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It's not only the money, which is paltry, but it's the length of things. When I tried writing women's short stories, I targeted a national market. They then responded within six weeks of submission. Later, when I tried again, they responded, yes or no, within six moths. Publication time was even later, possibly up to a year. In the end, I published two stories with them. I was thrilled. I mean, I was a small-town writer, they were a national publication. And one story, in particular, got a fabulous two-page layout complete with art. But the publication date and the payday were more than a year in coming. Ugh.
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