So you want to start a horror magazine…
Posted on November 5, 2008
Ugh. This irks me more and more every goddamn time I see it. Every few months or so, somebody decides they’re going to start a magazine featuring horror fiction. Once in a great while, somebody gets it right. They offer professional rates, professional production values, and professional editorial services.
The other ninety percent, however…
http://www.briankeene.com/?p=733
So this guy Ken doesn’t feel like paying his writers a decent rate. Instead, he’ll toss down $1000 for an artist to provide a cover and what will probably be spot illustrations.
But he wants to be treated as a professional.
Riiiiight.
Here’s a hint, ladies and gentlemen who want to create a genre market: if you cannot afford to provide pro rates, production values, and editorial across the board, then you are not ready to open a market. Come back when you are ready. Maybe then you won’t annoy me so goddamn much.
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