Posts Tagged ‘writing advice’

A reader writes:

I recently sent a short SF story plus the opening of a SF novel to [omitted], based in the UK.  Both rejected. They actually want pulp horror but I wanted to chance my arm.  In a writer’s slump just recently, I emailed back: could they help me.  To my surprise, I was asked to call the publisher, [omitted].  38 minutes later, ear sweating, I came off the phone with a possible solution.  I like the idea of writing to order and challenged [omitted], to give me some ideas to work on.  He agreed to this.  His company currently work with Horror writer, [famous person] in re-releasing his back catalogue and look to publish pulp Horror fiction.  There is a twist to the twist though.  Digging through Google, I came across a failed film school enterprise run in [omitted].  On line Blogs intimate he ran back to the UK with unreturned subs, or the like.  [omitted]‘s name carries some weight and keeps me from running a mile, of course.   I’m really after advice on not getting stung.  As yet I have no agent… I want to retain my own ideas and movie pitches.  Could they [lawyers] help me in achieving that.  Or, am I being paranoid?