
I wanted to say something about writing for nothing. We all want to write a best seller, or sell our poems and short stories but it doesn't always work that way. And freebie writing does improve your writing skills. I spent eleven years writing for, editing and publishing Clan Dolmen's online magazine - because I believed it was an important free reseource. Because I didn't get paid, we could put it out for nothing. And a lot of people got a lot of free info. We had good writers, some publishers too, writing articles for nothing, and I have to say, it opened doors for me. I have written stories and poems for others anthologies both fiction and non fiction which likewise opened doors. I have as a result spoken at events in the USA, the Netherlands, the UK, and will be speaking in Berlin this October and Italy next March.
So, when we say we (Veneficia Publications) don't pay for short stories in group anthologies, as it's a platform for new writers to get their names out there, that's because I know it can be. And I still contribute freely to others anthologies, because like those who have written for our anthologies, I do so because l love it.