Comments on: Magazine Closings http://michelelee.net/2009/06/15/magazine-closings/ Breathe: Words Thu, 17 May 2012 15:25:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: the fiction of Scott H. Andrews » Blog Archive » More on the State of Short Fiction http://michelelee.net/2009/06/15/magazine-closings/comment-page-1/#comment-4317 the fiction of Scott H. Andrews » Blog Archive » More on the State of Short Fiction Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:44:38 +0000 http://michelelee.net/blog/?p=1517#comment-4317 [...] Michele Lee, who I don’t know, but whose frustrations I understand and in some part, [...] [...] Michele Lee, who I don’t know, but whose frustrations I understand and in some part, [...]

]]> By: Michele Lee http://michelelee.net/2009/06/15/magazine-closings/comment-page-1/#comment-4309 Michele Lee Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:35:27 +0000 http://michelelee.net/blog/?p=1517#comment-4309 Kaolin~ I love Murk Depths too. They'd don't pay great, but I really love their look, their style and their product. I'd love to get into their pages. S.F~ Good point, and also what is popular (like urban fantasy) is likewise ignored by the more prestigious members of the genre. Magazines printing the same thing is why I love (and already miss) places like Apex and LSS which had their own style. LSS, for example was the only place I commonly found urban/modern fantasy shorts. I wrote a few of these and now I'm not sure how to market them because parts of the genre seem to want to remain unsullied by what is popular. Bill~ I ask myself that too, then I answer that I write short stories because that's the length it takes to tell the story. And I write [insert subgenre here] because that's what the story also wants to be. I would rather have a beautiful, unsold story that I'm proud of and can sell later, than to have one that I've tried to shoehorn into a market or trend. Kaolin~ I love Murk Depths too. They’d don’t pay great, but I really love their look, their style and their product. I’d love to get into their pages.

S.F~ Good point, and also what is popular (like urban fantasy) is likewise ignored by the more prestigious members of the genre.

Magazines printing the same thing is why I love (and already miss) places like Apex and LSS which had their own style. LSS, for example was the only place I commonly found urban/modern fantasy shorts. I wrote a few of these and now I’m not sure how to market them because parts of the genre seem to want to remain unsullied by what is popular.

Bill~ I ask myself that too, then I answer that I write short stories because that’s the length it takes to tell the story. And I write [insert subgenre here] because that’s what the story also wants to be. I would rather have a beautiful, unsold story that I’m proud of and can sell later, than to have one that I’ve tried to shoehorn into a market or trend.

]]> By: Bill Ward http://michelelee.net/2009/06/15/magazine-closings/comment-page-1/#comment-4308 Bill Ward Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:58:20 +0000 http://michelelee.net/blog/?p=1517#comment-4308 Too true SF Murphy -- one of the reasons I really lament the passing of so many semi-pros is that they are the ones publishing the fiction I find interesting, stuff outside the established mold of the Big Tree, which I tend to find more 'miss' than 'hit.' Too true SF Murphy — one of the reasons I really lament the passing of so many semi-pros is that they are the ones publishing the fiction I find interesting, stuff outside the established mold of the Big Tree, which I tend to find more ‘miss’ than ‘hit.’

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