tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post5896158870853028607..comments2024-01-12T00:32:05.481-06:00Comments on A Continuity of Parks: Another one down, but not outJamie Eyberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875759697016701358noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-38086060139513721792010-02-06T19:16:34.260-06:002010-02-06T19:16:34.260-06:00Hi ive just joined[url=http://breakdownthewall.org...Hi ive just joined[url=http://breakdownthewall.org/development/index.php?do=/public/user/name_James127/].[/url]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-18176763931872928992009-04-30T20:28:00.000-05:002009-04-30T20:28:00.000-05:00Going through my market hive at AHWA, counting onl...Going through my market hive at AHWA, counting only markets that accept dark fiction, or speculative fiction (SF/F/H), and only pay above 5c/word minimum, I currently have 18 markets listed - whoops, make that 17 now Apex is on hiatus. I have 26 markets that pay semi-pro in the same categories.<br /><br />It's not quite as bad as lots are making out, but I have noticed a definite trend toward the advancement of semi-pro as the new breeding ground for excellent shorts. And a proliferation of exposure markets. Unfortunately these exposure markets tend to come and go, but there have been a few College Review-type mags start up recently which tend to hang around a while.<br /><br />The thing is, you can cut the numbers in half when looking at who is open for submission, and then cut that in half again when assessing guidelines, and knock a few more off on length restrictions. This normally leaves a writer with 2 or 3 markets to send a submission at any one time. This isn't all that different to the way it has always been since the net became the main area to sell short fiction.<br /><br />I suggest you don't just rely on Duotrope. Check multiple market guides as I've not found one that has all the markets listed (accept maybe mine...), but that's because I check lots of market guides.<br /><br />Personally, short fiction is somewhere to hone my skills and pick up some writing credits while improving enough to move onto novels. Having a need to increase my ability to gain those credits due to shrinking markets is a challenge, but isn't a challenge a good thing to make us strive harder, which in turn makes us better writers?<br /><br />As for the future model. I think when ereaders are sold everywhere, with inbuilt web access, the ezines will take off again. Electronic media will be the place to be. And people will always read. Book sales go up and down, but they never dive to really worrying levels.<br /><br />The 20's had Hemingway and Faulkner, but we have Gardner, Polson, Sin, Eyberg, Caine, Ferris, Dowker, Shaw, Napier and Tomlinson - just to name a few (and in no particular order of merit), 2010-2020 will be huge!BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170193722932454605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-32876053282197022922009-04-30T19:39:00.000-05:002009-04-30T19:39:00.000-05:00I just found the same thing with Demonminds. I was...I just found the same thing with Demonminds. I was going to submit something to their Halloween anthology and when I went to check on something there was a note saying it had been cancelled. I'm going to either find another place for a Halloween story or rework it.Danielle Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796467053451208102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-60150995487066601052009-04-30T15:42:00.000-05:002009-04-30T15:42:00.000-05:00Awesome post. And odd that it comes today of all ...Awesome post. And odd that it comes today of all days when I planned on sending out about 8 subs....Barry Napierhttp://www.barrynapierwriting.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-73542405743447826522009-04-30T15:29:00.000-05:002009-04-30T15:29:00.000-05:00People wrote off fiction in the 1920's as well, th...People wrote off fiction in the 1920's as well, then along came Hemmingway, Faulkner, et al.<br /><br />I think Aaron is right, we need to follow a different model and novels could be it, screenplays could be it, comics, novellas, children's tie in products. Who knows. <br /><br />It has never been a feast for everyone involved. Some people, no matter how good, will be left behind, as in any business model. do you really think Windows is the best operating system out there. No, but 95% of computers run it because no on want to put in the time to figure out what will work better for them. Maybe that is the model we need to look at as writers and package ourselves. <br /><br />Sorry, rambling again.Jamie Eyberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875759697016701358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-56789586751995428122009-04-30T13:34:00.000-05:002009-04-30T13:34:00.000-05:00I counted a week or so ago, and SFWA's pro market ...I counted a week or so ago, and SFWA's pro market list only has seven markets right now that accept fantasy for grown-ups and are also open to submissions. It's really sadK.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-19885273407052555352009-04-30T11:15:00.000-05:002009-04-30T11:15:00.000-05:00Some days life is pants.Some days life is pants.Cate Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634397106201021055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-69719124663225263132009-04-30T11:14:00.000-05:002009-04-30T11:14:00.000-05:00I blame "The Hills."I blame "The Hills."Fox Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05487359877190292039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-1735979325971282002009-04-30T10:24:00.000-05:002009-04-30T10:24:00.000-05:00I hope they get back in the game someday. While li...I hope they get back in the game someday. While limited markets and story slots can make for better writing from those competing for them, it can also mean some folks can get overlooked. Sort of a double-edged sword kinda thing.<br /><br />The decline in reading often worries me. I'll always consider myself a writer, but if there is no one left to entertain, some of the fun is removed from the equation.Jameson T. Cainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08989529177998260901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125812643147867559.post-55323748157002910792009-04-30T10:01:00.000-05:002009-04-30T10:01:00.000-05:00People just aren't reading (fiction) like they use...People just aren't reading (fiction) like they used to. Our limited attention spans are being drawn in other directions, and I'm not sure what to make of the landscape. <br /><br />A writer almost has to diversify into other forms of media to have any sort of voice. Maybe that is the model of the future.Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.com