tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327770929317819999.post9128815602664335978..comments2024-03-16T22:07:42.383-04:00Comments on North Carolina Writers' Network-West's Mountain Writers & Poets: Is Literature Succumbing to Greed?Karen Paul Holmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03438801590321008266noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327770929317819999.post-88537546897828340802013-05-31T23:47:05.228-04:002013-05-31T23:47:05.228-04:00It seems that it is hard to find a place where you...It seems that it is hard to find a place where you don't have to send a reading fee these days. I just don't submit to those places, especially if it is more than five dollars. I am beginning to think I can't afford to be a writer, even as a hobby, anymore.<br />Susan, I love your website. I visited tonight.Glenda Beallhttp://www.glendacbeall.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327770929317819999.post-25285653626167041692013-05-28T14:32:40.164-04:002013-05-28T14:32:40.164-04:00If they charge $2 or $3, I figure it covers the co...If they charge $2 or $3, I figure it covers the cost of postage. A few also have an open submission month, where writers can submit for free. I try to take advantage of those. <br /><br />I think its the contests that are really taking advantage of the inexperienced and naïve writer. But it seems to be how the "world," including the writing world, is set up. I would guess 99% of those paying $15 or $20 to submit, don't have even a remote chance. That seems unethical to me.<br /><br />Susan Gabriel<br />author of The Secret Sense of Wildflower (starred review by Kirkus Reviews and voted a Best Book of 2012)Susan Gabrielhttp://www.susangabriel.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327770929317819999.post-48977557360966616612013-05-24T22:12:58.416-04:002013-05-24T22:12:58.416-04:00Robert, I too am turned off by the greed of a read...Robert, I too am turned off by the greed of a reading fee. Recently I did submit to a journal that required pay. One poem was "an almost," hinting at a rewrite, which would have cost another fee. I sent the poem somewhere else.Maren O. Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03961927396190963454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327770929317819999.post-30226068007139840702013-05-24T11:35:59.868-04:002013-05-24T11:35:59.868-04:00Amen, Robert! I have taken the position of ignorin...Amen, Robert! I have taken the position of ignoring publishers who profiteer by charging a reading fee, and submitting to the more ethical publishers who are willing to look at good works without charging. It doesn't take more than a couple of minutes for a prospective publisher to know if a submission is what he or she is looking For. Bob Grovenoreply@blogger.com