuss with Harlequin is about: it
means that Harlequin offers critique services for a fee. A writer may
submit a manuscript that's rejected by Harlequin editors, who then
recommend that the author purchase H's critique service for a fee with
hopes of being published.
This practice is severely frowned upon as less than ethical. About on
the level of charging reading fees simply to look at someone's
manuscript.
DC
Deborah Chester
John Crain Presidential Professor
Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication
395 W. Lindsey Street
Norman, OK 73019
(405) 325-4192
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