Question About Public Requests

[pohto9]

I do not often submit articles for public requests, but I did this evening. I do have a question about this process however, as I do not want to do something that would be considered inappropriate. I submitted an article this evening for review, which is for a particular public request. I understand completely that the editor is beyond swamped and it will take time. Is it okay for me to contact the client that the article is for through the public request form, and let them know that I have submitted an article that is currently being reviewed? If that is not allowed I understand, but I wanted to know what the protocol was for these types of things. Thank-you in advance for any help.

[4rumid]

It really isn't necessary to do that. Articles submitted for requests generally get reviewed very quickly . . . and everyone else's articles are going through the same review process, so everyone's in the same boat. Also, I don't think it accomplishes that much to contact the requester -- if they find an article they like before they read yours, they'll buy it, and if they don't, they'll read yours once it gets approved. It's not likely your note will change what happens. Plus, if everyone submitting for the request sent a similar note to the requester, that person would be getting a lot of unnecessary emails, and we don't want to annoy potential buyers.

Good luck with your submission!

[pohto9]

Thank-you for your reply. That is a logical answer so I will just wait until the article is approved and then submit it to the public request. I just was not sure what the protocol for the requests was. Thanks again!

[4rumid]

You're welcome. Another aspect of submitting articles for public requests is that once an article is approved, it gets sent to the requester automatically -- you don't have to do anything. As long as you indicated on the submission page that the article was for the request, the rest gets taken care of.