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Natalie L. Sin · by **Natalie L. Sin** on Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:50 pm

Has anyone ever heard of 23 House Publishing? They are putting out an anthology called "Nights of Blood II" that I found on Ralan, but I couldn't find them anywhere else. They look fun but since there's so little information I wanted to check with other writers to see what their opinion is. I don't have a bad feeling about them, it's more that my curiosity has been peaked.

Sheldon S. Higdon · by **Sheldon S. Higdon** on Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:12 pm

I've never heard of them either. But here is their site I found:
www.23house.com.

Hit the call for submissions link up top and
check out more info about the anthology.

Maybe someone else will know more about them in general.

Tom Piccirilli · by **Tom Piccirilli** on Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:22 am

I personally stick to the credo that you should never give your hard-fought work away for free. Considering this antho is asking for "the best of the best" you'd think they could afford to pay their contributors with more than just a single copy.

My twin coppers.

KevinLucia · by **KevinLucia** on Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:26 am

Agreed. This is something I've just started adhering to myself, which of course means more rejections, but more learning, too.

lcrisler · by **lcrisler** on Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:23 am

I'm with Tom and Kevin. Here's why:

http://lincolncrisler.com/?p=65

Nathaniel Lambert · by **Nathaniel Lambert** on Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:24 am

Here, here. I get paid to do the wild thang!

Sheldon S. Higdon · by **Sheldon S. Higdon** on Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:36 am

Tom, Kevin, Lincoln, and Nathaniel are all right. If this antho expects top stories then they can expect to pay for these top stories.
I've sold stories. And I've given a few away. But as Kevin said above, it's a learning process submitting to paid-only pubs. But a process we're all willing to go through to get to a certain place as a writer. I know I'm still learning.

But we're fortunate to have places such as Shroud's forums and even more fortunate to have writers such as Tom, Kevin, Lincoln, and Nathaniel to give us their two cents (or twin coppers as Tom calls it). Having the opinions of writers such as themselves and the others on this site are quite valuable.

Well, that's my double coin.

Lincoln. Nice article on your site about this subject.

ginger · by **ginger** on Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:51 am

Nathaniel Lambert wrote:Here, here. I get paid to do the wild thang!

taerb · by **taerb** on Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:18 pm

Great post and even greater replies! Thanks so much from this new writer guy!

-Tom

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