Semipros

I think one of the things I like about Utopiales or Imaginales or WFC in the US or Fantasycon in the UK, over a more traditional US/UK con, is where the higher proportion of pros, semipros and aspiring writers, editors, illustrators and so on, actually works against that division between Guest and Fan. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

But it's interesting, they all seem to come from either the pros, or the semipros with good reputations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Niether article says you shouldn't submit to semipros, or that sales to semipros are worth nothing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you're not getting pro pay, get something else for your story -- some semipros can give you "something else." ❋ Unknown (2009)

But Doan had arranged for Dizzy to continue barnstorming against white professionals and semipros in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Louisiana. ❋ Timothy M. Gay (2010)

When a couple of Des Moines semipros named Mule Brumley and R. C. Mack were pitching, the Monarchs went to town, scoring nine runs. ❋ Timothy M. Gay (2010)

Pepper and Diz started with a three-day swing through Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, playing against white semipros and sandlotters; they were plagued by lousy weather. ❋ Timothy M. Gay (2010)

Diz and Paul were playing with local semipros whom Doan had shrewdly labeled the “Oklahoma All-Stars.” ❋ Timothy M. Gay (2010)

A majority of the campers were onetime minor leaguers or semipros home from the war determined to give the game one last shot. ❋ Timothy M. Gay (2010)

Besides the three Cardinals, Street had a pedestrian lineup of semipros. ❋ Timothy M. Gay (2010)

The idea, Doan explained, was for the Deans to barnstorm from market to market, hooking up with local white semipros. ❋ Timothy M. Gay (2010)