I'm no editor, no artisan, no expert. And certainly no arbiter of what you should buy, wear, or eat.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach.
Chefs are artists, and I couldn't be happy with my art if I was forced to use cheap ingredients.
I've been using the same editor, thankfully, she's been sticking with me, but I've been doing it full-on guerilla style... I haven't gotten any public sponsor or anything, because I don't want to seem like I'm trying to sell any particular thing.
I didn't even know what a beauty editor was. It sounds like a fictional job if you think about it. You get to test lipstick and perfume and nail polish legitimately and call it work.
Artistry is important. Skill, hard work, rewriting, editing, and careful, careful craft: All of these are necessary. These are what separate the beginners from experienced artists.
There are similarities between being an editor and a tailor. Tailors have a vast supply of fabrics, buttons and thread at their disposal and put it together to make a whole. That's what an editor does - looks at society at a given time and pulls together the interesting aspects into a single issue each month.
I like being an editor, and I know how to make a magazine.
We as artists are actively encouraged - by other authors, your agent, publisher, and society - not to think about money, strategy, how to manage your career, how to create a brand, because we're supposed to focus on the art.
I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.
I always feel like the editing room is like coming into the kitchen. What kind of a meal do you make from there? It can be anything.