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Nurse Author & EditorVolume 9, Issue 2 p. 4-4 Letter to the EditorFree Access Letter to the Editor First published: 01 June 1999 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-4910.1999.tb00418.xAboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Dear Editor: I came to the ONLINE Nursing Editors'™ home page, hoping to get an idea of what the possibilities were for a beginning nursing writer. I wanted to see which magazines were there, if I was familiar with them, and if I might have something to offer. Plus, I was looking for guidance in how to submit a manuscript or author guidelines. I had subscribed to Nurse Author & Editor for a year and got a lot of tips. I noticed that Nursing was on the list of journals on the ONLINE Nursing Editors'™ web page. I like that magazine and decided to start there with a query on a short article on how nurses can support their patients spiritually. I got an immediate reply from the Editor and ultimately had a side bar of my material accepted, as they had a larger article on spirituality and nursing, which they were already working on. In the process of talking about that article, the Editor proposed another article. We had a number of exchanges of what the article might look like and it has also been accepted. I wrote that article with a friend and we are about to begin the editorial process. The home page made it so easy! And I found it simpler to write a query on-line and get the editor's feedback so quickly. I have a masters degree in nursing, am a doctoral student at the California Institute of Integral Studies in California, and am on the faculty of University of Phoenix and California State University, San Bernardino. This web page helped me find the right journal for my publication.—Marilyn Stoner, RN, MSN. Editor's Reply: Great! I am glad you were able to query the editors on line from our web page. Getting two acceptances is terrific! —Suzanne Hall Johnson, MN, RN,C, CNS, Editor, Nurse Author & Editor. (Note: The web page sponsored by Nurse Author & Editor, where you can query over 100 nursing editors on-line, can be found from the “ONLINE Nursing Editors” link on our home page at http://members.aol.com/suzannehj/hello.htm.) References 1 American Medical Association. (1989). Manual of Style ( 8th ed.), Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins. 2 American Psychological Association. (1994). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association ( 4th ed.), Washington, DC: APA. 3F. A. Davis (1996). F. A. Davis Company Editorial Style Manual, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company. 4Miller, C. & Swift, K. (1988). The handbook of nonsexist writing, New York: Lippincott. Volume9, Issue2Spring 1999Pages 4-4 ReferencesRelatedInformation