Jennifer Morris – Editor

• I manage the online journal system - seeing papers through from submission to publication.
• I copyedit and proofread the papers and sometimes publish them online.
• I keep track of a papers progress, looking at lead times and improving them where needed.
• I maintain good relationships with authors, reviewers and editors.
• I find and assign reviewers to papers.
• I design and post social media for the journal - calling people to action and advertising content.
• I write blogs to advertise the journal, the most recent being on how peer review is an important part of the publishing process.

• First point of contact for authors, freelancers and agents – dealing with all queries and updating them on project progress
• Proofreading projects and checking plotter proofs
• General administration, including keeping detailed logs of submissions, production schedule, etc. and liaising with Wiley, the warehouse, to manage book orders
• Using InDesign to input corrections and edit reprint files
• Administering copyright applications and dealing with invoices and cheque requisitions
• Copy-editing marketing and publicity copy for catalogues and online use

• Checking major works articles – creating table of contents and lists of sources
• Making up contributor contracts
• Uploading production information to SMART
• Generating cast offs
• Copy editing marketing flyers

• Reading manuscripts and writing cover briefs for two novels, Beloved Strangers and What Was Promised. • Reading manuscripts, researching competition, finding quotes suitable for cover design and writing copy
• Writing and editing synopses for paperback publication – editing and rewriting the Bloomsbury Circus copy of That Deadman’s Dance (pub. date 07/11/13)
• Writing rejection letters to authors and their agents
• Writing reading group guides for upcoming publications