tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post3529820465922900310..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: StiffedLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-67001006587352138332018-02-06T23:48:41.356-05:002018-02-06T23:48:41.356-05:00Legend has it sci-fi editor Hugo Gernsback tried t...Legend has it sci-fi editor Hugo Gernsback tried to stiff a few people. Writer L. Sprague DeCamp was doing a serial and when he didn't get paid he threatened to stop in the middle of the serial--he got paid! (Not all about Gernsback is bad; the Hugo Award is named after him!)Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70473055426182217282018-02-06T19:31:15.605-05:002018-02-06T19:31:15.605-05:00Melodie, losing $750 hurts, but I'll top that....Melodie, losing $750 hurts, but I'll top that. Last year a publisher bit the dust owing me more than $2,000. Now, I'll carry some of the weight on that because I continued to write for them even as their payments took longer and longer to arrive. I knew the risk because I had taken the same gamble a few years earlier and they ultimately caught up and began paying regularly. So, when payments slowed down again I gambled again. This time it didn't work out.<br /><br />Laurie, that revised ending is coming to you real soon now!<br /><br />John, I'm enjoying going through my files and writing about my experiences with long-dead publications. There's more to come.<br /><br />Everyone else, thanks for your kind words.Michael Brackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-36646334063001998142018-02-06T17:17:12.920-05:002018-02-06T17:17:12.920-05:00I have to say... when we (Smoking Pen Press) recen...I have to say... when we (Smoking Pen Press) recently accepted one of your stories for an upcoming anthology (A Wink and a Smile)... we had no idea how prolific you were!!<br />We look forward to working with you, and I promise... we pay our authors!!! It may not be much, but we always pay what we promise.Laurie Gienapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298776037647717744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-44249879589667060792018-02-06T15:33:30.988-05:002018-02-06T15:33:30.988-05:00I've been there. One glossy womens mag bought...I've been there. One glossy womens mag bought a short story for $750, and went belly up before they paid me. Not much I could do. Even the rights were in limbo for a while. (Eventually I got them back and Star Magazine ran the story.)<br />Congrats on the BAMS! That's huge.Melodie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870938103759179132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-72143044665628695822018-02-06T10:27:04.764-05:002018-02-06T10:27:04.764-05:00Congrats on all those sales, past and present! Wi...Congrats on all those sales, past and present! Wish some of those old mystery mags were still around.John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-8905796051690578202018-02-06T09:29:14.305-05:002018-02-06T09:29:14.305-05:00Great stories here—and congrats again on the new p...Great stories here—and congrats again on the new pubs and on the BAMS honor too. Hooray!Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89501893192680120202018-02-06T09:18:31.849-05:002018-02-06T09:18:31.849-05:00Congratulations on a long, incredibly successful c...Congratulations on a long, incredibly successful career. I'm in awe. And I'm sorry you got stiffed by Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-64949812816442621922018-02-06T08:22:14.305-05:002018-02-06T08:22:14.305-05:00Congratulations on having a story in Best American...Congratulations on having a story in Best American Mystery Stories. And they do pay!janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70324081902379766522018-02-06T07:54:08.785-05:002018-02-06T07:54:08.785-05:00I'm with you on that point, O'Neil. The me...I'm with you on that point, O'Neil. The men's magazines often paid well—better than the genre magazines, in many cases—and usually paid promptly.Michael Brackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-42270618469505396272018-02-06T07:35:43.299-05:002018-02-06T07:35:43.299-05:00Interesting article. I published a number of stori...Interesting article. I published a number of stories in men's magazines. Never stiffed by a men's magazine. They always paid well and paid quickly.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.com