Comments on: Get Thee To A Slush Pile, Part Two http://billwardwriter.com/get-thee-to-a-slush-pile-part-two/ Bill Ward's blog of all things genre Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Ward http://billwardwriter.com/get-thee-to-a-slush-pile-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-2836 Bill Ward Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:25:55 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=640#comment-2836 Well, I recently saw a stat that said, of the 18 pro rate spec fic markets, 14 of them were online. So, I don't think print alone can be considered a virtue (whether one prefers it or not is another issue). My own philosophy is to aim high, but not to base my submissions purely on pay. There are plenty of markets I just want to be a part of, for whatever reason, and I'll even write stories specifically for them. But, on the other hand, I do prioritize, and while I don't mind sending a story that's been around the block a few times to lower-paying markets and even free ones, I don't go out of my way to target them. I think as long as you are writing and being read, you're doing fine. That's not to say you should just target the places you are comfortable with, but I don't think you should ever look at a sale or acceptance as something 'not good enough.' You wrote it, you placed it, onward and upward to the next story. Well, I recently saw a stat that said, of the 18 pro rate spec fic markets, 14 of them were online. So, I don’t think print alone can be considered a virtue (whether one prefers it or not is another issue).

My own philosophy is to aim high, but not to base my submissions purely on pay. There are plenty of markets I just want to be a part of, for whatever reason, and I’ll even write stories specifically for them. But, on the other hand, I do prioritize, and while I don’t mind sending a story that’s been around the block a few times to lower-paying markets and even free ones, I don’t go out of my way to target them.

I think as long as you are writing and being read, you’re doing fine. That’s not to say you should just target the places you are comfortable with, but I don’t think you should ever look at a sale or acceptance as something ‘not good enough.’ You wrote it, you placed it, onward and upward to the next story.

]]> By: Rob Mammone http://billwardwriter.com/get-thee-to-a-slush-pile-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-2833 Rob Mammone Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:53:54 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=640#comment-2833 With regards to getting published on the internet. I consider myself lucky to have been published on the internet 6 times this year - but I sometimes fret that given the diverse number of sites/zines/publications, the places I'm being published don't really count, esp. when compared with being published in a physical magazine/anthology. Am I being elitist? Do I need to get over myself and just get on with pounding the keyboard? With regards to getting published on the internet. I consider myself lucky to have been published on the internet 6 times this year – but I sometimes fret that given the diverse number of sites/zines/publications, the places I’m being published don’t really count, esp. when compared with being published in a physical magazine/anthology.
Am I being elitist? Do I need to get over myself and just get on with pounding the keyboard?

]]> By: Bill Ward http://billwardwriter.com/get-thee-to-a-slush-pile-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-873 Bill Ward Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:57:58 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=640#comment-873 The internet makes stalkers of us all! The internet makes stalkers of us all!

]]> By: NewGuyDave http://billwardwriter.com/get-thee-to-a-slush-pile-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-866 NewGuyDave Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:19:22 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=640#comment-866 I'm feeling creepy now. LOL Of course, if I had not gone in search of RBE's website, I would never have found them on facebook and your website. For me, it was more of a tangential connection than stalking, or at least, that is what I want you to think. Muhahahaha. (jk) Great posts. I’m feeling creepy now. LOL Of course, if I had not gone in search of RBE’s website, I would never have found them on facebook and your website. For me, it was more of a tangential connection than stalking, or at least, that is what I want you to think. Muhahahaha. (jk)

Great posts.

]]> By: Get Thee To A Slush Pile, Part Three — BillWardWriter.com http://billwardwriter.com/get-thee-to-a-slush-pile-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Get Thee To A Slush Pile, Part Three — BillWardWriter.com Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:39:51 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=640#comment-837 [...] for a writer; helping him understand the submission game from both ends of the process. In Part Two I presented a few ideas at how to network yourself to editors and publishers, and how to gain some [...] [...] for a writer; helping him understand the submission game from both ends of the process. In Part Two I presented a few ideas at how to network yourself to editors and publishers, and how to gain some [...]

]]> By: Bill Ward http://billwardwriter.com/get-thee-to-a-slush-pile-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Bill Ward Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:04:05 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=640#comment-791 Thanks Cindy. I think critique groups are great for beginners for exactly that reason -- whether or not they are interested in reading slush they can always benefit from the process. I learned a lot, too, when I first started and joined an online crit group. Thanks Cindy. I think critique groups are great for beginners for exactly that reason — whether or not they are interested in reading slush they can always benefit from the process. I learned a lot, too, when I first started and joined an online crit group.

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