Are you writing for publication?

I do now, or rather I bought a subscription to Writer's Market which is a sister organization to Writer's Digest (I think that's right, but I haven't done much exploring yet).

I'm just trying to remember why I write in the first place since I forsee a good deal of rejection in my future. I read some of the calls for submissions, and the details were just depressing. $5 payment per story, 6-month's to reply, no simultaneous submissions, it's the very essence of being a starving artist, but exposure is supposed to be "priceless", right? Looks like I won't be quitting my day job any time soon. *sigh*

Cheers,
Anna R.


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