Comments on: 4theLuv Markets and the Reader http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/2008/04/15/4theluv-markets-and-the-reader/ Adventures Among the Gently Mad Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:21:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Paul http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/2008/04/15/4theluv-markets-and-the-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Paul Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:59:05 +0000 http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/?p=69#comment-501 HLQ is on hold right now due to time constraints on my part. I own a mid-sized corporation and it has taken up more of my time this year along with family obligations. So it was either do HLQ half-assed and publish crap because I wouldn't have time to concentrate on submissions or hold off until I can find more time to do it correctly. HLQ is on hold right now due to time constraints on my part. I own a mid-sized corporation and it has taken up more of my time this year along with family obligations. So it was either do HLQ half-assed and publish crap because I wouldn’t have time to concentrate on submissions or hold off until I can find more time to do it correctly.

]]> By: Edgar http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/2008/04/15/4theluv-markets-and-the-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Edgar Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:06:33 +0000 http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/?p=69#comment-500 Yeah, but aren't most of those markets now defunct? Wait, isn't HLQ defunct now, too, because of it? Yeah, but aren’t most of those markets now defunct? Wait, isn’t HLQ defunct now, too, because of it?

]]> By: Jason Sizemore http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/2008/04/15/4theluv-markets-and-the-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Jason Sizemore Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:01:16 +0000 http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/?p=69#comment-439 "The industry needs to rally behind the paying markets and needs to take those who belittle their efforts to task" Well said, Vince. “The industry needs to rally behind the paying markets and needs to take those who belittle their efforts to task”

Well said, Vince.

]]> By: Vince Liaguno http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/2008/04/15/4theluv-markets-and-the-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Vince Liaguno Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:52:49 +0000 http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/?p=69#comment-438 Great essay, Paul. I would also add that writers and readers can also show their support of professional-paying print and online markets by spreading the proverbial word. When we launched the non-fiction "Dark Scribe Magazine" in September of 2007, we had a business plan that included the resources to pay its writers professional rates for feature articles and interviews. We've gone to great lengths to be author friendly, offering quick feedback, courtesy emails that keep writers in the loop on their submissions, and speedy payment that's offered both electronically and via snail mail. Yet it'll amaze me to see some of the same people who (rightfully) jump on 4theluv markets take an easy potshot at DSM or another pro-pay market on various message boards. It demoralizes the magazines and their writers, it dimishes the professionalism with which the markets are conducting themselves, and it belittles the posters (some of whom are published authors themselves). The industry needs to rally behind the paying markets and needs to take those who belittle their efforts to task. Just my two cents on a great subject. Vince www.DarkScribePress.com www.DarkScribeMagazine.com Great essay, Paul. I would also add that writers and readers can also show their support of professional-paying print and online markets by spreading the proverbial word. When we launched the non-fiction “Dark Scribe Magazine” in September of 2007, we had a business plan that included the resources to pay its writers professional rates for feature articles and interviews. We’ve gone to great lengths to be author friendly, offering quick feedback, courtesy emails that keep writers in the loop on their submissions, and speedy payment that’s offered both electronically and via snail mail. Yet it’ll amaze me to see some of the same people who (rightfully) jump on 4theluv markets take an easy potshot at DSM or another pro-pay market on various message boards. It demoralizes the magazines and their writers, it dimishes the professionalism with which the markets are conducting themselves, and it belittles the posters (some of whom are published authors themselves). The industry needs to rally behind the paying markets and needs to take those who belittle their efforts to task. Just my two cents on a great subject.
Vince
http://www.DarkScribePress.com
http://www.DarkScribeMagazine.com

]]> By: Louise Bohmer http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/2008/04/15/4theluv-markets-and-the-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Louise Bohmer Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:56:29 +0000 http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/?p=69#comment-437 Thank you, Paul. This is a wonderful, informative, and objective essay every amateur should read (myself included). Best Wishes, Louise Thank you, Paul. This is a wonderful, informative, and objective essay every amateur should read (myself included).

Best Wishes,

Louise

]]> By: Johaha http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/2008/04/15/4theluv-markets-and-the-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-436 Johaha Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:52:19 +0000 http://gentlymadpress.com/blog/?p=69#comment-436 Note: there is a difference between being published and being printed. Being published is what happens to the few who hone their craft and it often involves big sums of cash. Being printed can happen to any idiot who wants to see their words on a page and it usually involves no pay--or the so-called 'writer' paying someone to print their stuff. Hell, if you want to be printed, why go with 4thluv markets???? Just go to a printer or create your own fiction blog. It amounts to the same thing. Note: there is a difference between being published and being printed.

Being published is what happens to the few who hone their craft and it often involves big sums of cash.

Being printed can happen to any idiot who wants to see their words on a page and it usually involves no pay–or the so-called ‘writer’ paying someone to print their stuff.

Hell, if you want to be printed, why go with 4thluv markets???? Just go to a printer or create your own fiction blog. It amounts to the same thing.

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