medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Absolutely, it is prestige all the way. And respect. Internationally.
And when you can't afford heat, you burn the offprints, yours & those
you are sent.
DW
Ann Ball wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Since most of you work at universities (I think) I had forgotten about
> scholarly journals that didn't pay for what you slave over. When I
> asked one of my PhD friends why he bothered writing for them if they
> didn't pay and stick to writing for the ones who paid he told me about
> the "prestige" etc. with the scholarly journals.
>
> The stuff I write (when I do articles vs. books) is, of course, much
> shorter - average 800 to 1500 words. I do try and do careful research
> and have my facts correct, and sometimes writing shorter stuff is
> harder, too. But the $100 to $400 per article makes a nice piece of
> change to spend on my grandkids or good scotch. If people have to_
> pay_ to receive the journals, looks like the editors and writers
> should get paid.
>
> And yes, John, I know cantankerous authors are the bane of editor's
> existence, but I generally get along well with my editors, probably
> because I have the reputation of getting my stuff in on time. Yikes!
> I'm beginning to sound like one of the characters in those medieval
> mysteries I like -- as if I am advocating academic revolt.
>
> Best,
> Ann
>
>
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