Publishing contests are one of the oldest marketing tactics in the book, and Ark Press reinvented it by offering a $10,000 advance for a book last year, trying to get aspiring authors to sign up for the Ark Press mailing list, as they would then flood the company with submissions.
Short deadline, existing writers already have material, publicized but how do you actually reach The Scene and get people to submit - Out of the Shadows was never going in, as an example. Now add the experience level advantage of a published writer.
I'd be surprised if the outcome had differed from what happened here.
This makes me feel better and cheated at the same time. I busted my butt to write a novel to submit. It was the fastest I've ever written and a freaking awesome and based science fiction story to boot. Guess now I have a book nearly ready to publish indie like I have before.
That does not set a good impression upon me. I get wanting an experience author for the novel but was there really no one else who could have been selected to bring new blood in?
Short deadline, existing writers already have material, publicized but how do you actually reach The Scene and get people to submit - Out of the Shadows was never going in, as an example. Now add the experience level advantage of a published writer.
I'd be surprised if the outcome had differed from what happened here.
This makes me feel better and cheated at the same time. I busted my butt to write a novel to submit. It was the fastest I've ever written and a freaking awesome and based science fiction story to boot. Guess now I have a book nearly ready to publish indie like I have before.
That does not set a good impression upon me. I get wanting an experience author for the novel but was there really no one else who could have been selected to bring new blood in?