tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142522252305904377.post4059488260852400343..comments2024-03-19T19:50:28.835-07:00Comments on Huc & Gabet: Man Junior Annual 1963robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13296778162828375857noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142522252305904377.post-53658516596282552352011-03-28T05:05:03.377-07:002011-03-28T05:05:03.377-07:00The golden days for writers was the 1920s. Mass li...The golden days for writers was the 1920s. Mass literacy, and radio still too cumbersome to be ubiquitous.<br />Here's something for today's aspiring writers to consider: back in the 1920s when an educated upperclass woman accidentally fell into poverty, one avenue of escape was writing. Nobody in dire straits today would consider writing a potential life line - unless they were highly delusional.Paul Perry at AllSorts Secondhand Booksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142522252305904377.post-21586431495423505982011-03-28T04:16:27.328-07:002011-03-28T04:16:27.328-07:00I also have a regular issue of Man Junior from Feb...I also have a regular issue of Man Junior from February 1964 and there are plenty of stories both fact and fiction... interspersed with completely unrelated images like the ones in this blog entry (just checked and none in this issue by Mike Murphy). It is interesting to hear from someone who wrote stories that were published in these magazines. In this the age of the www where any schmuck (including me) can write and put anything out there for all to read, we sometimes forget that in days gone by things were not so easy. Reading Mikes comment makes me wonder how excited i would have been to see my name in print... i think i would have been. Thanks Mike for commenting.<br />Robinrobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296778162828375857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142522252305904377.post-50543829051615750002011-03-28T02:01:52.996-07:002011-03-28T02:01:52.996-07:00Whatever else they were Man Junior, Man, Adam and ...Whatever else they were Man Junior, Man, Adam and the other mags were a training ground for young writers. As a young man in my twenties I sold several short stories to the group and while they were all heavily edited by the time they appeared, it was my name under the title. Would there a similar market available today.<br />Mike Murphy<br />Walpole Western AustraliaMike Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718854686962078638noreply@blogger.com