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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swift2plunder" data-source="post: 1754094" data-attributes="member: 23780">Penny a wordI just got a $12 check from a publisher. You know what? It felt good. My wife has a paying job and we needed gas money. It was a penny a word, but it was a quick turn around. I got a product that I might actually use and I'm pretty happy with the situation. Years back, I submitted some stuff to poetry.com. I received an honorable mention and slew of advertising. I could buy the book for $70. I could have the poem on an audio collection for a limited time. They'd print it on plates, mugs and t-shirts for me. They will never see another word from me. I like recognition as much as the next person, but nothing says recognition like money. Well, free product comes close.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  Erin (releasethedogs) is a nice kid. I sent him an e-mail when he asked for writers on another forum. He's got pictures on his website; he looks 10 years younger than I am, probably in his late 20's. His home would probably be about a 20 minute drive from mine, maybe a little longer; that would depend on how close to the highways he is.  His approach is a little pennywise and buck foolish. This is likely his first project. Without a doubt the writers here have more writing experience than the publisher has publishing experience. The information that the other publishers have provided about writers' righteous expectations goes a long way towards explaining their emotional reactions. Unless there's another ascerbic rejoinder, we could probably cut him a little slack and see if he comes back with a more reasonable offer. Chris</blockquote>

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