Alright, a little bit of a possible vent/rant here.
My girlfriend and I noticed that in all the local kink shops in town, there is only one publisher left for those mini-mags. The ones that people tend to tuck away in their purse. This particular publisher is called Blueline... though not to be confused with another porn/erotica publisher who uses the brand label Blueline as well.
Just as a time-waster, I purchased a few to read, somewhat for kicks. Eventually, I saw an ad in one asking for submissions.
They pay is not great; actually it's horrible. They don't pay a cent, except mail you a hard-copy of the journal in which your little story appears.
As another fun time-waster, I figure why the hell not. It's been ages since I've had anything published in PRINT.
Well, I could not find a single area for information on the writer's guidelines. Then after emailing them, I never got a single reply. Not even an acknowledgement.
My girlfriend who used to work in publishing has mentioned this is actually normal in the industry, as they never have enough time on hand to immediately get back to their submissions and requests. However, half a year later I emailed again, and still nothing, no word or reply. I don't know, this just makes me question why a company would ask for submissions in their own printed magazines, yet have no interest at all in answering when someone wishes to help them out.
A theory my girlfriend has, is maybe this as was a prank, so people will assume the stories are more current. Maybe this makes sense, as a lot of the stories seem to be written going back to the 60s or so.
Thoughts?
My girlfriend and I noticed that in all the local kink shops in town, there is only one publisher left for those mini-mags. The ones that people tend to tuck away in their purse. This particular publisher is called Blueline... though not to be confused with another porn/erotica publisher who uses the brand label Blueline as well.
Just as a time-waster, I purchased a few to read, somewhat for kicks. Eventually, I saw an ad in one asking for submissions.
They pay is not great; actually it's horrible. They don't pay a cent, except mail you a hard-copy of the journal in which your little story appears.
As another fun time-waster, I figure why the hell not. It's been ages since I've had anything published in PRINT.
Well, I could not find a single area for information on the writer's guidelines. Then after emailing them, I never got a single reply. Not even an acknowledgement.
My girlfriend who used to work in publishing has mentioned this is actually normal in the industry, as they never have enough time on hand to immediately get back to their submissions and requests. However, half a year later I emailed again, and still nothing, no word or reply. I don't know, this just makes me question why a company would ask for submissions in their own printed magazines, yet have no interest at all in answering when someone wishes to help them out.
A theory my girlfriend has, is maybe this as was a prank, so people will assume the stories are more current. Maybe this makes sense, as a lot of the stories seem to be written going back to the 60s or so.
Thoughts?
