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Major Revisions to Fanfare’s Guidelines
We’ve recently rolled out the most substantial changes to Fanfare’s guidelines since I started the pub in 2019. And because some of these changes are quite big, I’ve deployed the nuclear option and tagged every Fanfare writer on this newsletter. I apologize for that — I hate blanket tags — but this is the most efficient way to ensure everyone sees the new guidelines.
If you were tagged, you are or at one time were a writer at Fanfare (or indicated interest but never actually submitted anything). I’m in the process of removing writers who haven’t published with us in over a year, but as Aragorn said at the Black Gate, it is not this day. That said, if you have no intention of submitting to Fanfare again, let me know and I shall remove you posthaste.
Why these changes are necessary
I’m going to delve into what’s changing in a moment, but first I want to go all Simon Sinek and start with why. What is the impetus of all this?
Ambition and dreams. (Or delusions of grandeur, if you prefer.)
I’m proud of what Fanfare has become, but I know it can be so much more. And to be more, we need to do stuff differently. Basically: What got you here won’t get you there. (I climbed the corporate ladder in my 20s and read all the books, but don’t remember much other than…
