I am putting out the call again; I have had only one responder so far, and I really am hoping to have entries by the June 2nd deadline
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Let's see if LJ is working well enough to post a comment today--yesterday, it kept giving me nonsensical failure messages. I had a couple of questions.
Do contributors get a contributors' copy?
What are you doing with this anthology? If you're selling it, is there any provision to start providing royalties if it should chance to bring in more than you spend on it?
I know that small publishing usually comes out of the publisher's pocket, and many projects never break even, but I've been unemployed except for some temp work for the last two years, and while considering what to work on next, the possibility of making money, in the short or long term, is getting increasingly urgent for me. Which doesn't mean I won't submit something to a non-paying market, if inspiration strikes, but I must admit I spend more time seeking inspiration for paying work.
I appreciate you taking time to answer my questions!
Given how many potential contributors there would be, no, there probably will not be contributors' copies. To be honest, I have been unemployed for the last four years and I am scraping by day-to-day, and couldn't afford to buy the copies for contributors.
The anthology will be sold, and the proceeds donated to a charity for the elderly, or for one that honors Ancestors, i.e. Cultural Survival. I am still looking for a beneficiary of the funds. Given this Anthology is a devotional work for the Ancestors, I would like it to benefit our Ancestors in some fashion or another.
I like that idea. I advise you to advertise that fact in your guidelines, because I suspect there are a lot of people who are willing to do charity work who might not be attracted to a project that just states baldly that there's no payment.
You could even solicit suggestions for which charity would benefit, since you don't have one already selected. That might get you more interest, both in terms of submissions and eventual sales.
As a side note, you might be interested in checking out the crowdfunding community--it's writers, poets, artists and other creative people networking and comparing notes on ways that people are trying to make money and/or fund projects through web contact with sponsors and buyers. People talk about what they're doing, invite participation in their projects, and share notes on what has worked (and what hasn't) for them.
Thank you for your prompt answers! We have company and are watching election results, so I didn't get to read them right away, but I do appreciate it.
I added a line to the Call for Submissions on this and my Wordpress article. I joined the crowdfunding community like you suggested, and will submit my CoS later today with them and ask for suggestions. Thanks for the help!
I think I'd suggest an intro post, with a little about you and what you've done before and a description of this project, along with any specific questions you have. The general question of how crowdfunding might help with a project like this wouldn't be a bad start.
Do contributors get a contributors' copy?
What are you doing with this anthology? If you're selling it, is there any provision to start providing royalties if it should chance to bring in more than you spend on it?
I know that small publishing usually comes out of the publisher's pocket, and many projects never break even, but I've been unemployed except for some temp work for the last two years, and while considering what to work on next, the possibility of making money, in the short or long term, is getting increasingly urgent for me. Which doesn't mean I won't submit something to a non-paying market, if inspiration strikes, but I must admit I spend more time seeking inspiration for paying work.
I appreciate you taking time to answer my questions!
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The anthology will be sold, and the proceeds donated to a charity for the elderly, or for one that honors Ancestors, i.e. Cultural Survival. I am still looking for a beneficiary of the funds. Given this Anthology is a devotional work for the Ancestors, I would like it to benefit our Ancestors in some fashion or another.
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You could even solicit suggestions for which charity would benefit, since you don't have one already selected. That might get you more interest, both in terms of submissions and eventual sales.
As a side note, you might be interested in checking out the crowdfunding community--it's writers, poets, artists and other creative people networking and comparing notes on ways that people are trying to make money and/or fund projects through web contact with sponsors and buyers. People talk about what they're doing, invite participation in their projects, and share notes on what has worked (and what hasn't) for them.
Thank you for your prompt answers! We have company and are watching election results, so I didn't get to read them right away, but I do appreciate it.
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I look forward to seeing what happens with this. And I'll keep you in mind, though I have some deadlines for Torn World to attend to first.
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