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McAnally's (The Community Pub) => Author Craft => Topic started by: Cyclone Jack on September 22, 2007, 05:26:47 AM

Title: Very interesting new market for the writers here...
Post by: Cyclone Jack on September 22, 2007, 05:26:47 AM

Thrilling Tales Quarterly: Pulp For The New Millenium (http://www.thrillingtales.net/sub.html)

First issue to be released soon. It would be nice to get in on the ground floor here because, apparently, they have licensed some classic characters that they plan on running serials about.

I thought that this might be an especially interesting market for this board since a lot of posters here have played/play Spirit Of The Century and thus have experience in crafting pulp style characters and stories.

The pay is 3 cents per word, really decent for a start up. The only down side IMO is that they don't accept e-subs. In a sense, though, that just means they won't have as thick a slush pile. :D

Title: Re: Very interesting new market for the writers here...
Post by: SunPhoenix on September 22, 2007, 07:30:53 PM

Hm... I might consider on trying to submit something to this. So 3x 20,000-50,000 comes to about 600-1500 dollars right?

Title: Re: Very interesting new market for the writers here...
Post by: Cyclone Jack on September 23, 2007, 03:37:38 AM

Quote from: SunPhoenix on September 22, 2007, 07:30:53 PM

Hm... I might consider on trying to submit something to this. So 3x 20,000-50,000 comes to about 600-1500 dollars right?

Yes, but keep in mind that -- especially for new, unproven writers -- you'll have a far better chance of selling a shorter piece: 5 to 10k words. This is pretty much a truism in the magazine marketplace in general -- even writers with glowing genre reps and records have trouble selling extremely long works. Not only is a shorter story less of a financial risk, it allows for a wider range of stories per issue. :)

Title: Re: Very interesting new market for the writers here...
Post by: blgarver on September 24, 2007, 05:08:47 PM

Awesome.  Except I'm a pulp noob.  Time to hit the library for some research.

Any suggestions for some good pulp novels, or collections?

Title: Re: Very interesting new market for the writers here...
Post by: SunPhoenix on September 24, 2007, 10:34:49 PM

In addition to the question above what counts as pulp? Because I'm in the middle of writing a story for a creative writing club that I might decide to expand upon to try to expand upon completion, but I have no idea if being a fantasy story will count.

Title: Re: Very interesting new market for the writers here...
Post by: Cyclone Jack on September 25, 2007, 01:20:24 AM

Excellent overview. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_magazine)

Title: Re: Very interesting new market for the writers here...
Post by: SunPhoenix on October 06, 2007, 10:55:28 PM

Thanks... It'd be interesting to be part of something that could bring back these "pulp" little story books back.

Title: Re: Very interesting new market for the writers here...
Post by: pj on November 06, 2007, 05:31:33 AM

Thanks,

Always loved the old pulps, this could be an interesting market if it takes off :)