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<blockquote data-quote="Bardsandsages" data-source="post: 3433756" data-attributes="member: 28771">As someone who has put together two anthologies, might I offer a never-humble suggestion?A single free copy of the anthology isn't really a lot of motivation for serious writers to turn out original work.&nbsp; &quot;Exposure&quot; doesn't really count for a whole heck of a lot these days.&nbsp; particularly when everybody and their brother offers &quot;exposure&quot; but doesn't seem to know how to actually promote.&nbsp; You guys are writers, so I'm sure you know what I mean.&nbsp; Visit any writer's forum and there are dozens of people happy to profit off of your work in exchange for giving you exposure.At the very least, either open the selection up to previously published materials or offer some nominal payment for the stories.&nbsp; Particularly since you labeled this listing &quot;paid&quot;.&nbsp; One comp copy doesn't really equate to payment.&nbsp; Particularly with for-profit projects, writers should be compensated for their work.&nbsp; (Geesh, did I just channel Lloyd Brown...gods help me!)I like the color scheme of the site.&nbsp; Its very warm and has a welcoming feel.&nbsp; Nice use of white space as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Where did the wizard art come from?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bardsandsages, post: 3433756, member: 28771"] As someone who has put together two anthologies, might I offer a never-humble suggestion? A single free copy of the anthology isn't really a lot of motivation for serious writers to turn out original work. "Exposure" doesn't really count for a whole heck of a lot these days. particularly when everybody and their brother offers "exposure" but doesn't seem to know how to actually promote. You guys are writers, so I'm sure you know what I mean. Visit any writer's forum and there are dozens of people happy to profit off of your work in exchange for giving you exposure. At the very least, either open the selection up to previously published materials or offer some nominal payment for the stories. Particularly since you labeled this listing "paid". One comp copy doesn't really equate to payment. Particularly with for-profit projects, writers should be compensated for their work. (Geesh, did I just channel Lloyd Brown...gods help me!) I like the color scheme of the site. Its very warm and has a welcoming feel. Nice use of white space as well. :) Where did the wizard art come from? [/QUOTE]

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