magazine explosion

MAGAZINE EXPLOSION

A few months back I was overcome by a strange sensation, a desire to succeed in a publishing empire.  Something similar had not stirred in my loins for near a decade.  So, I bought a new computer, which I needed for the newest software ( I tried the Chrome, and loved it, but it wasn’t Off-Internet friendly ) and spent fifty percent again on the newest Microsoft Word.  Which I hate but is the standard when you are slinging about text files hither and yon.  My old idea which I got a new fire under my ass to implement was the electric magazine of nothing but advertisements in the survivalists/prepper field.  Along the lines of the old Shotgun News before they included articles.  In what I thought was a brilliant innovation, there was no charge for the ads.  It would be reader supported, a possibility as I need very little to live on.  This would allow even the smallest start-up to be able to advertise, so readers would get all there was to be offered.  As one desperately trying to be heard out in the vast wasteland of con artists and hacks at Amazon, I can appreciate a good product going unnoticed by all.  Well, much to my surprise, I was roundly, soundly and completely ignored.

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It took me a week of online time contacting all the companies I found.  Which was no easy task itself.  I went to as many web sites as I could, plus looked through all my print magazines, listing everyone alphabetically to avoid duplicates, plus went through Amazon Author Pages, finally coming in at almost a hundred possibilities of anything even remotely survivalist related.  And in over a month, one guy contacted me.  One.  I have no friggin clue here.  Free ads, from a guy who has been in this business for a good long time.  Has my name been on some kind of blacklist?  Are folks that afraid of scams, and there is something someone could do with a copy of their ad?  Does everyone refuse to do business with non-corporations?  I‘m stymied.  Perhaps they feel no need to read unsolicited e-mails?  Or, they were afraid my reputation in writing would tarnish their products-it isn’t a secret I’m not fond of most as wastes of resources.  Well, needless to say, I was a bit more butt hurt over the deafening silence than even the waste of time and money on my part.   I come up with great ideas all day long, then offer to even do most of the work, and STILL I am chopped liver here.  Not that this was a total waste.  I had time and ambition on my hands, so I decided to go ahead and bite the bullet and start writing a novel again.  Even if it sucks and I hate it, I’m churning that bitch out in three months this time.  I won’t wait for years.  And it isn’t even really about the money, per se.  Not that I’ve ever given up wanting to be a full time stay at home writer.  I simply want recognition, being my due.  My ideas burn with a pure light of brilliance and I want the world to bow to my greatness.  How is this too much to ask?

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