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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