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<blockquote data-quote="G7" data-source="post: 3445993" data-attributes="member: 50310">Bardsandsages, I understand your comments. The statement I really found laughable was this by Mouseferatu, &quot;as a published author, I would strongly discourage even unpublished authors from submitting.&quot; Seriously . . . this guy has no idea about our professionalism, and to publicly attempt to turn others away just reeks of negativism.Anyway, Bardsandsages, I still don't understand your initial complaint. You are saying you're simply trying to raise awareness by implying &quot;Watch out for this open call.&quot; That's an indirect way of questioning the professionalism of this project. Is there really much difference between getting paid 1¢ a word, as opposed to getting a free copy of the book? A few dollars, maybe less if you have a small story. And, how many authors do you know that have scored a huge profit from their 1st short story that was released? Please. You seem to be completely focused on the negative aspects. If you knew me personally, or the others involved, I assure you, you'd change your mind. I can't say enough about how excited we are about this, nor how well we believe it's turning out.This whole situation started with a few authors getting together with the idea of putting together a very good anthology. After we secured several excellent authors, we decided it would be a neat idea to open the project up to other submissions as well. You're acting as if we have no idea what we're doing. That’s simply not fair. If you don't want to contribute, that's fine. But, don't downgrade the project for others. I don't get that . . .I hope you understand why I feel I need to defend myself in this situation.BTW, the wizard art was done by N.C. Wyeth (Treasure Island fame) in the early 20th century and is called &quot;Astrologer From The Tower.&quot; It is public domain as far as I know. It’s always been one of my favorites.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="G7, post: 3445993, member: 50310"] Bardsandsages, I understand your comments. The statement I really found laughable was this by Mouseferatu, "as a published author, I would strongly discourage even unpublished authors from submitting." Seriously . . . this guy has no idea about our professionalism, and to publicly attempt to turn others away just reeks of negativism. Anyway, Bardsandsages, I still don't understand your initial complaint. You are saying you're simply trying to raise [I]awareness[/I] by implying "Watch out for this open call." That's an indirect way of questioning the professionalism of this project. Is there really much difference between getting paid 1¢ a word, as opposed to getting a free copy of the book? A few dollars, maybe less if you have a small story. And, how many authors do you know that have scored a huge profit from their 1st short story that was released? Please. You seem to be completely focused on the negative aspects. If you knew me personally, or the others involved, I assure you, you'd change your mind. I can't say enough about how excited we are about this, nor how well we believe it's turning out. This whole situation started with a few authors getting together with the idea of putting together a very good anthology. After we secured several excellent authors, we decided it would be a neat idea to open the project up to other submissions as well. You're acting as if we have no idea what we're doing. That’s simply not fair. If you don't want to contribute, that's fine. But, don't downgrade the project for others. I don't get that . . . I hope you understand why I feel I need to defend myself in this situation. BTW, the wizard art was done by N.C. Wyeth (Treasure Island fame) in the early 20th century and is called "Astrologer From The Tower." It is public domain as far as I know. It’s always been one of my favorites. [/QUOTE]

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