Now that the holidays-and-bad-weather portion of winter has ended, I am finally tallying up the rejections from my inbox and scouting for new potential markets. In stumbling across some fledgling publishers, I’ve taken the time to research a few of them and make sure that they’re a reasonably safe bet. A fellow writer reminded me to visit the Predators and Editors website and I also discovered the Writer Beware site provided by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). Along with the basics they offer a “thumbs down” list of agents and publishers to avoid.
Those are great ones to bookmark to check on. I guess I’ve not cast my net widely enough that I’ve had to look up anything new though.