TeenageRepublican
03-12-2008, 06:39 PM
Well, I got rejected again today. Well, I wouldn't call it rejected. The magazine closed down after its first issue. Here's what it said:
Dear Nathan,
We're sorry, but the magazine has closed. We wish you the best of luck in placing your story elsewhere.
Rob Darnell, assistant editor
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To the Darkly Faithful,
I have always considered Noctem Aeternus Magazine as a
vehicle to expand the horror genre, and to add a good
paying market for its writers.
My idea was to create a quality PDF delivered
quarterly. The plan was to make the subscription free
so we could build a huge circulation, where we could
use those numbers in a national sells effort. The goal
was to have 30,000 subscribers before the first issue
hit mailboxes . . . unfortunately we only reached
6,000 subscribers.
I paid over $2,000 out of my own pocket to pay the
writers for the first issue because we did not have
sufficient advertising. The money is not the issue . .
. however, the fact that I misjudged the number of
folks signing up for a free product is.
My life is changing, and I simply cannot continue with
the business model I set out with. As many of you
know, my wife and I are expecting our first child in
August. We have been married for 15 years and this
something that has already changed everything. We are
also in the process of purchasing a bigger house so
when the little one grows into the bigger one, we'll
have the room and I won’t have to give up my den or
office.
So, with all that said, I am announcing that Noctem
Aeternus is no more. The first issue was its last,
unfortunately.
I want to thank each of you for subscribing and
supporting. I have heard from hundreds of you about
how much you enjoyed the first issue, the stories, the
authors.
I also want to thank the authors who became a part of
the ride. I had the pleasure of working with some of
the best in the business. You are all fantastic.
I want to especially thank Jude-Marie Greene, Rob
Darnell, Brian J. Hatcher, Paula Guran, and Ada
McMurray for all the hard work and excellent views. I
can never say enough about these folks.
All pending submissions are released back to
respective authors. I hope you all sell them for more
money than you could have made with us.
I am not going away in the genre; I am just letting
the magazine go. I will continue to write, edit
anthologies, and hopefully write some more . . .
I will keep this email list going so I can send emails
occasionally about upcoming projects and so forth. You
are invited to stay, but you can opt-out at any time.
Thanks again,
Michael Knost
I'm frustrated because in December I sent a story to them and they didn't respond for eight weeks. So I sent a question and they said they never got it. So, I sent it again.
Six weeks later, this happens.
Time to go look for another market.
Dear Nathan,
We're sorry, but the magazine has closed. We wish you the best of luck in placing your story elsewhere.
Rob Darnell, assistant editor
----------------------------------------------
To the Darkly Faithful,
I have always considered Noctem Aeternus Magazine as a
vehicle to expand the horror genre, and to add a good
paying market for its writers.
My idea was to create a quality PDF delivered
quarterly. The plan was to make the subscription free
so we could build a huge circulation, where we could
use those numbers in a national sells effort. The goal
was to have 30,000 subscribers before the first issue
hit mailboxes . . . unfortunately we only reached
6,000 subscribers.
I paid over $2,000 out of my own pocket to pay the
writers for the first issue because we did not have
sufficient advertising. The money is not the issue . .
. however, the fact that I misjudged the number of
folks signing up for a free product is.
My life is changing, and I simply cannot continue with
the business model I set out with. As many of you
know, my wife and I are expecting our first child in
August. We have been married for 15 years and this
something that has already changed everything. We are
also in the process of purchasing a bigger house so
when the little one grows into the bigger one, we'll
have the room and I won’t have to give up my den or
office.
So, with all that said, I am announcing that Noctem
Aeternus is no more. The first issue was its last,
unfortunately.
I want to thank each of you for subscribing and
supporting. I have heard from hundreds of you about
how much you enjoyed the first issue, the stories, the
authors.
I also want to thank the authors who became a part of
the ride. I had the pleasure of working with some of
the best in the business. You are all fantastic.
I want to especially thank Jude-Marie Greene, Rob
Darnell, Brian J. Hatcher, Paula Guran, and Ada
McMurray for all the hard work and excellent views. I
can never say enough about these folks.
All pending submissions are released back to
respective authors. I hope you all sell them for more
money than you could have made with us.
I am not going away in the genre; I am just letting
the magazine go. I will continue to write, edit
anthologies, and hopefully write some more . . .
I will keep this email list going so I can send emails
occasionally about upcoming projects and so forth. You
are invited to stay, but you can opt-out at any time.
Thanks again,
Michael Knost
I'm frustrated because in December I sent a story to them and they didn't respond for eight weeks. So I sent a question and they said they never got it. So, I sent it again.
Six weeks later, this happens.
Time to go look for another market.