Thread: Adventure writers wanted

Hey, everybody! Hope everybody's muse is perched on their shoulder! My name is Wayne, and I am looking for some great adventure stories for a publication my publishing company is launching. This will be a "reincarnation" of the old "pulp" magazines. The first issue will be complimentary, and for that reason we cannot pay much. However, you will receive a copy of the issue your story is published in, and the opportunity for more publication if the story is used. For more info message me, or send me an e-mail to: wayn.swiss@gmail.com . Thanks!

Do you have a website?

Not yet, sorry. But if you need info, let me know, and I will send you a copy of our guidelines. My e-mail is wayn.swiss@gmail.com.

Wayne, welcome to the forum, and whatever you do, don't let Mike see this!

Sam.

oops, double post.

Hey wayne I'm sure you're a nice guy but I have to say this to everyone who reads this. Don't do it! Don't sell yourself short because no one is reading or accepting you're manuscript. Hang in there and go big, for I think it's kinda shady for a "publishing house" to be recruiting members on a site made for writers to share and view others work.

Again no offense wayne but I feel like I must warn my fellow artists against submitting work to you. Now to all those writers who feel insecure and have been rejected, remember, John Grisham was rejected 14 times for his first novel, and he makes millions.

Hi and welcome to the forums.

I'm sorry but I must respectfully disagree with this uninformed person's post. Are we the big time? No, not exactly. What we are, is a way to get you work published in a legitimate print publication, and with time, get paid for it. Besides the experience, you may also have the pleasure of seeing you work in print. We are a small publishing company, making its first foray into the fiction market, but with experience in publishing, writing, and even printing. We do not need posts such as this one trying to sabotage our efforts to help our fellow writers get published. If anyone has any questions, or needs more proof that we are legit, just drop me an e-mail, at: wayn.swiss@gmail.com.
Thank-you

Originally Posted by firstchapterman

Hey wayne I'm sure you're a nice guy but I have to say this to everyone who reads this. Don't do it! Don't sell yourself short because no one is reading or accepting you're manuscript. Hang in there and go big, for I think it's kinda shady for a "publishing house" to be recruiting members on a site made for writers to share and view others work.

Again no offense wayne but I feel like I must warn my fellow artists against submitting work to you. Now to all those writers who feel insecure and have been rejected, remember, John Grisham was rejected 14 times for his first novel, and he makes millions.

For a guy with only 1 publication credit to my name (And not even fiction), I'll take publication where I can get it.

Hey, Wayne, you say this is the first foray into fiction but there are other publications that your company has done. Would it be possible to find these online? This is pulp fiction...what is your target market? Where will the publication be distributed? Is it an e-zine or print? How much are you offering?

I think there is a credibility issue that anyone who posts opportunities must address and offering to email you doesn't really assuage that, sad to say.

Anyone can post anything and then say anything again in their email. It doesn't mean that you aren't legitimate! It means that there are too many scams and shysters in the world for writers not to be wary. Don't make us email you for your information. Post it here.

Unfortunately, our other publication is not online, as it is a print publication, and also as it is a local advertising paper aimed at the large Amish population in the area. With the exception of a few, most Amish don't get their reading material online. The one we are planning on publishing will also be a print publication, and while we plan to build a website for it, we have not done so yet. However, if anyone needs proof that this is a legit publication, as I said before send me an e-mail, and I will either send a PDF version of our current publication, or if provided with a postal address, will send a hard copy, free of charge. My experience as a writer has taught me that getting fiction published in a print publication is very hard, and part of the purpose of this magazine is to help writers get published and get their foot in the door, so to speak. I thought a writer's forum would be a good place to do this, but it seems we have more people trying to keep writers from being published rather than helping writers get to get their stories in print.

send me an e-mail, and I will either send a PDF version of our current publication, or if provided with a postal address, will send a hard copy, free of charge.

This is better information than you previously gave. Thank you.

My experience as a writer has taught me that getting fiction published in a print publication is very hard, and part of the purpose of this magazine is to help writers get published and get their foot in the door, so to speak. I thought a writer's forum would be a good place to do this, but it seems we have more people trying to keep writers from being published rather than helping writers get to get their stories in print.

You weren't doing too bad up until this point. You need to understand the need for credibility. Don't get all upset because we're used to seeing scammers.

I can understand that you are used to seeing scammers on the forums, however, the first poster that raised the issue didn't bother checking it out, talking with me, or getting anymore information before he posted his opinion urging writers to abstain from trying to get their stories published through my company. He just automatically assumed I was scamming people. With the attitude that if you don't get published by the big houses it doesn't count somehow, if he hasn't been published, he probably won't be right away. Most of the big houses won't even look at submissions from unpublished authors. So where exactly is a young writer supposed to start? You must crawl before you can walk.

Ah, now, you can't really blame folks for being protective, can you? See, I don't think people are trying to keep writers from being published; I think they want the deserving to be published. I just don't think they want to see folks being taken, is all. That's not such a bad thing, is it?

It's unfortunate that the world is crawling with as many scammers as there are legitimates. Problem is, it's often hard to tell one from another.

EDIT: Of course, my post posted a little late for the party. It should be way up there, at #12.

I think it's probably sufficient to know that member didn't get any information from you before posting. He used your thread as a platform for his opinion and that was rude, I agree.

I doubt that has discouraged anyone who wants to get in touch with you...I see at least one other post to that effect. Is it possible to send this PDF to a private messaging account here on WF? I would like to see it.