While participating in #pitmad and #pitdark, I noticed a couple of things and have a bit of #amquering advice for the #writingcommunity ...
1. If you don't have a profile picture (meaning nothing was ever uploaded, so you have the blank silhouette default still), I'm not going to request your work. We will absolutely support you and your work and do our best to help you succeed, but we also want authors who...
...will put in the effort to help themselves, too. If you won't even upload a quick selfie, then it appears you aren't trying as hard as editors/publishers are hoping you will.
@TheresaMCole I’d encourage you to think a bit deeper. There are reasons some people don’t immediately post a photo. Ageism and racism and gender identity are some that play in. A person may want to be seen for their work and then deal with identity politics once a dialogue is established.
@TheresaMCole Thanks so much for the great advice.