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Essay: ESSAY: Creating an Anthology
by Irene Davis

Would you believe you can put together an anthology in less than six months?

This book began as a casual idea posted on a private email list of friends, professional writers from across Canada. The poster was the owner of the list.

The idea dropped into cyberspace and vanished. Several weeks later I asked if anyone wanted to follow up on doing an anthology. I suggested striking a committee to accept and evaluate submissions. Even as I did this, I was thinking,  "Oops, she who speaks gets volunteered."  And of course the list owner promptly dubbed me editor.

I recruited her and a third editor. I was designated primary editor, with control over all things editorial. She became managing editor, in charge of contracts, publicity, etc. The third editor became our liaison with contributors, and was given the title of acquisitions editor. We each worked in our own corner of Canada: I in Toronto, Ontario; the managing editor in Gatineau, Quebec, which is across the Ottawa River from Canada's capital, Ottawa; the acquisitions editor in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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