Folding Markets
My biggest pet peeve in the small publishing field is when markets fold and don't let anyone know. Especially when they have held stories and don't bother to notify the authors.
I submitted a story called, "Life with Pain," to a small publisher doing a special anthology to benefit victims of abuse on February 3, 2009. I was told they were holding my story for further consideration, and to check back after October 10th if I didn't hear anything sooner. I did, but received no reply. I sent another query by the end of the year, again with no reply. Their website still seemed up and running, though, and the anthology had not yet been published. I have no where else to send this particular story, so I decided to be patient.
As I was updating my submissions in the Excel document today, I thought I'd better check their website one more time.
It's gone. It vanished without any notification whatsoever.
Anyone else ever have this problem?
JDawson
I submitted a story called, "Life with Pain," to a small publisher doing a special anthology to benefit victims of abuse on February 3, 2009. I was told they were holding my story for further consideration, and to check back after October 10th if I didn't hear anything sooner. I did, but received no reply. I sent another query by the end of the year, again with no reply. Their website still seemed up and running, though, and the anthology had not yet been published. I have no where else to send this particular story, so I decided to be patient.
As I was updating my submissions in the Excel document today, I thought I'd better check their website one more time.
It's gone. It vanished without any notification whatsoever.
Anyone else ever have this problem?
JDawson