tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285367827446194139.post1235581799521897887..comments2024-02-23T03:58:51.747+00:00Comments on Theaker's Quarterly Fiction: Murky Depths sinks beneath the waves…Stephen Theakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394493689032839157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285367827446194139.post-22527223426649950482011-10-30T07:09:37.367+00:002011-10-30T07:09:37.367+00:00Hi Terry - sorry to hear the news.
I've heard...Hi Terry - sorry to hear the news.<br /><br />I've heard that argument from editors in the past, but I don't know. It always seems to me a bit unfair to put the blame for low sales on the people who are supplying us with free or low cost content.<br /><br />There's an interesting article about this very issue in Forbes: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfarrell/2011/10/27/literary-magazines-struggle-with-submission-fees-for-writers/" rel="nofollow">Literary magazines struggle with submission fees for writers</a>. At first I thought ugh, but if it keeps the magazines alive...Stephen Theakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11394493689032839157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285367827446194139.post-84782672577673597582011-10-29T23:31:56.089+01:002011-10-29T23:31:56.089+01:00...and like I've said elsewhere, if everyone w......and like I've said elsewhere, if everyone who had submitted a story to Murky Depths had bought just one copy of one issue we'd have been able to survive for another couple of years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285367827446194139.post-44007851751172256892011-10-27T10:19:36.447+01:002011-10-27T10:19:36.447+01:00From a purely selfish point of view, the more maga...From a purely selfish point of view, the more magazines out there that publish short fiction, the more short fiction gets written. So when one magazine goes, that hurts the rest of us too.Stephen Theakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11394493689032839157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3285367827446194139.post-27887197512895016992011-10-27T09:23:20.899+01:002011-10-27T09:23:20.899+01:00Such a shame to see it go. I'm happy that the...Such a shame to see it go. I'm happy that the House of Murky Depths will keep going and hope for many successful years for Terry and his team, even with the magazine gone.stevecotterillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09052926733367440241noreply@blogger.com