Comments on: You ask, we answer: Writer’s Market or Writer’s Guidelines? http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2006/12/16/you-ask-we-answer-writers-market-or-writers-guidelines/ Living and loving the freelance life—on your own terms. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chrystine http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2006/12/16/you-ask-we-answer-writers-market-or-writers-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-4940 Chrystine Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:20:42 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=184#comment-4940 I am so glad you're covering this topic - Since it's the holidays and I don't want my queries to get lost in the conviviallity of the festivities (or whatever), I've been focusing on finding new markets and since I am a sucker and still have a WM membership (keep feeling like I might miss something if I let it lapse), I have been mining it for my list. BUT so many of my clicks bring me to screens that say (paraphrased:)"This publication has been asked to be removed from Writer's Market." That alone tells me that WM is not doing a service to quality mags but instead keeping the good stuff from filtering thru the avalanching slush piles. My next step is going to be to go to each of the websites and see what THEY say/want, etc. What a pain to have to check in two places! Oh well - glad y'all are on the same page. I am so glad you’re covering this topic – Since it’s the holidays and I don’t want my queries to get lost in the conviviallity of the festivities (or whatever), I’ve been focusing on finding new markets and since I am a sucker and still have a WM membership (keep feeling like I might miss something if I let it lapse), I have been mining it for my list. BUT so many of my clicks bring me to screens that say (paraphrased:)”This publication has been asked to be removed from Writer’s Market.” That alone tells me that WM is not doing a service to quality mags but instead keeping the good stuff from filtering thru the avalanching slush piles. My next step is going to be to go to each of the websites and see what THEY say/want, etc. What a pain to have to check in two places! Oh well – glad y’all are on the same page.

]]>